2011 Ducati M796 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2011 Ducati M796, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Fuel system2100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
I HAVE A DUCATI MONSTER 796. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MONTHS OLD. AFTER THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF RIDING THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEFORMED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE CASING AND THEN TO THE GROUND IN MY PARKING GARAGE. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO RIDE THE BIKE IN FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THE LEAKING FUEL REPRESENTED A COMBUSTION HAZARD. THE DEFECT POSED A SERIOUS DANGER BOTH TO MYSELF AND OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROADS OF NEW YORK STATE. THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE RECTIFIED BY DUCATI NORTH AMERICA BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WILL BE TO FIT AN IDENTICAL FUEL TANK TO THE MOTORCYCLE THAT WILL PRESUMABLY FAIL IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THE FIRST TANK. *TR
MOLDED GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE HAS BECOME DEFORMED. COMMON PROBLEM ON DUCATI'S . RISK OF LEAKAGE AND INTERERANCE WITH STEARING. SEE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING THAT DUCATI IS NOT RESOLVING THE ISSUE. THEY ARE STILL REPLACING DEFECTIVE TANKS WITH DEFECTIVE TANKS. SEE WEB SITE LINK:HTTP://WWW.DUCATIMONSTERFORUM.ORG/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=25074.0 ALSO SEE THE LAW FIRM THAT HAS STATED A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.GIRARDGIBBS.COM/DUCATI.ASP?GCLID=CPH7PFF2PAUCFEFM5QODMXZG6G DUCATI NORTH AMERICA CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. THIS IS AN AIR COOLED MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS THE GAS TANK MOUNTED DIRRECTLY OVER THE CYLINDER HEADS. ANY LEAK COULD RESULTS IN A FIRE WHILE A RIDER WAS RIDING MOTORCYCLE.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .