2014 Ducati Monster 1200 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 2014 Ducati Monster 1200, 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
- Brakes990.0%
- Driver assistance110.0%
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
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
Since bike was new, rear brake has been ineffective in spite of repeated bleeding and fluid changes. Brake will start out firm, but become ineffective after several weeks.
The rear brake on the 2014 Ducati monster doesn't work, even after the dealer bleeds it, it will return to no braking power in a few weeks. Both the 2015 and 2016 Ducati years of this model have an active recall for their rear brake line, so the 2014 year should also have a recall, the model years are all identical.
Driver assistance
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.
From owner reports, verbatim
I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS MOTORCYCLE WITH THE REAR BRAKE LOSING PRESSURE RESULTING IN NO REAR BRAKE. SINCE DAY ONE OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS MOTORCYCLE IN 2015 I HAVE TO BRING IT BACK EVERY YEAR FOR THEM TO BLEED THE BRAKES AND CHARGE ME. CONTACT TO DUCATI INITIALLY THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT THEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THEY PROMISED THEY WOULD HANDLE IT AS A GOODWILL. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I ASKED IF THIS IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE THEY SAID YES THEY'VE HAD A FEW. ALSO THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS POINT. OBVIOUSLY I DO NEED MY FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ON A MOTORCYCLE. SECOND ISSUE THE ROTORS FAILED PREMATURELY LEAVE WHICH I MENTION TO THE DEALER ON THE FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLE AT ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND MILES WERE WARPED A MOTORCYCLE HAS NINE THOUSAND MILES ON IT CURRENTLY
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 .