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2010 Ducati MTS1200 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 16, 2011
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 25, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Ducati MTS1200. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed May 16, 2011

COMPLETE FAILURE OF REAR BRAKE.

NHTSA ID
10401909
Incident
Mar 15, 2011
Mileage
2,000 mi
EngineExterior lighting
Filed Nov 25, 2010

I HAVE ENCOUNTERED (3) COMPLETE ENGINE SHUT-DOWNS (FLAMEOUTS) ON MY MOTORCYCLE. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE IN THE VEHICLES "URBAN" MODE (200 MILES). AT ABOUT 20 MPH AS I WAS GEARING DOWN, THE MOTOR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED THE START BUTTON, AND PROCEEDED ON WITHOUT INCIDENT. ATTRIBUTED THE SHUTDOWN, AT THE TIME, TO A NEW BIKE ENDURING ITS BREAK-IN-PERIOD. SECOND EVENT HAPPENED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT FROM AN INTERSECTION (400 MILES). I ROLLED ON THE THROTTLE, AND BEFORE I LEFT THE CLUTCH OUT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I AM AN EXPERIENCED MOTORCYCLIST. I HAVE STALLED MOTORCYCLES BEFORE. THIS INCIDENT WAS DUE TO THE MACHINE AND WAS A BIT SCARY. INTERSECTION, CROSS TRAFFIC, ETC. I RE-STARTED THE MOTORCYCLE, AND DROVE AWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIRD EVENT TRANSPIRED AT NIGHTTIME (1750 MILES). THIS WAS BY FAR THE MOST ALARMING OF THE THREE. WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH LEVER TO DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR, (20-25 MPH) AGAIN, THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF. ALSO, WHEN THE SHUT-DOWN OCCURRED, THE MOTORCYCLES HEADLIGHTS WENT DARK. I WAS IN A PREDICAMENT. MY NIGHT-VISION WAS HANDICAPPED FURTHER BY THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS SHINING TOWARD MY EYES. I IMMEDIATELY/CAUTIOUSLY BEGAN LEAVING THE CLUTCH LEVER OUT AS AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN IGNITION AND LIGHTING(DRIFT START). I HAD ALREADY SELECTED FIRST GEAR, SO, THE COMPRESSION OF THE ENGINE, WAS GREATER THAN MY REAR WHEEL TRACTION, AND I BEGAN A REAR TIRE SKID THAT WAS RESOLVED BY PULLING THE CLUTCH LEVER. I THEN, WITH LOW NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY, DRIFTED THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE ROADWAY SHOULDER. I THEN RESTARTED THE DUCATI, AND CAUTIOUSLY DROVE HOME. I HAVE DISCOVERED THERE ARE MANY MULTISTRADA OWNERS ON THE NET, AT "DUCATI.MS.", THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE UNEXPECTED FLAW WITH THE 2010 MODEL YEAR.

NHTSA ID
10368752
Incident
Aug 7, 2010
Mileage
200 mi

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.

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