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2012 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 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 Jun 6, 2016
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 Jun 6, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200. 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.

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Engine
Filed Jun 6, 2016

ALL 8V ENGINES MADE BY MOTO GUZZI FROM 2009 TO 2012 HAD FLAT LIFTERS THAT ARE PRONE TO FAILING. THE ONLY WAY THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT IS THEY WARN BY BEING VERY NOISY AND OWNERS REPAIR THEM. PIAGGIO, WHO OWNS MOTO GUZZI, TAKES EACH CASE SEPARATELY AND MY OR MAY NOT WARRANTY THEM PLUS TAKES MONTHS AT TIMES TO DECIDE MANY TIMES LEAVING THE OWNER WITH A $2,000 REPAIR. PARTICLES FROM THE FAILING LIFTERS AND CAMS CAN DESTROY THE BEARINGS AND CAUSE A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND DESTROY THE ENGINE. THEY HAVE KITS TO FIX IT BUT WILL NOT RECALL IT. SUZUKI HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM ON THEIR 650 V-STROM THAT THEY SOLD FEWER OF AND THEY RECALLED THEM. ON MINE AT 2,900 MILES I REPLACED THEM TO PREVENT THE ENGINE DAMAGE AND THEY ALREADY WERE SHOWING WEAR. SOME HAVE GONE LONGER BUT THEN FURTHER ENGINE DAMAGE IS DONE. SINCE I DID MY OWN WORK IT IS NOT EVEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR WARRANTY EVEN WITH THE OFFER OF JUST COVER DEALER COST OF THE PARTS.

NHTSA ID
10872790
Incident
Mar 23, 2016
Mileage
2,900 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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