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2007 Moto Guzzi Norge 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 18, 2014
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 15, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge. 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

Showing 1–5 of 5

Brakes
Filed Jun 18, 2014

REAR BRAKE PEDAL BOTTOMED OUT WITH NO BRAKING EFFECT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10599084
Incident
Jun 2, 2010
Mileage
12,380 mi
Fuel system
Filed Sep 6, 2012

FUEL TANK HAS EXPANDED TO THE POINT THAT IT CANNOT BE ATTACHED TO THE MOTORCYCLE AS DESIGNED. EITHER THE FRONT MOUNTING BUMPERS NEED TO BE MODIFIED (REDUCED IN SIZE), OR THE REAR MOUNTING POINT (RUBBER SPACER, METAL SPACERS) NEEDS MODIFICATION. LENGTHWISE EXPANSION APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 5MM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10474022
Incident
Aug 1, 2012
Mileage
31,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jan 10, 2012

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK EXPANDS DUE TO ETHANOL FUEL USED IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS COULD CAUSE A FUEL LEAK EVENTUALLY. THE MAKER OF THE CYCLE DOES NOT NOTIFY THE CONSUMER UPON PURCHASE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10443307
Incident
Jan 10, 2012
Mileage
10,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Dec 29, 2011

REAR MASTER CYLINDER IS SUCKING AIR INTO THE BRAKE LINES. REAR BRAKE NO LONGER WORKS. FIX IS TO BLEED REAR BRAKE, BUT PROBLEM RESURFACES AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED AT:HTTP://FORUM.GUZZITECH.COM/FORUM/188/4624.HTML?START=10 APPARENTLY A RESULT OF THE USE OF ALUMINUM AND STEEL PARTS IN THE MASTER CYLINDER FOR THE REAR BRAKE THAT CAUSES SEALS TO GO BAD. *KB

NHTSA ID
10441654
Incident
Dec 29, 2011
Mileage
11,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jun 15, 2009

MOTORCYCLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AS A RESULT OF FUEL LINE BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM FUEL PUMP INSIDE FUEL TANK. THIS HAS OCCURRED TO ME TWICE; ONCE WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND AGAIN ON A SECONDARY ROAD. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AS I WAS IN THE THIRD LANE FROM THE SHOULDER AND HAD TO, WITHOUT POWER, WEAVE THROUGH TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO NOT BE BROKEN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT 55 M.P.H. OR MORE. EVEN ON THE SECONDARY ROAD, WHICH WAS A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY, I HAD TO MANEUVER THE MOTORCYCLE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY SO AS NOT TO BE STOPPED IN A TRAVEL LANE. WHEN THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED IN JUNE 2008, THE MOTORCYCLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM UNDER THAT WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON MOTO GUZZI MOTORCYCLES FROM 2007, AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FORMAL RECALL ON ANOTHER MODEL OF MOTO GUZZI, BUT NOT ON MY MODEL. I PRESUMED THE DEALER REPAIR IN JUNE 2008 WAS SUFFICIENT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS MONTH (JUNE 2009). THE MOTORCYCLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND I WILL NEED TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THE REPAIR OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. I AM LESS BOTHERED BY THE FACT THAT I WILL NEED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM REPAIRED A SECOND TIME THAN FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO ME OR TO OTHERS WHO RIDE THESE MOTORCYCLES. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL ON ANOTHER MOTO GUZZI MODEL OF THIS SAME YEAR, BUT NOT ON MY PARTICULAR MODEL. IF THE PROBLEM IS TYPICAL OF MOTO GUZZIS FROM 2007, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS RECALL SHOULD EXTEND TO ALL AFFECTED MOTORCYCLES. MY PARTICULAR MODEL IS A MOTO GUZZI NEVADA 750. FORM BELOW WILL SHOW NORGE, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO OPTION TO CHOOSE "NEVADA 750." THE APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE ON THIS FORM IS THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE OF THIS EVENT. THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE WAS IN JUNE 2008, AND THE EXACT DATE IS AVAILABLE IF NECESSARY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10273816
Incident
Jun 13, 2009
Mileage
1,200 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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