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2007 Piaggio GTS 250 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 13, 2007
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 13, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2007 Piaggio GTS 250. 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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BrakesEngine
Filed Jun 13, 2007

THIS COMPLAINT CONCERNS THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKES ON BOTH THE 2005 VESPA 200GT AND T HE 2007 VESPA 250 GTS. THE EXHAUST SEAL ON BOTH OF THESE SCOOTERS/MOTORCYCLES DISINTEGRATED/INCINERATED WHICH CAUSED THE HOT EXHAUST TO FLOW OUT ONTO THE BRAKE LINE. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. THIS CAUSED THE BRAKE LINE TO LOSE PRESSURE WHICH THEN PREVENTED THE REAR BRAKES FROM FUNCTIONING. IN ESSENCE ,THE REAR BRAKES FAILED ONCE THE EXHAUST CAUSED THE RUPTURE OF THE BRAKE LINE. WHEN THIS BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE 2005 VESPA GT I WENT TO THE VESPA DEALER IN COLUMBUS,OH AND ASKED FOR THE PARTS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE SCOOTER WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER SAID HE COULD SEND ME A NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM, BUT ALL I NEEDED WAS THE SEAL. HE SAID HE WOULD TRY TO GET THE SEAL AND WOULD SEND BOTH TO MY HOME IN CHARLESTON, WV. THEY SENT ME A BRAKE LINE AND A SEAL , BUT THE SEAL WAS NOT FOR THE SCOOTER. BECAUSE THIS BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE FALL I DID NOT TRY TO REPAIR THE SCOOTER WITH THE PARTS SENT BY THE DEALER UNTIL THE SPRING OF 2007. BY THE SPRING 2007 THE SCOOTER WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I USED THE BRAKE LINE THEY SENT AND REPAIRED THE SEAL AS BEST AS I COULD. SINCE THERE WAS NO REPLACEMENT SEAL AVAILABLE. ACCORDING TO THE VESPA DEALER THE SEAL WAS NOT LISTED IN THEIR PARTS MANUAL. AFTER THE REPAIR THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AGAIN AS A RESULT OF THE HOT EXHAUST BLOWING ON THE BRAKE LINE. THE SAME TYPE OF BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH THE RECENTLY PURCHASED 2007 VESPA GTS. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON JUNE 7, 2007. I PURCHASED THIS SCOOTER FROM A PRIVATE OWNER SO THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS DAMAGE. BECAUSE THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE SEAL WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE PARTS LIST I HAVE ONLY DONE A TEMPORARY REPAIR, JUST ENOUGH TO BRING IT HOME FROM WHERE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10193302
Incident
Jun 7, 2007
Mileage
3,800 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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