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2010 Piaggio GTS Super 300 Fuel system Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA

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Fuel system reportsComplaints 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.
11
Latest Sep 14, 2011
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
100%
of 11 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2010 Piaggio GTS Super 300 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.

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

Owner reports naming fuel system

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Fuel system
Filed Sep 14, 2011

REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK, GAUGE ALWAYS READS EMPTY. *KB

NHTSA ID
10425500
Incident
Sep 25, 2009
Fuel system
Filed Aug 11, 2011

FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 1200 MILES FROM NEW. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS PUMPS MAY FAIL WHILE MOVING. *TR

NHTSA ID
10418494
Incident
May 20, 2011
Mileage
1,200 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jun 9, 2011

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE FUEL PUMP ON MY VESPA 300 GTS FAIL, THIS PROBLEM ITS HAPPENING TO MANY VESPA 2009/2010 FOR A BAD BACH OF FUEL PUMP INSTALLED FROM PIAGGIO. *TR

NHTSA ID
10405766
Incident
Jun 9, 2011
Mileage
2,700 mi
Fuel system
Filed May 26, 2011

VESPA GTS 300 WILL NOT START AFTER RUNNING DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED MULTIPLE TIME. SOMETIMES AFTER COOLING DOWN IT MIGHT START UP, BUT AFTER ONE HOUR OR TWO. VESPA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER HAS YET TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. HAD TO HAVE THE SCOOTER TOWED TO THE VESPA REPAIR CENTER IN HOPE OF GETTING A SECOND FUEL PUMP. *TR

NHTSA ID
10402901
Incident
May 24, 2010
Mileage
500 mi
Fuel system
Filed May 22, 2011

I HAVE A 2010 VESPA SUPER 300. ON A WARM DAY AFTER RIDING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES IT JUST QUIT. IT WOULD NOT REDRAFT. AFTER THE ENGINE COOLED HOURS LATER I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO RESTART. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VESPA MODEL WITH THE SAME ENGINE ALSO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. THE INTERNET AND MODERN VESPA WEBSITE IS FULL OF OWNERS IN THE SAME SITUATION WHICH IS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. I URGE YOU TO ASK VESPA USA TO DO A RECALL FOR THIS FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10402348
Incident
May 21, 2011
Mileage
390 mi
Fuel system
Filed Nov 3, 2010

I BOUGHT A NEW VESPA 2010 GTS AND AROUND 400 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THE FUEL PUMP DIED. WHEN THE SCOOTER WAS COLD, IT WOULD START, BUT AS THE ENGINE WARMED, UPON SHUTTING IN OFF, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. *TR

NHTSA ID
10363898
Incident
Jul 30, 2010
Mileage
400 mi
Fuel system
Filed Oct 16, 2010

FUEL PUMP FAILED ON MY WIFE'S 2010 VESPA GTS SUPER. LUCKY WE WERE AT A STOP AND NOT IN TRAFFIC OR IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THAT THESE FUEL PUMP FAILURES COULD BE DEADLY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10360792
Incident
Oct 16, 2010
Mileage
460 mi
ElectricalFuel system
Filed Sep 10, 2010

FUEL PUMP STOPS WORKING CAUSING UNIT TO TURN OFF WHEN ENGINE IS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURES. STALLING AND NOT TURNING ON. THIS SITUATION HAPPENS AFTER 20 MINS OF RIDING. IT CAN TURN OFF WHILE RIDING OR AT AN INTERSECTION/STOP SIGN WITH NO WARNING. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS THE UNIT WILL EVENTUALLY RESTART. NO UPDATED PART HAS BEEN MADE YET. THE COMPANY CONTINUES TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WITH THE SAME OLD PART NUMBER?!?! PLEASE HELP US HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE MACHINE TO RIDE. THIS CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IF NOT ADDRESSED SOON. *TR

NHTSA ID
10354848
Incident
Aug 6, 2010
Mileage
1,432 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 21, 2010

MY GTS300 SUPER VESPA SCOOTER HAS QUIT ON ME AGAIN. I WROTE YOU A NOTE LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS HAPPENING LAST FRIDAY, AUG.14. THIS TIME I TOOK THE SCOOTER TO THE COFFEE SHOP, LEFT THERE, RODE IT ABOUT FOR THE NEXT 45 MIN- 1 HR, CAME HOME, PARKED IT. WENT OUT 45 MINUTES LATER TO CHECK, IT WOULD NOT START. TURNED OVER, BUT NO START. NO "WHIRRING" SOUND EITHER, THAT THE FUEL PUMP NORMALLY MAKES. JUST WENT OUT AND CHECKED AGAIN'THIS TIME, 1 HR AND 15 MIN LATER, THE SOUND AND IT STARTED. THIS IS REALLY A NUISANCE AND A POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER IF IT OCCURRS IN TRAFFIC, WHICH IT HAS NOT FOR ME. *TR

NHTSA ID
10350889
Incident
Aug 21, 2010
Mileage
1,528 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 18, 2010

FUEL PUMP FAILURE ON 2010 VESPA 300 SUPER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10350226
Incident
May 5, 2010
Mileage
4,250 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 16, 2010

A 2010 VESPA GTS300 SUPER-AFTER RIDING IT FOR ABOUT 32 MILES ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 IN TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 85-95 DEGREES, I PARKED IT AT A SHOP AND SPENT ABOUT TEN MINUTES INSIDE. WHEN I CAME OUT THE SCOOTER WOULDN'T START. THOUGHT IT NEEDED GAS SO PUSHED IT TO STATION ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AWAY. THE TANK STILL HAD ABOUT A GAL OF GAS IN IT, AND THE SCOOTER STILL DOES NOT START. PUSHED IT TO A SCOOTER DEALER I KNOW ABOUT 4 BLOCKS. CALLED MY WIFE TO COME GET ME. ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER I TRIED STARTING THE SCOOTER AND IT STARTED! THIS WAS ABOUT ONE-ONE AND A HALF HOURS AFTER THE FIRST NON START. AM TAKING IT IN TOMORROW TO A DEALER 65 MILES AWAY AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT. I'M SUSPECTING A BAD FUEL PUMP, WHICH THE GTS 250 AND 300S ARE HAVING. *TR

NHTSA ID
10349767
Incident
Aug 14, 2010
Mileage
1,450 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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