Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Piaggio MP3 250, most frequently naming the steering category.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 2 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
2007 PIAGGIO MP3 250 SCOOTER WITH A FAULTY STEERING MECHANISM. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEELS DID NOT TURN EVEN THOUGHT THE HANDLE BARS DID. HE ALSO STATES THAT PINCH BOLT WAS NOT INSPECTED BEFORE IT LEFT THE FACTORY AND WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR SHOP, THAT THE SCOOTER WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED, BECAUSE THE FRAME WAS BENT AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.
STEERING HANDLEBAR CLAMP BOLT LOOSENED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. I EXITED MY DRIVEWAY ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 6TH, 2007, TURNED THE HANDLEBAR OF THE SCOOTER TO THE RIGHT AND ACCELERATED FROM A STANDSTILL. THE SCOOTER HEADED STRAIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT THE REAR OF A NEIGHBORS VEHICLE. THE SCOOTER SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO REPAIR. THE SCOOTER IS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 511 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. UPON EXAMINATION AFTER THE INCIDENT, I DISCOVERED THE LOOSENED BOLT. THERE IS NO OTHER BACKUP RETAINING SYSTEM TO PREVENT HANDLEBAR LOOSING CLAMPING FORCE ON THE STEERING TUBE. THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE ALTERED TO MAKE THE HANDLEBAR SECURE ON THE STEERING TUBE EVEN IF THE CLAMP BOLT LOOSENED. THE NEIGHBORS VEHICLE SUFFERED MINIMAL DAMAGE, A SMALL DENT AND LOOSENED FENDER TRIM. THE SCOOTER IS A PIAGGIO MP3 250I.E. AND NOT A BV 250 AS INDICATED IN VEHICLE DETAILS SECTION. THE MP3 IS NOT IN THE LIST. *TR
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.