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2008 Piaggio MP3 500 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 Mar 17, 2012
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 Jan 19, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Piaggio MP3 500. 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

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Driver assistanceEngine
Filed Mar 17, 2012

THE VEHICLE ENGINE QUIT WHILE MAKING A TURN THROUGH A CORNER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. RECENTLY I HAVE HEARD PIAGGIO FINALLY CAME UP WITH AN ECU SOFTWARE UPDATE TO CORRECT THIS STALLING ISSUE BUT THEY WILL NOT RECALL ALL THE VEHICLES TO PREFORM THE 20 MIN SOFTWARE UPDATE THROUGH THEIR DEALER NETWORK. TO ME THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IF THEY HAVE A KNOWN ISSUE AND A KNOWN FIX FOR A DANGEROUS SITUATION THEY SHOULD OFFER THE UPDATE AND NOTIFY ALL REGISTERED OWNERS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10452074
Incident
May 16, 2011
Mileage
9,000 mi
Steering
Filed Aug 19, 2010

PIAGGIO MP3 2008 SCOOTER. A GLITCH IN THE STEERING MECHANISM NEARLY CAUSED ME TO CRASH TWICE. IT WAS REPAIRED AND NOW THE DANGEROUS STEERING ISSUE HAS RETURNED AGAIN. NO HELP FROM PIAGGIO. THIS IS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW THAT COULD EASILY CAUSE A FATALITY OR INJURY!!! THE STEERING BEARINGS ON THESE MODELS SHOULD BE REPAIRED FOR FREE BUT PIAGGIO REFUSES TO ADMIT ANY FAULT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10350522
Incident
Aug 19, 2010
Mileage
2,400 mi
Steering
Filed Jan 19, 2010

STEERING BEARING FAILURE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10300269
Incident
Dec 20, 2009
Mileage
2,350 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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