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2012 Zero Ds 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 Aug 29, 2017
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 Nov 13, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 Zero Ds. 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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ElectricalEngine
Filed Aug 29, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 ZERO DSZF6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, AND THE MOTORCYCLE RESTARTED. A FLASHING QUESTION MARK DISPLAYED ON THE MESSAGE CENTER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BIKE HAD A SOFTWARE UPDATE PERFORMED IN 2014 BY AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN FLORIDA. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 917.

NHTSA ID
11020325
Incident
Aug 25, 2017
Mileage
917 mi
ElectricalEngine
Filed Nov 13, 2014

A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE BIKE, I HAD NOTICED A THAT IT WOULD RUN A LITTLE ROUGH FOR A WHILE. THE PROBLEM WOULD AUTO CORRECT AFTER THE NEXT RIDE SO I DIDN'T GET TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT. HOWEVER AFTER DAYS WOULD GO I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE SYSTEM WOULD KICK BACK TO NORMAL AFTER PHYSICALLY TURNING THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION AND RESTARTING AFTER A FEW MINUTES . NO WARNING AS TO WHEN THIS WOULD OCCUR. UP HILL, DOWN HILL, AT THE START OF MY RIDE OR AT THE END OF IT. FAST OR SLOW. IT DID NOT MATTER. I TOOK IN TO THE DEALER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO DO A SOFTWARE ADJUSTMENT. IT RAN NICELY FOR A WHILE BUT THE SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK. I WENT AGAIN FOR THE REPAIR. ANOTHER SOFTWARE ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE. YET AGAIN THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AFTER A WHILE. THE DEALER HAS THE BIKE NOW FOR YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM RIDING THIS BIKE IN THAT CONDITION IS REALLY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IN THE FREEWAY AND I HAD TOO MANY CLOSE CALLS. THAT IS WHY I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT. SOMEHOW I THINK THAT THE LEMON LAW SHOULD APPLY . AFTER CHECKING MOTORCYCLE FORUMS ONLINE, I CAN SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10654803
Incident
Jul 9, 2013

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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