NHTSA Campaign 12V270000
SUSPENSION:REAR
NHTSA campaign 12V270000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the suspension: rear. The repair is free.
DUCATI NORTH AMERICA filed the report for 12V270000 with NHTSA on June 13, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V270000, NHTSA lists up to 375 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 16, 2012 and May 15, 2012.
The 12V270000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V270000 were scheduled from June 30, 2012, 17 days after the report.
12V270000 covers 1 model from Ducati, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 12V270000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V270000 ranks 16 of 19 DUCATI NORTH AMERICA recalls on this site.
Besides 12V270000, DUCATI NORTH AMERICA has 1 other recall on the suspension on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- DUCATI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 PANIGALE MOTORCYCLES BECAUSE OF AN INCORRECT SCREW USED TO RETAIN THE SWINGARM TO THE REAR SUSPENSION LINKAGE.
- The risk
- IF THE LINKAGE DETACHES FROM THE SWINGARM, CATASTROPHIC SUSPENSION COLLAPSE WOULD OCCUR AND ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ABILITY TO SAFELY HANDLE THE MOTORCYCLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DUCATI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE, AS NECESSARY, THE INCORRECT SCREW FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 30, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DUCATI AT 1-800-231-6696 OR GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.DUCATI.COM.
- Notes
- DUCATIS SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS RCL-12-004.
Reported June 13, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V270000 (1)
Ducati (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V270000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: June 13, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted