2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500 Problems & Recalls

AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM EFFECTS 2007 THROUGH 2008 AP...

AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS AND IMPROPER FUEL LINE FOR USA FUELS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS...

Mileage: 1,150

2006 APRILIA SCARABEO SCOOTER, 88 MILES ON ODOMETER. LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE AT IDLE. STALL AT IDLE. ROUGH STARTING. DEALER REPLACED FAULTY SUBMERSIBLE FUEL LINE, ATTACHED CLAMPS TO EACH END WHERE THERE WERE NONE BEFORE. IMMEDIATELY FIXED THE ISSUE. APRILIA COVERED THIS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS COUL...

Mileage: 88

THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO A 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500 MOTORCYCLE. I BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE NEW IN JUNE 2008. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG SCARABEO OWNERS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SOLD THESE BIKES WITH CLAMPS MISSING FROM THE IN-TANK FUEL LINE, BETWEEN THE IN-TANK FILTER AND THE FUEL PUMP. MY DEALER AS...

Mileage: 100

"AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM EFFECTS 2007 THROUGH 2008 A...

Mileage: 987

VEHICLE HAD AN IRREGULAR, LOW IDLE, STUTTERING, LACK OF POWER AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO START. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WOULD DIE AT INTERSECTIONS WHILE IDLING. THE ENGINE STOPPING AT INTERSECTIONS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH. UPON INVESTIGATION, I REALIZED THAT THE...

Mileage: 4,555

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500 ABS SCOOTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AT LOW SPEEDS, WHILE IDLING, IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC, AND WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE DIMMER THAN THE LOW BEAMS. THE PURCHASE DATE AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WE...

Mileage: 1,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500 ABS SCOOTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AT LOW SPEEDS, WHILE IDLING, IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC, AND WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE DIMMER THAN THE LOW BEAMS. THE PURCHASE DATE AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WE...

Mileage: 1,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500. THE HIGHBEAMS WERE ACTIVATED; HOWEVER, THEY WERE DIMMER THAN THE REGULAR HEADLIGHTS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WIRES WERE MESSED UP WHEN THE ABS FEATURE WAS ADDED. THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND CURRENT MILEA...

Mileage: 100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM LIKE A FLASHLIGHT. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, HE RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT WHY THE HIGH BEAMS WERE SO DIM AND DENSE. AFTER EXAMINING THE HIGH BEAMS, THE DEALER STA...

Mileage: 100