2008 DUCATI 1000GT Problems & Recalls

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. BIKE WILL STOP RUNNING AT ANY TIME, SOMETIMES WILL NOT START. SAME AS 2007 RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 1,367

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. BIKE WILL STOP RUNNING AT ANY TIME, SOMETIMES WILL NOT START. SAME AS 2007 RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 1,367

AFTER LESS THAN 600 MILES ON MY NEW DUCATI SPORT 1000S ,Y FUEL TANK HAS WARPED, CAUSING IT TO BECOME LOOSE. I HAVE SHIMMED IT AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE BUT THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE AND THE TANK IS AGAIN LOOSE. I HAVE CONTACTED DUCATI OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE LOCAL DEALER TO NO AVAIL. APPARE...

Mileage: 300

AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, THE GAS TANK ON MY 2008 DUCATI GT1000 MOTORCYCLE EXPANDED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS NO LONGER SECURED BY THE MOUNTING BOSSES AND COULD EASILY BE LIFTED OFF THE FRAME. MY LOCAL DUCATI DEALER REPLACED THE TANK UNDER WARRANTY WITH ANOTHER TANK MADE OF THE SAM...

Mileage: 7,500

BOUGHT A 2008 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC SPORT 1000 IN AUGUST OF 2008. WAS NOT INFORMED BY ANYONE (SALES STAFF OR DUCATI OF NORTH AMERICA) THAT THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PLASTIC TANKS DEFORMING, BUBBLING, DIMPLING AND/OR LEAKING AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO THE GASOLINE USED IN N. AMERICA. 12 MONTHS LATER ...

Mileage: 3,000

MOTORCYCLE: 2008 DUCATI GT-1000. PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED IN SHAPE, SO THAT THE TANK DOES NOT FIT SECURELY IN THE MOUNTING HARDWARE. POSSIBLE CAUSE IS ETHANOL BLENDED FUEL AND REACTION WITH PLASTIC MATERIAL. DUCATI IS REPLACING TANKS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT TANKS ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH SAME MATER...

Mileage: 4,000

GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF ETHANOL IN GASOLINE. RESULTED IN TANK SPREADING AND BEING LOOSE FROM MOUNTS. MANUFACTURER'S SOLUTION HAS BEEN TO ADD SHIMS TO TANK MOUNTS, HOWEVER TANK HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD. A RELATED (NOT A SAFETY ISSUE) ISSUE HAS BEEN SURFACE BUBBLING CA...

Mileage: 7,000

SPREADING FUEL TANKS FOR 2008 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000. *TR

Mileage: 820

THE FUEL TANK HAS EXPANDED AND DEFORMED, ALLOWING IT TO DISENGAGE FROM ITS MOUNTS AND SEPARATE FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. IT ALSO DEVELOPED DIMPLES AND BUMPS ON IT'S OUTER SURFACE. *TR

Mileage: 2,700

2008 DUCATI SPORT 1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS SPREAD AWAY FROM THE ON THE FRAME. I HAVE SHIMMED IT IN BUT IF IT CONTINUES THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO KEEP THE TANK IN PLACE. DEALER HAS NO FIX. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

1) THE PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS "SPREAD" OR DEFORMED AND NO LONGER MOUNTS TO FRONT BRACKET OF THE MOTORCYCLE FRAME. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THE TANK WOULD COME LOOSE FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. 2) THE SPREADING SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY FUEL CONTAINING ETHANOL AND ONCE THE TANK HAS SPREAD IT DOES NOT RETURN TO...

Mileage: 2,523

2008 DUCATI GT 1000 ---TANK IS SPREADING AND LIFTS COMPLETELY OFF THE FRAME WITH 1 FINGER. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND DUCATI HAS NOT REPLACED MY TANK YET. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

EXPANDING/SPREADING GAS TANK ON 2008 DUCATI SPORT 1000 S. TANK IS BECOMING DEFORMED MORE INCREASINGLY.*CW