2007 DUCATI S2R1000 Problems & Recalls

PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE WITH 840 MILES ON ODOMETER, GAS TANK HAS SWELLING AND IS TOUCHING THE IGNITION SWITCH. ALSO HAS BLISTERING AT THE BASE OF THE TANK WERE IT MEETS THE SEAT.

Mileage: 882

PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE WITH 840 MILES ON ODOMETER, GAS TANK HAS SWELLING AND IS TOUCHING THE IGNITION SWITCH. ALSO HAS BLISTERING AT THE BASE OF THE TANK WERE IT MEETS THE SEAT.

Mileage: 882

FUEL TANK DISTORTED BY POSSIBLE SWELLING CAUSING STEERING HEAD TO CONTACT FUEL TANK LIMITING STEERING. FUEL LEAK FROM HINGE AREA OF FUEL FILLER CAP DUE TO POSSIBLE DISTORTION. FUEL LEAK SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO SPLASH ONTO RIDER AND ENGINE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. FUEL TANK IS OF PLASTIC MATERIAL. ...

Mileage: 3,700

MY MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH I BELIEVE HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND AND CORRODE INSIDE THE GAS CAP HOUSING. THIS EXPANSION IS CAUSING THE GAS CAP TO SHIFT, ALLOWING GASOLINE TO LEAK OUT BECAUSE THE CAP NO LONGER SEALS PROPERLY. *TR I HAVE NOT MODIFIED MY MOTORCYCLE. I HAVE MADE NO MODIFIC...

THE FUEL TANK ON MY DUCATI S2R800 HAS WARPED DUE TO THE ETHANOL IN GAS. GAS LEAKED FROM THE TANK BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP GASKET COULD NOT PROPERLY FUNCTION DUE TO THE WARPING. DUCATI'S POOR MANUFACTURING OF THESE GAS TANKS HAS CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

GAS TANK DEFORMATION ON 2007 DUCATI MONSTER S2R1000. GAS TANK HAS SWOLLEN TO THE POINT OF IMPINGING ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING A WEAR MARK ON THE TANK AT THE POINT OF CONTACT. ADDITIONALLY THE LATCH MECHANISM NOW IMPACTS THE IGNITION SWITCH HOUSING AS WELL. MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN IN WINTER ST...

Mileage: 6,500

GAS TANK DEFORMATION ON 2007 DUCATI MONSTER S2R1000. GAS TANK HAS SWOLLEN TO THE POINT OF IMPINGING ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING A WEAR MARK ON THE TANK AT THE POINT OF CONTACT. ADDITIONALLY THE LATCH MECHANISM NOW IMPACTS THE IGNITION SWITCH HOUSING AS WELL. MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN IN WINTER ST...

Mileage: 6,500

MY MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO DEFORM AND PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. THE OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NO LONGER FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, THE HANDLEBARS HIT IT ON TURNING, AND THE TANK & TANK LATCH PRESS AGAINST THE IGNITION SWITCH HOUSING. THE TAN...

Mileage: 6,600

2008 DUCATI S2R 1000, GAS TANK IS DISTORTING BEYOND ITS INTENDED DIMENSION AND WILL NOT FIT CORRECTLY ON THE FRAME STOPS. IT IS ALSO INTERFERING WITH THE FRONT LATCH (ADJACENT TO THE IGNITION HOUSING) MAKING ACCESS BELOW THE GAS TANK DIFFICULT. INCORRECT FIT IN THESE THREE FORWARD AREAS (TWO ON FR...

Mileage: 3,800

FUEL TANK EXPANDING AND SWELLING. *TR

Mileage: 1,854

GRADUALLY, OVER TIME, THE MOTORCYCLE'S FUEL TANK STARTED EXPANDING. CURRENTLY THE TANK NO LONGER FITS ON TO THE MOTORCYCLE SECURELY. THE LATCH MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THE TANK CLOSED CAN'T BE SECURED AND THE TANK SLIPS OFF THE FRAME. WHEN RIDING, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TANK WILL SLIDE OFF THE FRAME, C...

Mileage: 3,000

2007 DUCATI S2R 1000 GAS TANK DEFORMING AND NOT FITTING ON THE FRAME PROPERLY. *TR

THE MOTORCYCLE HAD BEEN IN THE DEALER'S SHOWROOM FOR OVER A YEAR. I BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE NEW AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. THE BIKE WAS KEPT CLEAN AND MAINTAINED PROPERLY BY MYSELF AND THE DEALER ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANUAL. AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS, I NOTICED THE TANK BUMPERS DID NOT LINE UP WITH ...

Mileage: 2,500

THE FUEL TANK HAS SWOLLEN AND BECOME MISSHAPEN. IT NOW RUBS ON THE FRAME IN NUMEROUS PLACES AND DOES NOT PROPERLY SECURE TO THE FRAME OF THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR

Mileage: 5,500

VEHICLE IS A 2007 DUCATI S2R1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE GAS TANK IS MADE FROM PLASTIC. THE GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED TO THE POINT THAT THE LATCH IS INOPERABLE WITHOUT JAMMING A SCREWDRIVER UP INTO IT FROM UNDERNEATH. WHEN THE LATCH IS OPERATED EVERY TIME IT REMOVES MATERIAL FROM THE PLASTIC GAS TANK AND THE IG...

Mileage: 2,000

MY MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NOW DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THE FRAME, THE HANDLEBARS HIT IT ON TURNING, AND IT PRESSES AGAINST THE IGNITION SWITCH. PREVIOUSLY IT OPENED AND CLOSED WITHOUT PROBLEMS, NOW I...

Mileage: 21,500

THE GAS TANK ON MY 2007 DUCATI S2R100 IS DEFORMING. IS BULGING TO THE POINT THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH IS ABOUT TO POKE THROUGH THE TANK ITSELF. I NOTICED THIS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH. IT SEEMS SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I WILL TAKE MY BIKE TO THE DEALER AS SO...

Mileage: 2,300

MY FUEL TANK EXPANDED AND HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE SAME ISSUE AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME BIKES AND PLASTIC FUEL CELL HTTP://DUCATIMONSTERFORUM.ORG/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=25074.0 1ST TANK WAS REPLACED IN AUG 07,AND AGAIN IN NOV OF 09 BY DUCATI INDIANAPOLIS. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

GAS TANK IS EXPANDING DUE TO ETHANOL IN THE FUEL. THE TANK DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY ON THE FRAME NOW. IT IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE THE TANK LATCH. EXPANSION COULD CAUSE THE TANK TO RUPTURE UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSE A FIRE ON THE RIDER. *TR

Mileage: 4,250

MY MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NOW DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THE FRAME AND IT PRESSES AGAINST THE IGNITION SWITCH. PREVIOUSLY IT OPENED AND CLOSED WITHOUT PROBLEMS, BUT AT THIS POINT I WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE ...

Mileage: 20,000

FUEL TANK IS EXPANDING , CAUSING MOUNTING POINTS TO BE MISALIGNED WITH MOTORCYCLE FRAME. IF EXPANSION CONTINUES, I AM CONCERNED STEERING MOVEMENT WILL BE RESTRICTED, AND THAT THE TANK MAY DEFORM TO THE POINT THAT IT LEAKS, POSING A FIRE HAZARD. THIS MOTORCYCLE WAS ORIGINALLY DELIVERED AUGUST 4TH, 20...

Mileage: 11,750

MY MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK WHICH HAS BEGUN TO EXPAND. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TANK HAVE INCREASED AND IT NOW DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THE FRAME, THE HANDLEBARS HIT IT ON TURNING, AND IT PRESSES AGAINST THE IGNITION SWITCH. PREVIOUSLY IT OPENED AND CLOSED WITHOUT PROBLEMS, NOW I H...

Mileage: 3,000