Aprilia Engine and Engine Cooling: Engine

Aprilia is recalling about 382 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. This could result in a loss of control of the motorcycle.

Campaign
00V272000
Manufacturer
APRILIA USA INC.
Reported
14 September 2000
Vehicles
382
Built between
Feb 2000 – May 2000
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
9 September 2000
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2000 and May 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2000 Aprilia SL Falco 1000Built February 2000 to May 2000

What the defect is

Vehicle description: motorcycles with half-fairing. The oil hose could fail on these motorcycles, causing the oil to spill under the rear wheel.

What could happen

This could result in a loss of control of the motorcycle.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE OIL HOSE.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2000 to May 2000
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA14 September 2000
  3. Owners notified9 September 2000

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 14 September 2000.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
APRILIA USA INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owner notification began september 9, 2000.OWNERS who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact aprilia at 1-877-APRILIA (1-877-277-4542), extension 105.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand