Ducati Engine and Engine Cooling: Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings

Ducati is recalling about 119 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. Coolant leakage over the rear suspension and wheel could cause a crash.

Campaign
07V175000
Manufacturer
DUCATI NORTH AMERICA
Reported
24 April 2007
Vehicles
119
Built between
Sep 2006 – Oct 2006
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
8 February 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2006 and October 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2007 Ducati 1098 TricoloreBuilt September 2006 to October 2006

What the defect is

On certain motorcycles, the horizontal cylinder head fitting to the thermostat produced a coolant leakage.

What could happen

Coolant leakage over the rear suspension and wheel could cause a crash.

What gets fixed

THE THERMOSTAT HOSE AND RELATIVE COUPLINGS WERE REPLACED. ALL MOTORCYCLES WERE CORRECTED BEFORE RETAIL DELIVERY TO CUSTOMERS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2006 to October 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA24 April 2007
  3. Owners notified8 February 2007

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 24 April 2007.

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

Manufacturer's recall number
RCL-07-002
Recalling manufacturer
DUCATI NORTH AMERICA
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

Ducati recall no. RCL-07-002.CUSTOMERS may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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

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