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2008 Ducati 1000GT problems

Owners have filed 13 complaints about the 2008 Ducati 1000GT with NHTSA between 2010 and 2011. The largest single group is the fuel & propulsion. Across this model's run it ranks 3 of 3 worst.

Read the complaints What breaks Worst years for the Ducati 1000GT All 2008 cars
B

FaultScore 39/100

Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the Ducati 1000GT.

How this is worked out

The numbers

13

Complaints

0

Crashes reported

0

Fires reported

0

Injuries reported

2,611 mi

Median mileage at failure

Half of reported failures happened before this

100%

Failed under 36,000 miles

Inside a typical bumper-to-bumper warranty

What kind of bad

The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.

Complaint volume 38 vs 50 Severity 0 vs 50 Early failure 100 vs 50
The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.
Complaint volume — 38
Against the median year of the Ducati 1000GT. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 0
0% of these complaints involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of 9.7%.
Early failure — 100
100% of failures with a mileage on record happened under 36,000 miles, against a national rate of 29%.

How 2008 compares with every other Ducati 1000GT

Click any bar to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks on a 2008 Ducati 1000GT

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Fuel & Propulsion 13 100.0%

Median failure at 2,611 miles

When owners complained

A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.

Jan 2010 peak 3 Apr 2011

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

at 1,367 miles Tequesta, FL

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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

NHTSA complaint #10395415 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 1,367 miles Tequesta, FL

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

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

NHTSA complaint #10395415 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 300 miles Forest Grove, OR

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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. APPARENTLY THE CAUSE IS THE ADDITION OF ETHANOL IN THE GAS. LIKE I SAID, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY THE DEALER OR THE MANUFAC. TO FIX OR REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #10369273 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 7,500 miles Atlanta, GA

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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 SAME MATERIAL. NOW, THE SECOND TANK HAS BEGAN TO SPREAD AND IS LOOSE FROM THE MOUNTING BOSSES.

NHTSA complaint #10366979 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 3,000 miles OR, OR

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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 THE TANK ON MY DUCATI BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE MOUNTS ON THE FRAME. THIS CAUSED THE TANK TO BE LOOSE AND UNSAFE. I WAS TOLD TO SHIM IT BY THE DUCATI DEALERSHIP. I DID SO. 8 MONTHS LATER THE TANK HAS SMALL BUBBLES APPEARING UNDER THE PAINT. I RETURNED THE BIKE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE TANK. THE REPLACEMENT TANK FROM DUCATI IS MADE OF THE SAME MATERIALS AS THE FIRST ONE AND DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE "NEW" TANK WILL SPREAD, BUBBLE, DIMPLE AND/OR LEAK AGAIN. DUCATI HAS NOT OFFERED ANY SOLUTION TO THIS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THEIR TANKS OTHER THAN TO REPLACE THE TANK WITH ANOTHER ONE OF THE SAME MATERIAL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICE.

NHTSA complaint #10366897 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 4,000 miles Morganton, NC

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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 MATERIAL WHICH IN TURN, BEGINS TO SPREAD AGAIN. PERMANENT FIX NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AS WARRANTY PERIOD WILL EVENTUALLY END.

NHTSA complaint #10366896 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 7,000 miles Austin, TX

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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 CAUSING UNACCEPTABLE VISUAL ISSUE.

NHTSA complaint #10359992 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 820 miles West Covina, CA

FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

SPREADING FUEL TANKS FOR 2008 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000.

NHTSA complaint #10355822 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 2,700 miles NEW Brunswick, NJ

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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.

NHTSA complaint #10341621 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 5,000 miles Wellington, FL

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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.

NHTSA complaint #10339548 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 2,523 miles Dover Plains, NY

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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 THE ORIGINAL SHAPE.

NHTSA complaint #10335635 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

at 2,000 miles Naples, FL

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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.

NHTSA complaint #10326747 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Woodland Hills, CA

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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

NHTSA complaint #10302978 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.