Recall campaign · NHTSA 12V392000

Engine and engine cooling

DUCATI NORTH AMERICA filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2012-08-10.

Recall campaignNHTSA 12V392000

Engine and engine cooling

Component
Engine and engine cooling
Manufacturer
DUCATI NORTH AMERICA
Vehicles affected
2,411
Reported to NHTSA
2012-08-10
Owners notified
2012-10-15

Defect description

Ducati is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 1199 Panigale motorcycles manufactured from March 16, 2012, through July 12, 2012. The exhaust butterfly valve bowden cable cover could melt or burn due to excess heat of the catalytic converter.

Safety risk

Melting and burning of the bowden cable cover could lead to smoke and/or fire.

Manufacturer remedy

Ducati will notify owners, and authorized dealers will the replace old exhaust butterfly valve bowden cable cover with a new one, free of charge. The safety recall began on October 15, 2012. Owners may contact Ducati at 1-800-231-6696 or through their website at www.ducati.com.

Notes

Ducati's recall number is RCL-12-006.Customers may 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.

Scope of coverage

2 model years across 1 models.

ModelYears on record
DUCATI 1199 Panigale2013 2012

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.