Consumer Complaint Detail
APRILIA / RST 1000 FUTURA / 2002
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006063922 | Incident Date: Apr, 15 2006 |
| Consumer's City: OAKLAND | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Aprilia USA, Inc. |
| Model Name: RST 1000 FUTURA | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: ZD4PWD0132S | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 29 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 15 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 2 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Upon starting my 2002 aprilia futura motorcycle on april 16 2006, within about 30 seconds, smoke started coming up from under the gas tank. i had the bike towed into the dealership, which is now telling me there is a slow leak from the fuel lines and fuel pump, which need to be replaced at a cost of over $300 in parts and several hours of shop labor (roughly $600 total). previously, in september of 2004, this same motorcyce developed a fuel leak which left a puddle of gasoline on my enclosed garage floor in a 30-unit apartment building. the results of this leak could have been disasterous. the diagnosis for this leak was a failure of the fuel tank quick disconnect, which was replaced at an out-of-pocket cost of $124.84. there is now a recall of this fuel connector listed on the nhtsa site, but when i asked the aprilia dealership (scuderia in san francisco) about it, they said it was just a "government recall" and not a "manufacturer recall" and that they weren't doing any replacements until the factory directed them to do so. with this second fuel leak problem (now the fuel line and pump) in my brief ownership of a very expensive new motorcycle, i am very worried about the safety of this motorcycle, both in terms of riding it and in storing it in the ground-floor garage below me and the 29 other units in my apartment building. can you do anything to help me resolve these very dangerous fuel system leaks with the manufacturer? *nm |