National Class Action Lawsuit Filed for Fuel Tank issues on multiple bikes.

Ducati Plastic Fuel Tank Class Action Lawsuit - Consumer Class Action Attorneys - Girard Gibbs LLP

National Class Action Lawsuit Filed

In November 2010, Girard Gibbs LLP filed a national class action lawsuit alleging that the plastic fuel tanks on certain Ducati motorcycles are defective because they degrade and deform due to an incompatibility with the motorcycles’ fuel. The suit alleges that this defect leads to a number of unsafe conditions, including destabilizing the fuel tank on the bike’s frame, fuel leaks, and interference with steering. The class action was filed in federal court under the consumer protection statutes of the State of California.


Covers these:


2003-2008 Monster 620, 620 dark, 620 i.e. dark, 620 i.e., M 695, M 695 dark, 800, S2R, S4R, S4R S Tricolore, S2R dark, S2R1000, and S4RS motorcycles;

2009-2011 Monster 696, 696+, 696+ ABS, 796, 796 ABS, 1100, 1100S, 1100 ABS, 1100 evo ABS, 1100S ABS, M696, M1100, and M1100 S motorcycles;

2003-2009 Multistrada 1000, 1000S, 1000 DS, 1000S DS, 1100 DS, 1100S DS, 620, 620 dark, MTS 1000, MTS 1000S, MTS 1100 and MTS 1100S motorcycles;

2010-2011 Multistrada 1200, 1200S Sport, 1200S Touring and 1200S Pikes Peak motorcycles;

2006-2010 SportClassic Sport 1000, Paul Smart 1000, Paul Smart 1000 LE, GT Touring, GT 1000, GT 1000 Touring, GT 1000 Bicolore, Sport 1000S, Sport 1000 Biposto and Sport 1000 Monoposto motorcycles;

2009-2011 Streetfighter and Streetfighter S motorcycles;

2007-2011 Superbike 848, 848 NH, 848 Hayden Limited, 848 evo, 1098, 1098S, 1098 Tricolore, 1098R, 1098R Bayliss, 1198R, 1198, 1198S, 1198R corse SE, 1198S corse SE and 1198SP motorcycles; and

2007-2011 Hypermotard 796 matt, 796 red, 1100, 1100 evo, 1100 evo SP, 1100S, 1100E and 1100SP motorcycles.

Got a letter in the mail yesterday on this....

lus1:

We got a letter for the M1100S, but the "tank" that you see isn't the actual fuel tank. Those are just plastic covers, but the tank itself is molded plastic. We didn't respond to the letter, what are you guys doing?

So it's just more or less the whole of their range

I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Technically this would be a moot issue if i put in the big CA tank. I need to go to a dealer anyway to have the trip computer software update applied, so may feel things out then.

Got the letter also. I'm going to do a little research before I decide, but I'm not really keen to have a dealer tearing up my bike when it's working just fine as-is. At the moment my sense is that this is mostly a cosmetic issue for the bikes that have an exposed tank.

I see the reference to 'fuel leakage', but so far haven't heard any stories of folks actually experiencing this.