NHTSA campaign 08E025000 · Equipment recall

PIAGGIO USA, INC. Recall 08E-025: BRACKET FOR THE ACCESSORY TOP CASE

NHTSA recall 08E025000 is an equipment recall reported by PIAGGIO USA, INC. on March 26, 2008, with 128 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Moto Guzzi Norge for model years 2007–2008. Owners were notified on June 24, 2008, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by PIAGGIO USA, INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 08E025000 (also written 08E-025 or 08E025)
Filed by: PIAGGIO USA, INC.
Report received: March 26, 2008
Potentially affected: 128 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: June 24, 2008
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08E025000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Moto Guzzi

Moto Guzzi Norge
- 2007, 2008

All Moto Guzzi recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08E025000.

Defect description

PIAGGIO IS RECALLING 128 TOP CASES SOLD AS AN MOTO GUZZI ACCESSORY FOR MY 2007 AND 2008 MOTO GUZZI NORGE MOTORCYCLES. THE LOCATING TAB ON THE TOP CASE MOUNTING BRACKET CAN BREAK POSSIBLY ALLOWING THE TOP CASE TO FALL OFF THE MOTORCYCLE.

Safety consequence

A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR SHOULD THE TOP CASE FALL FROM THE MOTORCYCLE AND BECOME AN OBSTACLE TO OTHER MOTORISTS.

Manufacturer remedy

MOTO GUZZI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE MOUNTING BRACKET WITH A NEW BRACKET. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 24, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MOTO GUZZI CUSTOMER CARE AT 1-212-380-4400, OPTION #4.

Notes

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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 08E025000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.