NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE10-045: Fuel leak at pump/tank interface
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE10-045 on November 4, 2010 and closed it on February 28, 2011. NHTSA's investigations file lists 9 Ducati models for it and links recall 11V-020 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE10-045 (also written PE10045)
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
- Status
- Closed February 28, 2011
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Ducati North America
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 11V-020: FUEL TANK LEAK, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 9 Ducati models, including the Monster 696 and Monster S4 R
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-045.
After opening this PE, we met with subject owners, dealers, and Ducati North America personnel.
We learned that the subject leakage is limited to the Multistrada line alone and is unrelated to composite fuel tank deformation.
Rather it stems from the inability of the original sealing O-ring to conform to the tank's relatively rough sealing surface.
Recall 11V-020 provides a new X section O-ring to address the Multistrada issue and with that recall, this PE is closed for the Multistrada.
Meanwhile, unlike the Multistrada, the Monster line fails to exhibit a current safety defect trend and, on that basis, this PE is closed for those models as well.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-045. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE10-045
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.