Reliability & cost of ownership
Ducati 998 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Ducati 998? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Ducati 998 problems by model year
14 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 14 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2012 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2011 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2010 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2009 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2008 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2007 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2006 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2005 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2004 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2003 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2002 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2001 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2000 998 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |