Ducati preliminary evaluation PE10043
Motorcycle Stalling. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the fuel injection system on 6 model years (2010). Opened Nov 4, 2010, closed Jan 7, 2011 after 2 months. It led to safety recall 11V003000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedFollowing a discussion with Ducati about a communication in it's June 5, 2010 Tips and Tricks newsletter, the company agreed to recall all Model Year 2010 MTS1200 motorcycles to address a tip-out stall issue. With that recall, submitted in lieu of a the PE Information Response, this investigation is closed.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the resumes carrying the full reasoning are linked below.
The paperwork NHTSA filed
Source: every document on this action, at nhtsa.gov- Opening resume — ODI’s own summary of why it opened this — the subject, what prompted it, and the vehicles in scope.
- Closing resume — ODI’s own summary of why it closed this, and what it concluded.
| Document | Code | Filed | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening resume | INOA | 2010 | |
| Closing resume | INCLA | 2010 | |
| Information request to the manufacturer | INIM | 2010 |
These are NHTSA’s own files, served from the agency’s site — the resumes are what ODI wrote when it opened and closed the action, and the rest is the correspondence behind them, including what the manufacturer sent when the agency asked. They are linked, not copied: where a document names the people who wrote in, that redaction is the agency’s to make and its copy is the one you should read.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2010 Ducati MS 1200S; 2010 Ducati MS1200-A; 2010 Ducati MS1200S; 2010 Ducati MS1200ST; 2010 Ducati MTS1200; 2010 Ducati MTS1200 ABS.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE10043 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 11V003000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10043 still open?
No. It closed on Jan 7, 2011 and led to recall 11V003000.
Which vehicles does PE10043 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 6 model years: 2010 Ducati MS 1200S, 2010 Ducati MS1200-A, 2010 Ducati MS1200S, 2010 Ducati MS1200ST, 2010 Ducati MTS1200, 2010 Ducati MTS1200 ABS. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.