Ducati preliminary evaluation PE10045
Fuel leak at pump/tank interface. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the tank assembly on 14 model years (2004–2007). Opened Nov 4, 2010, closed Feb 28, 2011 after 4 months. It led to safety recall 11V020000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedAfter 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.
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 opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
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: 2004 Ducati MTS 1000; 2005 Ducati Monster 1000; 2005 Ducati Monster 620; 2005 Ducati Monster 620 Dark; 2005 Ducati Monster 696; 2006 Ducati Monster 696; 2007 Ducati Monster 696; 2005 Ducati Monster S2 R; 2004 Ducati Monster S4 R; 2005 Ducati Monster S4 R; 2006 Ducati Monster S4 R; 2006 Ducati Monster S4RS; 2007 Ducati Monster S4RS; 2005 Ducati Multistrada 1000 S 2005.
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 PE10045 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 11V020000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10045 still open?
No. It closed on Feb 28, 2011 and led to recall 11V020000.
Which vehicles does PE10045 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 14 model years: 2004 Ducati MTS 1000, 2005 Ducati Monster 1000, 2005 Ducati Monster 620, 2005 Ducati Monster 620 Dark, 2005 Ducati Monster 696, 2006 Ducati Monster 696 and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.