ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE FUEL LINE QUICK CONNECTORS MAY BREAK IF CARE IS NOT USED WHEN REMOVING THE FUEL TANK AT THE TIME OF SERVICE.
Consequence: THIS COULD RESULT IN FUEL LEAKAGE. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE QUICK CONNECTORS ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. THE RECALL BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 2006. OWNERS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THEIR MOTORCYCLE REPAIRED WILL BE RENOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL DURING AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT APRILIA AT 770-592-2261.
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
13 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
92.3%Usable mileage12 / 13 records
100.0%Valid incident date13 / 13 records
100.0%Valid filing date13 / 13 records
100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates13 / 13 records
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Problems by model year
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
Component complaint heatmap
Component
2001
2002
2003
2004
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
0Unavailable
No examples available for this selection.
975.0%ODI 10086477 · 8,000 mi
2002 APRILIA RST1000 FUTURA MOTORCYCLE. INSERVICE 9 MONTHS, 8000 MILES. THE FUEL LINE PLASTIC QUICK DISCONNECT FITTING FRACTURED AND THE FUEL LINE BECAME DELAMINATED. LEAK RESULTED IN FOUR GALLONS OF GASOLINE FLOODING MY GARAGE FLOOR. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO SPARK PRESENT, AS I WOULD HAVE LOST MY VEHICLES AND HOME - AND POSSIBLY MY LIFE OR MAYBE A LOVED ONE'S LIFE IN A FIRE DUE TO THE SPILLED GASOLINE. I REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC FITTING WITH A BRASS FITTING AND THE BAD FUEL LINE WITH A NEW ONE. I RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE MATERIALS FOR ANAL…
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL #05V506000, CONCERNING THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER BASED THIS CONCLUSION ON THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER NOT THE VIN.
Fuel System, Other:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
0Unavailable
No examples available for this selection.
216.7%ODI 10114368 · 14,000 mi
STRONG SMELL OF FUEL PROMPTED INVESTIGATION. FOUND TWO PLASTIC FUEL LINE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTINGS CRACKED AND LEAKING. FITTINGS REPLACED WITH METAL VERSION AVAILABLE FROM OE VENDOR, BECAUSE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO SUPPLY PLASTIC PARTS AS SERVICE REPLACEMENTS. THE LEAKAGE WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. PROMPT ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMS LIKELY AVOIDED A FIRE. NOTE: THE MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT OFFERED AS A SELECTION CHOICE ON THIS COMPLAINT FORM. IT IS A 2002 APRILIA ETV1000 CAPONORD MOTORCYCLE. THE ONLY CHOICE OFFERED HERE IS…
UPON STARTING MY 2002 APRILIA FUTURA MOTORCYCLE ON APRIL 16 2006, WITHIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SMOKE STARTED COMING UP FROM UNDER THE GAS TANK. I HAD THE BIKE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH IS NOW TELLING ME THERE IS A SLOW LEAK FROM THE FUEL LINES AND FUEL PUMP, WHICH NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $300 IN PARTS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF SHOP LABOR (ROUGHLY $600 TOTAL). PREVIOUSLY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004, THIS SAME MOTORCYCE DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK WHICH LEFT A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE ON MY ENCLOSED GARAGE FLOOR IN A 30-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING. THE …
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Failure mileage by component
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
Component failure mileage distribution
Component
Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)
Median
Usable records
Examples
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
4,700–7,000 mi
6,200 mi
9
ODI 10086477 · 8,000 mi
2002 APRILIA RST1000 FUTURA MOTORCYCLE. INSERVICE 9 MONTHS, 8000 MILES. THE FUEL LINE PLASTIC QUICK DISCONNECT FITTING FRACTURED AND THE FUEL LINE BECAME DELAMINATED. LEAK RESULTED IN FOUR GALLONS OF GASOLINE FLOODING MY GARAGE FLOOR. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO SPARK PRESENT, AS I WOULD HAVE LOST MY VEHICLES AND HOME - AND POSSIBLY MY LIFE OR MAYBE A LOVED ONE'S LIFE IN A FIRE DUE TO THE SPILLED GASOLINE. I REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC FITTING WITH A BRASS FITTING AND THE BAD FUEL LINE WITH A NEW ONE. I RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE MATERIALS FOR ANAL…
I WAS RIDING 2002 APRILIA FUTURA RST1000 MOTORCYCLE DAY 0F 02/25/05 . RETURNED HOME AND PARKED BIKE; RETURNED TO GARAGE LATER TO FIND LARGE FUEL LEAK. GAS WAS DRIPPING ONTO GARAGE FLOOR AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE THAT SURROUNDED THE MOTORCYCLE. I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR NEARBY THAT I WAS CONCERNED COULD IGNITE GAS DUE TO LIMITED VENTILATION; I THREW SAND ON THE GAS AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT AS PRECAUTION. I THEN HAD TO GO PURCHASE GAS CAN AND SIPHON TO DRAIN AMOST 4 GALLONS OF GAS FROM BIKE, AND LATER HAD …
1. PERFORMING MANY NORMAL MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES ON THIS MOTORCYCLE REQUIRES PIVOTING THE GAS TANK UPWARDS. A PLASTIC FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT APPEARS TO BE STRESSED DURING THIS PROCEDURE WHEN THE FUEL LINE IS PULLED TAUGHT.*AK 2. THE PLASTIC FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT CRACKED AND GAS LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE AND THE GAS TANK EMPTIED ITSELF SINCE I HAD NO WAY TO SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF FUEL FROM THE TANK ONCE THE FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT CRACKED. 3. THE PLASTIC FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT WAS REPLACED WITH AN IDENTICLE ONE BY AN APRILIA DEALERSHIP ON 5 DECEMBE…
Fuel System, Other:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
Too few reports for a range
10,000 mi
2 (sparse)
ODI 10114368 · 14,000 mi
STRONG SMELL OF FUEL PROMPTED INVESTIGATION. FOUND TWO PLASTIC FUEL LINE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTINGS CRACKED AND LEAKING. FITTINGS REPLACED WITH METAL VERSION AVAILABLE FROM OE VENDOR, BECAUSE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO SUPPLY PLASTIC PARTS AS SERVICE REPLACEMENTS. THE LEAKAGE WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. PROMPT ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMS LIKELY AVOIDED A FIRE. NOTE: THE MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT OFFERED AS A SELECTION CHOICE ON THIS COMPLAINT FORM. IT IS A 2002 APRILIA ETV1000 CAPONORD MOTORCYCLE. THE ONLY CHOICE OFFERED HERE IS…
THE VEHICLE IS AN APRILIA FUTURA. I NOTICED SOMETHING DRIPPING FROM THE MOTORCYCLE AND AFTER INVESTIGATING FOUND IT TO BE THE QUICK DISCONNECT ON THE LINE FROM THE FUEL TANK TO THE THROTTLE BODIES. I HAVE NOT MOVED THE TANK IN 3 MONTHS SO I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE BROKEN FROM THAT. I HAVE ORDERED A METAL REPLACEMENT AS THE ORIGINAL WAS THIN PLASTIC.
UPON STARTING MY 2002 APRILIA FUTURA MOTORCYCLE ON APRIL 16 2006, WITHIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SMOKE STARTED COMING UP FROM UNDER THE GAS TANK. I HAD THE BIKE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH IS NOW TELLING ME THERE IS A SLOW LEAK FROM THE FUEL LINES AND FUEL PUMP, WHICH NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $300 IN PARTS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF SHOP LABOR (ROUGHLY $600 TOTAL). PREVIOUSLY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004, THIS SAME MOTORCYCE DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK WHICH LEFT A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE ON MY ENCLOSED GARAGE FLOOR IN A 30-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING. THE …
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month
Complaints
Campaigns announced
Examples
2024-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2024-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-04
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-05
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-06
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-07
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-08
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-09
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-10
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-04
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-05
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-06
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-07
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-08
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-09
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
Emerging complaint spikes
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Equal-age model-year comparison
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2003: 0 complaints · 2004: 1 complaints
Equal observation windows
Model year
Through age 0
Through age 1
Through age 2
2003
0
0
0
2004
0
0
1
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year
Incident dates used
Filing date fallbacks
Excluded dates
2003
0
0
0
2004
1
0
0
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Components reported together
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
Component co-occurrence matrix
Component
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
Fuel System, Other:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
—
0
0
Fuel System, Other:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
0
—
0
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery
0
0
—
Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.
Recurring narrative patterns
Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.
1 patterns with matching reports.
Fuel smell or leak mentions
6 mentions · 46.2% of complaints
Median mileage: 6,600 mi (6 usable records).
ODI 10114149 · 4,600 mi
I WAS RIDING 2002 APRILIA FUTURA RST1000 MOTORCYCLE DAY 0F 02/25/05 . RETURNED HOME AND PARKED BIKE; RETURNED TO GARAGE LATER TO FIND LARGE FUEL LEAK. GAS WAS DRIPPING ONTO GARAGE FLOOR AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE THAT SURROUNDED THE MOTORCYCLE. I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR NEARBY THAT I WAS CONCERNED COULD IGNITE GAS DUE TO LIMITED VENTILATION; I THREW SAND ON THE GAS AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT AS PRECAUTION. I THEN HAD TO GO PURCHASE GAS CAN AND SIPHON TO DRAIN AMOST 4 GALLONS OF GAS FROM BIKE, AND LATER HAD …
1. PERFORMING MANY NORMAL MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES ON THIS MOTORCYCLE REQUIRES PIVOTING THE GAS TANK UPWARDS. A PLASTIC FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT APPEARS TO BE STRESSED DURING THIS PROCEDURE WHEN THE FUEL LINE IS PULLED TAUGHT.*AK 2. THE PLASTIC FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT CRACKED AND GAS LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE AND THE GAS TANK EMPTIED ITSELF SINCE I HAD NO WAY TO SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF FUEL FROM THE TANK ONCE THE FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT CRACKED. 3. THE PLASTIC FUEL QUICK DISCONNECT WAS REPLACED WITH AN IDENTICLE ONE BY AN APRILIA DEALERSHIP ON 5 DECEMBE…
STRONG SMELL OF FUEL PROMPTED INVESTIGATION. FOUND TWO PLASTIC FUEL LINE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTINGS CRACKED AND LEAKING. FITTINGS REPLACED WITH METAL VERSION AVAILABLE FROM OE VENDOR, BECAUSE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO SUPPLY PLASTIC PARTS AS SERVICE REPLACEMENTS. THE LEAKAGE WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. PROMPT ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMS LIKELY AVOIDED A FIRE. NOTE: THE MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT OFFERED AS A SELECTION CHOICE ON THIS COMPLAINT FORM. IT IS A 2002 APRILIA ETV1000 CAPONORD MOTORCYCLE. THE ONLY CHOICE OFFERED HERE IS…