Piaggio Group Americas Inc. (Piaggio) is recalling certain model year 2008-2010 Vespa GTS 250, GTV 250, GTS Super 250, 2011 Vespa LX 150, LXV 150, S 150, 2010-2011 Vespa GTS 300, GTV 300, GTS Super 300, 2009-2010 Piaggio MP3 250, BV 250 Tourer, and 2010 BV 300 Tourer motorcycles. Due to a defective fuel pump, the affected motorcycles may stall while being operated or may fail to restart after being shut off for 15-20 minutes.
Consequence: If the motorcycle stalls, there is an increased risk of a crash.
Remedy: Piaggio will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective fuel pump, free of charge. The recall began March 16, 2015. Owners may contact Piaggio customer service at 1-212-380-4433.
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
8 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
100.0%Usable mileage8 / 8 records
100.0%Valid incident date8 / 8 records
100.0%Valid filing date8 / 8 records
100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates8 / 8 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
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
Fuel System, Gasoline
350.0%ODI 10354501 · 4,100 mi
2007 VESPA GTS 250IE, 4,316 MILES. ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE RIDING, 6 TIMES SINCE BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2007. ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT, BECAUSE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND SLOWS DOWN DRAMATICALLY WHILE CAR DRIVER WERE DRIVING BEHIND GOING AT 60 MPH. REPLACED SPARKPLUG, DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. USED FUEL CLEANER ADDICTIVE, DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. SUSPECTED FUEL PUMP ISSUE. ENGINE ALSO SHUT ITSELF OFF WHILE ON IDLE. *TR
FUEL PUMP STOPS PUMPING, AND SCOOTER DIES. THEN YOU JUST WAIT AND WAIT UNTIL THE PUMP FINALLY SPINS UP AGAIN, THEN HOPE IT WILL PUMP LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOU HOME. IT IS A ROLL OF THE DICE, IF IT WILL RUN OR NOT RUN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THERE IS A RECALL (15V066000) ON THE 2008 AND UP MODELS. MINE IS A 07 AND IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT THE OTHERS WERE RECALLED FOR. I DON'T WANT TO GET KILLED ON THIS WHEN IT STOPS WHILE YOU ARE IN TRAFFIC.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PIAGGIO VESPA GTS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE WAS AT A STOP POSITION, IT AUTO SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V066000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND BELIEVED FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,800.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PIAGGIO VESPA GTS 250 SCOOTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE SEAT AND FELT AN INCREASE OF HEAT ON BOTH OF HIS LEGS. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
SEVERE ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, OVERHEATING, AND EMERGENCY STOPPING TO PREVENT ENGINE SEIZURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET. HAD TO BE WALKED HOME. EVENTUALLY TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THE VESPA'S ENGINE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FRAME AND DISCOVERED A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. VESPA HAS 3,400 MILES. HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO MANUAL. BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE COOLANT COMPLETELY LEAKED OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WITH NO WARNING. FORTUNATELY DRIVING SLOWLY AT THE TIME.
MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RIDING UPON A VESPA. AT THE TIME HE REPORTED THAT IT 'TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN AND HE COULD NOT STOP IT'. FRANKLY WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN BAD DRIVING OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT. WHEN WE WENT TO EXAMINE THE SCOOTER TO ESTIMATE REPAIRS WE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WITH THE SCOOTER AND THE CENTER STAND. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE SCOOTER IN OUR POSSESSION AND THE DEFECT SHOULD BE REPEATABLE. WE HAVE NOTIFIED PIAGGIO OVER A WEEK AGO AND THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED US. *TR
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
Too few reports for a range
2,903 mi
3 (sparse)
ODI 10354501 · 4,100 mi
2007 VESPA GTS 250IE, 4,316 MILES. ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE RIDING, 6 TIMES SINCE BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2007. ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT, BECAUSE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND SLOWS DOWN DRAMATICALLY WHILE CAR DRIVER WERE DRIVING BEHIND GOING AT 60 MPH. REPLACED SPARKPLUG, DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. USED FUEL CLEANER ADDICTIVE, DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. SUSPECTED FUEL PUMP ISSUE. ENGINE ALSO SHUT ITSELF OFF WHILE ON IDLE. *TR
FUEL PUMP FAILS REPEATEDLY ON VESPA GTS250. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST GET KILLED ON HIGHWAY 288 SOUTH OF HOUSTON WHEN IT FAILED ON AN INCLINE AND I HAD MULTIPLE VEHICLES BEHIND ME AND BESIDE ME ON THE FREEWAY. WORSE... IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AMONG VESPA OWNERS AND YET THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. *TR
RECENTLY BROUGHT 2007 VESPA GTS 250 WITH 550 MILES HAD IT FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, USED IT ABOUT 3 TIMES AROUND THE BLOCK AND FUEL PUMP FAILED ... NOT SO COOL HAD TO PUSH BACK HOME... LOOKING ONLINE I SEE A FEW PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM....I THING ITS ABOUT $200 FOR A NEW PUMP WILL VESPA COVER IT ? *TR
FUEL PUMP STOPS PUMPING, AND SCOOTER DIES. THEN YOU JUST WAIT AND WAIT UNTIL THE PUMP FINALLY SPINS UP AGAIN, THEN HOPE IT WILL PUMP LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOU HOME. IT IS A ROLL OF THE DICE, IF IT WILL RUN OR NOT RUN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THERE IS A RECALL (15V066000) ON THE 2008 AND UP MODELS. MINE IS A 07 AND IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT THE OTHERS WERE RECALLED FOR. I DON'T WANT TO GET KILLED ON THIS WHEN IT STOPS WHILE YOU ARE IN TRAFFIC.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PIAGGIO VESPA GTS 250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE WAS AT A STOP POSITION, IT AUTO SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V066000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND BELIEVED FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,800.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PIAGGIO VESPA GTS 250 SCOOTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE SEAT AND FELT AN INCREASE OF HEAT ON BOTH OF HIS LEGS. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
SEVERE ENGINE COOLANT LEAK, OVERHEATING, AND EMERGENCY STOPPING TO PREVENT ENGINE SEIZURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET. HAD TO BE WALKED HOME. EVENTUALLY TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THE VESPA'S ENGINE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FRAME AND DISCOVERED A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. VESPA HAS 3,400 MILES. HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO MANUAL. BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE COOLANT COMPLETELY LEAKED OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WITH NO WARNING. FORTUNATELY DRIVING SLOWLY AT THE TIME.
MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RIDING UPON A VESPA. AT THE TIME HE REPORTED THAT IT 'TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN AND HE COULD NOT STOP IT'. FRANKLY WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN BAD DRIVING OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT. WHEN WE WENT TO EXAMINE THE SCOOTER TO ESTIMATE REPAIRS WE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WITH THE SCOOTER AND THE CENTER STAND. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE SCOOTER IN OUR POSSESSION AND THE DEFECT SHOULD BE REPEATABLE. WE HAVE NOTIFIED PIAGGIO OVER A WEEK AGO AND THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED US. *TR
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.
2010: 0 complaints · 2012: 0 complaints
Equal observation windows
Model year
Through age 0
Through age 1
Through age 2
2010
0
0
0
2012
0
0
0
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year
Incident dates used
Filing date fallbacks
Excluded dates
2010
0
0
0
2012
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
Fuel/Propulsion System
Electrical System
Engine
Power Train:Automatic Transmission
Fuel System, Gasoline
—
0
0
0
0
Fuel/Propulsion System
0
—
0
0
0
Electrical System
0
0
—
0
0
Engine
0
0
0
—
0
Power Train:Automatic Transmission
0
0
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.
Stalling or loss of power
1 mentions · 12.5% of complaints
Median mileage: 4,100 mi (1 usable records).
ODI 10354501 · 4,100 mi
2007 VESPA GTS 250IE, 4,316 MILES. ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE RIDING, 6 TIMES SINCE BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2007. ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT, BECAUSE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND SLOWS DOWN DRAMATICALLY WHILE CAR DRIVER WERE DRIVING BEHIND GOING AT 60 MPH. REPLACED SPARKPLUG, DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. USED FUEL CLEANER ADDICTIVE, DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. SUSPECTED FUEL PUMP ISSUE. ENGINE ALSO SHUT ITSELF OFF WHILE ON IDLE. *TR