littlemunchie
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A leak spraying antifreeze all over the inside of the fairing and then dripping right onto the rear wheel could be a safety issue.
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Poll: Rad problem or not? What year if you had one?
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Commander78
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Yeh - could - but I don't think the factory would see it that way. They have to draw the line somewhere.
Somehow a law suit wouldn't fly either I'd imagine.
Cast your mind back to most other 'safety' recalls - cracked fork legs bottoms, Ohlins probably pick up the cost, the regulator recall - a bike catching fire etc. Sprocket recall - be cheaper to replace than a radiator. You could 'hole' your radiator with a rock too. It's not a structural defect per se as in the more obvious metallurgical failures of the others.
It's a grey area for sure and no doubt Ducati have thought long and hard about it in consultation with their legal advice.
Somehow a law suit wouldn't fly either I'd imagine.
Cast your mind back to most other 'safety' recalls - cracked fork legs bottoms, Ohlins probably pick up the cost, the regulator recall - a bike catching fire etc. Sprocket recall - be cheaper to replace than a radiator. You could 'hole' your radiator with a rock too. It's not a structural defect per se as in the more obvious metallurgical failures of the others.
It's a grey area for sure and no doubt Ducati have thought long and hard about it in consultation with their legal advice.
IzzySparkle
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My 2008 848 leaked twice...almost very disappointed and wanted to Lemon law the 848 to get the 1198. But eventually they fixed the design of the radiator brackets so now mine works...
***2 months waited for the new and improved rad to come in***
***2 months waited for the new and improved rad to come in***
Guillermo L
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I'd like to do your same poll but replace rad with VR. Ducati had NO problem issuing a recall on the VR so why not the rad.
My rad is an 09 and looks identical to the 08 that came out. No 10's and less 09's compared to 07/08's could be due to newer bike and less K's on them.
My rad is an 09 and looks identical to the 08 that came out. No 10's and less 09's compared to 07/08's could be due to newer bike and less K's on them.
jules,
Not at all. Like I said before, a satisfied customer tells a couple of people; a dissatisfied customer tells a hundred people. The 15 or 20 people who've posted on here about their radiator problems in no way reflect a pervasive or systemic problem. As TW pointed noted, out of the hundreds of bikes they've delivered, only one had a radiator problem! Human nature tells us that those few who had problems will complain loudly, and the vast majority of those with no radiator issues won't even bother to post.
Elton
Not at all. Like I said before, a satisfied customer tells a couple of people; a dissatisfied customer tells a hundred people. The 15 or 20 people who've posted on here about their radiator problems in no way reflect a pervasive or systemic problem. As TW pointed noted, out of the hundreds of bikes they've delivered, only one had a radiator problem! Human nature tells us that those few who had problems will complain loudly, and the vast majority of those with no radiator issues won't even bother to post.
Elton
Kitty Kattt
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Alrighty then!
Not true to the less mileage on the newer bike.
I was informed that after the radiators leaking from the '07,'08 models, they came up with a thicker, longer bracket welded onto the rad mount just so it could take the engine's vibrations.
Mine was an '08 848, leaked twice (1st in July '08, and the second in March '09), and was replaced by the improved rad so now it runs fine. Can't complain about little issues like this besides the waiting time for the rad to come in. Other than that, nothing sounds better than a V-twin Italian sports bike (besides the D16RR's V4 of course)
****Pearl white 2008 848 with 12k miles on****
I was informed that after the radiators leaking from the '07,'08 models, they came up with a thicker, longer bracket welded onto the rad mount just so it could take the engine's vibrations.
Mine was an '08 848, leaked twice (1st in July '08, and the second in March '09), and was replaced by the improved rad so now it runs fine. Can't complain about little issues like this besides the waiting time for the rad to come in. Other than that, nothing sounds better than a V-twin Italian sports bike (besides the D16RR's V4 of course)
****Pearl white 2008 848 with 12k miles on****
o REWIIND o
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it took 14000kms to spring a leak on my '08. maybe also others havent got to that sort of milage yet