2000 Aprilia SL Falco 1000 recall: engine
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: motorcycles with half-fairing. The oil hose could fail on these motorcycles, causing the oil to spill under the rear wheel.
💥 The risk
This could result in a loss of control of the motorcycle.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the oil hose.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V272000
- Manufacturer
- APRILIA USA INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 382
- Component
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- Owner phone
- 1-877-277-4542
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 9, 2000
- Built
- Feb 22, 2000 – May 11, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began september 9, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact aprilia at 1-877-APRILIA (1-877-277-4542), extension 105.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).