2000 Aprilia RS 50 recall: powertrain & transmission
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: motorcycles. The fasteners holding the rear drive sprocket could come loose.
💥 The risk
The rear sprocket could drop off or the drive chain could come off or jam, resulting in a loss of control of the vehicle.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will tighten the sprocket screws sufficiently.
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
- 99V316000
- Manufacturer
- APRILIA USA INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 289
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 25, 1999
- Built
- Sep 14, 1999 – Sep 14, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began october 25, 1999. 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 1-914-946-0600.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).