NHTSA Complaint #10353817 — 2009 PIAGGIO GTS 250

I BOUGHT A NEW VESPA GTS 250 MOTOR SCOOTER IN DECEMBER, 2009. IT NOW HAS 1900 MILES ON IT. IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, I HAVE HAD WHAT APPEARS TO BE THREE FUEL PUMP FAILURES. I TRIED TO START THE SCOOTER, AND THERE IS NO WHIRRING SOUND THAT WOULD INDICATE THE FUEL PUMP STARTING UP. IT WILL EVENTUALLY START, BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL THAT THIS INDICATES THE BEGINNING OF A TOTAL FUEL PUMP FAILURE. VESPA HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMPS FOR GTS 250 AND 300 MODELS. THEY WILL REPLACE THEM, BUT THIS IS APPARENTLY THE FAULT OF A PUMP FROM AN OUTSIDE SUPPLIER, AND THEY CANNOT PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT PUMP THAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM. *TR