NHTSA Complaint #10565631 — 2012 DUCATI 1199 PANIGALE

I CURRENTLY HAVE A ENGINE LEAK ON MY DUCATI MOTORCYCLE. I WAS RIDING AND NOTICED A BURNT OIL SMELL. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A LEAK ON LEFT SIDE CASING. I TOOK TO DUCATI TO REPORT AND REPAIR. DUCATI IS STILL TAKING ALOT OF TIME TO MAKE A CHOICE ON WHAT TO DO. STILL ISN'T REPAIRED AND NOW LEAK HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND GOT ON MY TIRES AND ALMOST CRASHED. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUY DUCATI AND STILL NOT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO FIX IN A SPEEDY MANOR. I AM WORRIED THAT IS A NEWER RIDER WITHOUT MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GETS SAME ISSUE IT COULD BE A MAJOR INCIDENT. MY DISPLAY WHICH TELLS ENGINE TEMP, SPEED AND RPM'S IS INOP AND FALLING APART. IT NOT ONLY IS UNSAFE TO RIDE BUT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN AND RIDE WITH PROPER ROAD SPEEDS. THIS AGAIN IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH DUCATI. THIS DISPLAY ISSUE WILL NOW BE MY FOURTH DISPLAY. THE FORKS FAILED ON MY BIKE AND ALMOST CRASHED BECAUSE THE DAMPENING PORTION OF THE FORKS FAILED AND WAS ALMOST UNABLE TO CONTROL. AGAIN THE ONLY REASON FOR NOT CRASHING AND GETTING INJURED WAS MY YEARS OF RIDING EXPERIENCE. THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY ISSUES WITH THIS BIKE, BUT ISSUES THAT TO ME ARE A HUGE SAFETY MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN INTO THESE MATTERS. *TR