NHTSA Complaint #11535371 — 2020 VESPA GTS 300

While driving scooter, rear brake lever became immovable. First time it happened, I used both hands and squeezed it very hard and hear an audible pop/crack and the lever released. Checked over scoot and had no leaks, and lever felt normal, so continued to ride. Approx a month later after sitting for 18 days, went to ride it and it was locked up again. Squeezed lever hard and broke free again, no signs of leaking. Drove to work that afternoon, and by the time I left to come home 5 hours later, it was locked up again. Broke free again and drove home. At that point I started looking online on the Vespa groups to see if anybody else has had this issue and came across this thread describing the same problem going back to 2018 https: [XXX] . At this point I quit riding it and waited until the handle locked up again and then took to the Vespa dealer who confirmed an ABS module failure and replaced it. Although my local dealer said he had never seen this issue before, when he spoke to his rep on my behalf (I was out of warranty, but only 1600 miles on the scoot) it was relayed to me that he was familiar with the issue. Vespa ultimately warrantied the part at no charge, I just had to pay labor. I have worked in vehicle repair for almost 15 years, and have never seen an ABS unit fail and prevent the brakes from being engaged. I believe this to be a large design flaw that should be addressed. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)