# NHTSA recall 09V142000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V142000
- Manufacturer's number: RCL\-09\-001
- Manufacturer: DUCATI NORTH AMERICA
- Reported: 2009\-04\-29
- Owners notified: 2009\-05\-11
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 1755

## What is wrong

DUCATI IS RECALLING 1,755 MY 2009 MONSTER 696 MOTORCYCLES.  THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE VERTICAL CYLINDER HEAD AND EXHAUST PIPE POSSIBLY RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE MOTORCYCLE AND A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THE RIDER.


## What can happen

ANY DAMAGE TO THE HARNESS MAY LEAD TO LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MOTORCYCLE'S LIGHTING SYSTEM OR AN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ENGINE PERFORMANCE, AND THEREBY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL CHECK FOR INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND THE VERTICAL CYLINDER HEAD AND EXHAUST PIPE.  DEALERS WILL REPOSITION AND FASTEN THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS TO THE FRAME FREE OF CHARGE.  THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT DUCATI AT 800\-231\-6696.


## Notes

DUCATI RECALL NO. RCL\-09\-001. OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 DUCATI MONSTER 696](/makes/ducati/monster/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-01 to 2008\-09\-16. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [RB\-09\-001](/bulletins/10029884.md), 2009-07-16, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-08\-013](/bulletins/10026768.md), 2008-12-16, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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