# NHTSA recall 20V781000

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: 20V781000
- Manufacturer's number: SRV\-RCL\-20\-003
- Manufacturer: Ducati North America
- Reported: 2020\-12\-15
- Owners notified: 2021\-01\-22
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 1072

## What is wrong

Ducati North America \(Ducati\) is recalling certain 2018\-2021 Scrambler 1100 motorcycles.  The exhaust valve cable could contact the main positive battery wire and potentially short\-circuit.


## What can happen

An electrical short\-circuit increases the risk of fire.


## The remedy

Ducati will notify owners, and dealers will install a new cable guide and self\-locking cable tie to the exhaust valve cable, free of charge.  The recall began January 22, 2021.  Owners may contact Ducati customer service at 1\-888\-391\-5446.  Ducati's number for this recall is SRV\-RCL\-20\-003.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-06
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1072
- Reported remedied: 756 \(70%\)
- Reported unreachable: 104
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 DUCATI SCRAMBLER](/makes/ducati/scrambler/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 DUCATI SCRAMBLER](/makes/ducati/scrambler/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 DUCATI SCRAMBLER](/makes/ducati/scrambler/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 DUCATI SCRAMBLER](/makes/ducati/scrambler/2021/recalls.md)

## 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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