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Piaggio BV 500

Every Piaggio BV 500 model year on file, 2005 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years101 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52005 to 2009
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 40% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

01234200542006200720082009
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Piaggio BV 500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
4
Engine and cooling
4
Brakes
2
Speed control
1
Powertrain
1
Steering
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Piaggio BV 500 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Piaggio BV 500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2009Motorcycle20.0100000
2008Not decoded0NoneNone100
2007Motorcycle20.0100100
2006Motorcycle250.0100100
2005Motorcycle40.0160000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Piaggio BV 500

  • 09V-188 Jun 2, 2009
    Fuel hose connecting the fuel filter to the fuel pump may come loose
    Fuel system ยท 2,428 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.