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Vespa S50

Every Vespa S50 model year on file, 2009 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42009 to 2012
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 2009 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75120091201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Vespa S50 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Vespa S50 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.

Vespa S50 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone100
2011Not decoded0NoneNone100
2010Not decoded0NoneNone100
2009Not decoded10.0100100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Vespa S50

  • 11V-603 Dec 28, 2011
    Ignition control unit may fail and alter the ignition timing
    Electrical system ยท 2,147 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.