{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=PIAGGIO","name":"PIAGGIO","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-07-30T22:47:40.340Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":15,"deaths":0,"injured":10,"fires":2},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"STEERING","n":3},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":2},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":2},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":1},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION","n":1},{"component_desc":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","n":1},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","n":1},{"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"2045267","date_received":"2024-12-03","make":"PIAGGIO","model":"MP3 530","model_year":2024,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SUSPENSION","description":"The right front wheel may drop as soon as the tilt lock is released. The rider may fall over onto the ground unless the rider is fully prepared to support the weight of the bike.     I can only assume this vehicle tends to fall to the right because the shift lock lever is on the right and the riders weight and focus may be slightly biased in this direction.   I have pictures of the wheel stuck in a completely sunken position.  I have spoken with others or seen their reports on facebook and on cycle world comments section.  What they are describing is the same as what happened to me.   I contacted Piaggio USA and they seem indifferent.   Rider error at zero miles per hour? Maybe on two wheels but not a 3 wheeler where 2 wheels are in the front.  This is an issue that should not happen.   From what I can tell this is an issue with only the newer models 2023-2024.   Piaggio has made this trike since 2007.  I find it hard to believe that there isn’t even a warning sticker.  I have suggested that piaggio not allow the bike to lean over beyond a certain degree when not moving.  This could be really dangerous if a rider was in traffic , especially if the rider is in front of a large truck, bus or suv and driver doesn’t see that the rider in front of them has fallen over and is out of their field of vision.    If I didn’t like riding it so much and I was unbiased I would say that Piaggio shouldn’t be allowed to sell the MP3 530 and they should be forced to either fix the issu","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/2045267"},{"cmplid":"1909092","date_received":"2023-07-12","make":"PIAGGIO","model":"MP3 530","model_year":2023,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"The contact owns a 2023 Piaggio MP3 530 Exclusive Motorcycle. The contact stated that while his feet were on the running board with the wheels locked, the motorcycle jumped to the right and he fell to the ground and sustained injuries to his elbow, muscles, and arm. The driver was taken to the hospital and was provided medical attention. There were no warning lights illuminated. While at a stop light the accelerator pedal was applied and the motorcycle moved forward.  While disengaging the brake, the motorcycle jolted towards the right. The local dealer was not contacted. The motorcycle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1909092"},{"cmplid":"1766198","date_received":"2021-09-01","make":"APRILIA","model":"RS 660","model_year":2021,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"The contact owns a 2021 Aprilia RS660 motorcycle. The contact stated while riding at 80 mph on a closed track, the contact was approaching a left turn when attempting to brake but the electronic control unit of the braking system did not work which caused the motorcycle to cartwheel and crash landing on the contact from the right side. The contact fractured his collar bone and was taken by ambulance to the hospital for the injury. No police report was filed. The motorcycle was placed on the contacts trailer and was taken to their residence. The motorcycle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 1100. Invalid VIN.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1766198"},{"cmplid":"1766199","date_received":"2021-09-01","make":"APRILIA","model":"RS 660","model_year":2021,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL","description":"The contact owns a 2021 Aprilia RS660 motorcycle. The contact stated while riding at 80 mph on a closed track, the contact was approaching a left turn when attempting to brake but the electronic control unit of the braking system did not work which caused the motorcycle to cartwheel and crash landing on the contact from the right side. The contact fractured his collar bone and was taken by ambulance to the hospital for the injury. No police report was filed. The motorcycle was placed on the contacts trailer and was taken to their residence. The motorcycle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 1100. Invalid VIN.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1766199"},{"cmplid":"1449362","date_received":"2018-02-21","make":"VESPA","model":"946","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"CPSC: WAS DRIVING THRU A PARKING LOT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE SCOOTER AND FELL TO  THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE SCOOTER, WHERE I RAN OVER IT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE SCOOTER AND FELL TO  THE GROUND, DAMAGING THE SCOOTER AND INJURING MYSELF. *DT  *JS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1449362"},{"cmplid":"1421795","date_received":"2017-11-04","make":"APRILIA","model":"SHIVER 750","model_year":2015,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"WHILE APPLYING THE FRONT BRAKE, THE HANDLEBARS ROTATED IN THE ATTACHMENT CLAMPS, CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH.  THE DRIVER WENT OVER THE HANDLEBARS, AND THE MOTORCYCLE LANDED ON TOP OF HIM.  THE MOTORCYCLE WAS ON A HIGHWAY, BUT ALMOST STOPPED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1421795"},{"cmplid":"1083150","date_received":"2014-07-05","make":"APRILIA","model":"SCARABEO 200","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"PREPARING TO STOP.  LH BRAKE LEVER COLLAPSED TO SPONGY AFTER RIDING ON AN 82 DEGREE DAY.  BRAKE RELAY VALVE LOCATED BEHIND THE RADIATOR.     NOT THE BRAKE LINES.  THEY ARE BRAIDED.  BRAKE FLUID HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND BLEED THREE TIMES    APRILIA DEALER AND APRILIA TECH SUPPORT THINKS THIS IS NORMAL.    HOW MANY DEATHS HAVE TO OCCUR BEFORE YOU RECALL THESE STUPID BIKES?    RECALL PERFORMED, IGNORED CARBURETOR INSTALLED SIDEWAYS.    ALREADY REPLACED BELT, CAUSED BY SLIPPING CLUTCH...  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1083150"},{"cmplid":"920897","date_received":"2012-05-31","make":"VESPA","model":"GTS 250","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PIAGGIO VESPA GTS 250 SCOOTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE SEAT AND FELT AN INCREASE OF HEAT ON BOTH OF HIS LEGS. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/920897"},{"cmplid":"919120","date_received":"2012-05-17","make":"APRILIA","model":"SCARABEO 200","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 APRILIA SCARABEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE FRONT END BEGAN TO WOBBLE FIERCELY. THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. THE VEHICLED WAS TOWED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES DURING THE CRASH. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/919120"},{"cmplid":"808912","date_received":"2010-08-23","make":"PIAGGIO","model":"GTS 250","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","description":"RIDING BRAND NEW 2009 PIAGGIO VESPA GTS 250. SCOOTER HAS 280 MILES ON IT. WITHOUT WARNING IN ATLANTA TRAFFIC, VEHICLE STALLED WHILE TURNING ACROSS BUSY INTERSECTION AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS ALMOST KILLED AS THE VEHICLE DIED HALF-WAY THROUGH MY TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. PIAGGIO U.S. HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMPS, BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. PLEASE HELP! *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/808912"},{"cmplid":"783702","date_received":"2010-04-26","make":"VESPA","model":"GTS 250","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","description":"MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RIDING UPON A VESPA.  AT THE TIME HE REPORTED THAT IT 'TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN AND HE COULD NOT STOP IT'.  FRANKLY WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN BAD DRIVING OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT.  WHEN WE WENT TO EXAMINE THE SCOOTER TO ESTIMATE REPAIRS WE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WITH THE SCOOTER AND THE CENTER STAND.  WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE SCOOTER IN OUR POSSESSION AND THE DEFECT SHOULD BE REPEATABLE.  WE HAVE NOTIFIED PIAGGIO OVER A WEEK AGO AND THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED US. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/783702"},{"cmplid":"704914","date_received":"2009-01-21","make":"PIAGGIO","model":"BV 500","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"STARTED PIAGGO BV 500; ENGAGED THROTTLE, THROTTLE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE; AS A RESULT SCOOTER RAN AWAY; BEFORE LOSS OF CONTROL, KILL-SWITCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE; BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO AVOID FURTHER ACCELERATION AND THE SCOOTER DUMPED... TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS IN THE LOW 20'S, AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN FROZEN CONDENSATION ON BOTH THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE KILL SWITCH; AFTER SCOOTER WAS AT REST, KILL SWITCH DID ENGAGE AFTER OPERATOR MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE/DISENGAGE WHILE THE REAR-TIRE WAS STILL SPINNING;  SUSTAINED INJURY TO LEFT LEG, LEFT HIP, AND POSSIBLE NECK INJURY... HAVE CONTACTED PIAGGIO CORPORATE AND LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALER... CURRENTLY WORKING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/704914"},{"cmplid":"660039","date_received":"2008-03-04","make":"PIAGGIO","model":"MP3 250","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"2007 PIAGGIO MP3 250 SCOOTER WITH A FAULTY STEERING MECHANISM. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEELS DID NOT TURN EVEN THOUGHT THE HANDLE BARS DID. HE ALSO STATES THAT PINCH BOLT WAS NOT INSPECTED BEFORE IT LEFT THE FACTORY AND WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE.  *KB  THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR SHOP, THAT THE SCOOTER WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED, BECAUSE THE FRAME WAS BENT AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/660039"},{"cmplid":"653383","date_received":"2008-01-14","make":"PIAGGIO","model":"MP3 250","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","description":"STEERING HANDLEBAR CLAMP BOLT LOOSENED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.  I EXITED MY DRIVEWAY ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 6TH, 2007, TURNED THE HANDLEBAR OF THE SCOOTER TO THE RIGHT AND ACCELERATED FROM A STANDSTILL.  THE SCOOTER HEADED STRAIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT THE REAR OF A NEIGHBORS VEHICLE.  THE SCOOTER SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO REPAIR.  THE SCOOTER IS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 511 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.  UPON EXAMINATION AFTER THE INCIDENT, I DISCOVERED THE LOOSENED BOLT.  THERE IS NO OTHER BACKUP RETAINING SYSTEM TO PREVENT HANDLEBAR LOOSING CLAMPING FORCE ON THE STEERING TUBE.  THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE ALTERED TO MAKE THE HANDLEBAR SECURE ON THE STEERING TUBE EVEN IF THE CLAMP BOLT LOOSENED.  THE NEIGHBORS VEHICLE SUFFERED MINIMAL DAMAGE, A SMALL DENT AND LOOSENED FENDER TRIM.  THE SCOOTER IS A PIAGGIO MP3 250I.E. AND NOT A BV 250 AS INDICATED IN VEHICLE DETAILS SECTION.  THE MP3 IS NOT IN THE LIST.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/653383"},{"cmplid":"631674","date_received":"2007-07-24","make":"VESPA","model":"GTS","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","description":"THE MUFFLER ON MY GT200 HAS A EXHAUST PROBLEM WHERE THE EXHAUST IS EATING THOUGH THE COLLAR. THIS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS INJURIES AND IN MANY INSTANCES BECAUSE THE NEXT CLOSEST PART TO THE COLLENT COLLAR IS THE BRAKE CABLE. THE RIDER IS LEFT WITH NO BREAKS. WHILE VESPA USA IS PREPARING A RECALL FOR THE GS 250 THE IDENTICAL MUFFLER AND COLLAR IS ON THE GT200. YET VESPA REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SYSTEMIC DESIGN FAILURE. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/631674"}]}