{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=VESPA","name":"VESPA","_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":"2026-09-28T20:50:32.068Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":4,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fires":2},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":1},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"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":"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":"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":"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"}]}