Brand new panigale v4 burst in flames

floresdeanda · Dec 14, 2024

I know this has happend many times over the years, panigales v4 randomly bursting out in flames, but man! I hate the fact that Ducati hasn't even issued an apology or making the garantee valid. They are dragging their feet and sending italian people to verify what happened. Like, there is even video footage of the whole incident, where it shows the bike suddenly in flames for no reason at all. I am so mad at them. They should take care of their customers. And man, I was a good one, I can tell you that. Never buying a Ducati ever again and I want to let you know so you can be careful.

Mcv4 · Monday at 3:25 PM

Random first post. Like a girlfriend you're not over. Was it you this happened to?

BP PanigaleV4S · Monday at 3:56 PM

Happened “many times in the past?”

Can’t say I’ve even heard of Panigale V4 randomly bursting into flames but I’d love to see the video. Please post it.

nolaride · Tuesday at 5:05 AM

I’d really hate to see a beautiful bike blow up, but I’m also interested in seeing a video of this if it actually happened and was documented.

Duc89 · Tuesday at 5:15 AM

only case possible if tank seal was leaking, but its more like some hater.

NYCV4S · Tuesday at 5:48 AM

I can honestly see this happening. I have a 2023 v4s , recently had to take my tank off for some mods , and they released a bulletin stating that the gas line rubber hose has to be replaced each time the tank is taken off with the hose being the method of removal (better to use the quick connects). Long story short i was dribbling fuel from a broken fuel line hose and only realized it due to old gas gunk build up along the engine heat cover , traveling right down onto the rear header..... Thank god i only maybe ridden 40 miles with the occurrence and have since fixed the issue.

Duc89 · Tuesday at 6:19 AM

NYCV4S said:
I can honestly see this happening. I have a 2023 v4s , recently had to take my tank off for some mods , and they released a bulletin stating that the gas line rubber hose has to be replaced each time the tank is taken off with the hose being the method of removal (better to use the quick connects). Long story short i was dribbling fuel from a broken fuel line hose and only realized it due to old gas gunk build up along the engine heat cover , traveling right down onto the rear header..... Thank god i only maybe ridden 40 miles with the occurrence and have since fixed the issue.

View attachment 58771

Hi,
Where fuel was coming, from tank and rubber hose? Do You change tie clamp as well?

Regards!

Mcv4 · Tuesday at 2:02 PM

That's a fair call. I had the hose leak too but it wasn't spraying fuel everywhere and didn't make it's way to the exhaust manifold.

burton · Tuesday at 4:35 PM

I remember when this happened. One of the first ones in North America.

He is/was a member of this forum

Ducati Panigale V4 Bursts Into Flames – Updated

burton · Tuesday at 4:40 PM

So this just happened to my bike

Here is the thread from 2018

BP PanigaleV4S · Tuesday at 4:52 PM

Same incident and almost 7 years later with no resolution/update.

Still waiting to see the video…

burton · Tuesday at 8:02 PM

Yeah, as far as I know it was a one-off with a super early production run.

Not something to be concerned about.

Duc89 · Tuesday at 11:04 PM

Mcv4 said:
That's a fair call. I had the hose leak too but it wasn't spraying fuel everywhere and didn't make it's way to the exhaust manifold.

Leak was in between tank and hose? Clamp was okay?

Mcv4 · Wednesday at 3:16 AM

Clamp fine. Hose inner and outer layers had become unbonded from folding and not taking care when removing the tank. Found a pin hole on the outside after noticing all the gunk around the outside which I’m assuming was the fuel and binding agent mixing and exiting the hose.

NYCV4S · Wednesday at 4:47 PM

Duc89 said:
Hi,
Where fuel was coming, from tank and rubber hose? Do You change tie clamp as well?

Regards!

Fuel was coming from the hose itself , I replaced both the hose and x2 clamps.

floresdeanda · 2024-12-21T05:51:47-0800

NYCV4S said:
I can honestly see this happening. I have a 2023 v4s , recently had to take my tank off for some mods , and they released a bulletin stating that the gas line rubber hose has to be replaced each time the tank is taken off with the hose being the method of removal (better to use the quick connects). Long story short i was dribbling fuel from a broken fuel line hose and only realized it due to old gas gunk build up along the engine heat cover , traveling right down onto the rear header..... Thank god i only maybe ridden 40 miles with the occurrence and have since fixed the issue.

View attachment 58771

WOW THIS IS BANNANAS! THANKS FOR SHARING!

floresdeanda · 2024-12-21T05:55:51-0800

floresdeanda said:
I know this has happend many times over the years, panigales v4 randomly bursting out in flames, but man! I hate the fact that Ducati hasn't even issued an apology or making the garantee valid. They are dragging their feet and sending italian people to verify what happened. Like, there is even video footage of the whole incident, where it shows the bike suddenly in flames for no reason at all. I am so mad at them. They should take care of their customers. And man, I was a good one, I can tell you that. Never buying a Ducati ever again and I want to let you know so you can be careful.

floresdeanda · 2024-12-21T05:56:37-0800

floresdeanda said:
I know this has happend many times over the years, panigales v4 randomly bursting out in flames, but man! I hate the fact that Ducati hasn't even issued an apology or making the garantee valid. They are dragging their feet and sending italian people to verify what happened. Like, there is even video footage of the whole incident, where it shows the bike suddenly in flames for no reason at all. I am so mad at them. They should take care of their customers. And man, I was a good one, I can tell you that. Never buying a Ducati ever again and I want to let you know so you can be careful.

floresdeanda · 2024-12-21T05:58:37-0800

I have uploaded the video and the link to youtube. The youtube links got taken down. And the videos are waiting for aproval from the moderators. Dark scenes. Hard to watch. Almost lost my life

baggerman · 2024-12-21T10:01:29-0800

NYCV4S said:
I can honestly see this happening. I have a 2023 v4s , recently had to take my tank off for some mods , and they released a bulletin stating that the gas line rubber hose has to be replaced each time the tank is taken off with the hose being the method of removal (better to use the quick connects). Long story short i was dribbling fuel from a broken fuel line hose and only realized it due to old gas gunk build up along the engine heat cover , traveling right down onto the rear header..... Thank god i only maybe ridden 40 miles with the occurrence and have since fixed the issue.

View attachment 58771

I love that this line is a different size on each end. Otherwise you could just use fuel line from any auto parts. Is the issue that the removed end degrades and starts to leak? I've had my tank off several times by removing the line off the quick disconnect T. No leaks. But then I'm using a screw clamp instead of an Oetiker clamp. Only Ducati could manage a one-use fuel line.

Brand new panigale v4 burst in flames

Help Support Ducati Forum:

floresdeanda

Mcv4

BP PanigaleV4S

nolaride

Duc89

NYCV4S

Duc89

Mcv4

burton

burton

BP PanigaleV4S

burton

Duc89

Mcv4

NYCV4S

floresdeanda

floresdeanda

Attachments

floresdeanda

Attachments

floresdeanda

baggerman

Similar threads

Register CTA

Recent Discussions