On April 5, 2022, Piaggio Group Americas issued a safety recall for all 2020 and 2021 Piaggio MP3 500 HPEs due to an issue with the braking system that could result in excessive play in the brake levers and less efficient braking after the bike sits for long periods of time. Brakes that don’t work as efficiently as expected could cause a safety issue for both riders and property.
Approximately 27 bikes are affected, which represents 100 percent of the population for both model years combined. Affected MP3 500 HPEs were produced between July 10, 2020 and December 18, 2020, and have non-sequential VINs between ZAPTA10X5L5000143 and ZAPTA10XXM5000172. If you're thinking this sounds familiar, it's because there was a very similar recall for some 2019 and 2020 Piaggio MP3 500s in September, 2020.
