On Thursday, April 13, 2023, Ducati notified the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that select 2023 Diavel V4 models could suffer from faulty passenger foot pegs. Ducati North America attributes the issue to “the production process on the part of the supplier of passenger foot pegs.” When extending/unfolding the passenger pegs, the forging defect could lead the passenger to “suddenly lose their foot support, increasing the risk of crash or injury.”
As a result, the brand issued a recall for specific 2023 Diavel V4 units. The problem impacts up to 145 examples between the VIN number range ZDMGAR1W6PB000719 and ZDMGAR1W7PB001619. Ducati produced the impacted Diavels between February 16 and March 30, 2023. The document goes on to state that the “right and/or left side passenger foot pegs could break in correspondence of the rotation bush” when the motorcycle is both “stationary or in use.”
