Ducati 1199 Panigale, model years 2012 to 2013. Filed by Ducati North America and reported to NHTSA on 10 August 2012. 2,411 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Ducati is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 1199 Panigale motorcycles manufactured from March 16, 2012, through July 12, 2012 . Due to an incorrect assembly tolerance, the Uniball bearing on the damper rod eyelet could slip out of its seat on the Ohlins steering damper.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Ducati's own number for this recall: RCL-12-006. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V399 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V399 cover?
- Ducati 1199 Panigale, model years 2012-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Ducati is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 1199 Panigale motorcycles manufactured from March 16, 2012, through July 12, 2012 . Due to an incorrect assembly tolerance, the Uniball bearing on the damper rod eyelet could slip out of its seat on the Ohlins steering damper.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The steering damper can detach from its mounting point which can lead to loss of control of the motorcycle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Ducati will notify owners, and authorized dealers will install a special washer at the steering damper's mounting point, free of charge. The safety recall began on October 15, 2012. Owners may contact Ducati at 1-800-231-6696 or through their website at www.ducati.com.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ducati calls this recall RCL-12-006, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The steering damper can detach from its mounting point which can lead to loss of control of the motorcycle, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V399 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DUCATI NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Steering |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 August 2012 |
| Model years | 2012-2013 |
| Vehicles named | DUCATI 1199 PANIGALE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The steering damper can detach from its mounting point which can lead to loss of control of the motorcycle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Ducati will notify owners, and authorized dealers will install a special washer at the steering damper's mounting point, free of charge. The safety recall began on October 15, 2012. Owners may contact Ducati at 1-800-231-6696 or through their website at www.ducati.com.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12V399, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v399/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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