Probably lucky. My 2010 Multi 1200, 2011 Multi 1200 and 2018 Supersport *all* had fuel sender issues. One at 21,000 miles, the second at 39000 and the Supersport just as it exited warranty! (Part covered, labour charged)
I just did mine last night. 1200s 2017 DVT. Took me 3hrs to do. Wasn`t difficult to do, part cost £144 delivered but you`d think they would be more reliable by now as a known common fault for years now. Looks like i`ll be removing all again next year to swap the top spark plug out, wish i was prepared for that and did it at the same time
Mine has just gone too ... 3 year old PP, 6000 miles. Think I’ll leave replacing for a while, what average mileage you getting from a full tank ?
Finally managed to pop into my dealer at the weekend. They said to book in for a recalibration (charged at £82.50) and that should hopefully sort the problem. If it doesn't, they will ask Ducati for goodwill on a replacement as I'm 3-4 months out of warranty. Anyone had a recalibration done?
I have recently read a bulletin for resetting a scrambler fuel level sensor which requires accessing the BBS so sounds plausible. Cost looks about an hour labour. A goodwill replacement will only pay for the part, not the labour to replace it, that falls to you. So the question is, do you throw the best part of £100 at it on the off chance it can be fixed with the potential for a 2 or 3 hour labour bill to change it if not or do you throw £130 at it to buy a sender and change it yourself ? At only 6000 miles you’ve a long time to wait to do the swap during a big service where most of the labour content to remove panels and the like is in the service cost but if you can work around the fuel gauge until then (and many do) that is an option. Andy
Thanks for the input Andy. They have said that if the recalibration doesn't work and it needs a new part, that the labour time for the recal would then be knocked off the work required to fit a new sender. I'm not skilled enough to dismantle and do it myself and it had an annual service by them in March so nothing due until next year. The dash is or was flashing with the amber warning light for no fuel so don't think I could live with that unless I cover it up!
Masking tape - you forget about it within two rides. Problem for me, is I also forgot to read the trip meter I had mine replaced. All I would say is a recalibration WILL fail, so depends if you're keeping the bike.
And now mine has failed....... 2019 with 5,300 miles. I'll buy a replacement next spring and fit it myself.
Mine was a July made, so only 2 year warranty Ducati Aylesbury offered me a 1 year warranty for £300 when I bought the bike over 18 months ago. I declined and had no problems until now, so I'm in profit still!
Just a thought, does the fitting of the new sender and the fitting of spotlights involve the removal of the same bodywork? If so, I can do 2 jobs at the same time
Finally got the fuel sender fitted last week - it's taken since Aug to sort this out. Ducati supplied the part FOC and I paid for 2 hours of labour. Not ideal but not the end of the world. Only comes with a 12-month warranty which I think is shit.
I got my first replacement done a couple weeks ago, on the first day of my extended warranty. Glad I've got another 5 years of Aegis paying for warranty repairs.
I am running super unleaded only and putting in stablilizer if its sitting for a while - hopefully extent the life of this one!
