The recall covers the LaFerrari Aperta and five other models.
By Jake Holmes, Roadshow
Ferrari North America will recall 2,150 cars over
concerns that a manufacturing problem could, in certain cases, lead to a
fire. The recall covers the 2017 LaFerrari Aperta, the 2018-2019 488 GTB, 488 Spider, 812 Superfast, GTC4Lusso and GTC4Lusso T, as well as the 2019 488 Pista.
While 2,150 cars doesn't sound like a whole lot compared to some recalls -- Honda this week recalled 1.1 million cars -- it's a big deal for Ferrari, a company that in 2018 only shipped 9,251 cars globally.
The
recall concerns a fuel vapor separator that could crack, allow fumes to
leak out and potentially causing a fire risk. Ferrari says the problem
was caused by a manufacturing defect with a part from a supplier, which
has since been fixed on the production line, and that the company first
received reports of the leak in customer cars from its dealerships.
The
good news is that drivers will receive a warning of the problem:
Ferrari says in case of a leak, the car's check-engine light will
illuminate and a message in the instrument cluster will tell owners to
take the car to a dealer. The affected cars were built as far back as
October 2017, in the case of the LaFerrari Aperta, and as recently as October 2018 for other models.
Ferrari
will start notifying US customers of the recall action in April and, of
course, will fix the problem for free by replacing the fuel vapor
separator in all of the affected cars.
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