Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. It has been recalled 4 times.
What fails
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Air Bags
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Service Brakes
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4 safety recalls
Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic21V833000
Filed Oct 23, 20219,985 vehiclesFerrari North America, Inc.
Defect. Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2010-2015 458 Italia, 2012-2015 458 Spider, 2014-2015 458 Speciale, 2015 458 Speciale Aperta, 2016-2019 488 GTB, and 488 Spider vehicles. The brake system may leak brake fluid, resulting in a loss of braking ability.
Risk. Loss of braking ability increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy. Dealers will replace the brake fluid reservoir cap and update the software, at no charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on March 4, 2022. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1-201-816-2668. Ferrari's number for this recall is 78.
Air Bags › Frontal20V007000
Filed Jan 9, 2020982 vehiclesFerrari North America, Inc.
Defect. Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2009-2011 California and 2010-2011 458 Italia vehicles equipped with non-desiccated, passenger frontal air bag inflators containing phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant that were used as interim remedy parts for previous Takata recalls. These inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.
Risk. An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy. Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly with an alternate one, including a new non-ammonium nitrate inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 8, 2020. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1-201-816-2668. Ferrari's number for this recall is 60FL.
Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module18V188000
Filed Mar 23, 20181,870 vehiclesFerrari North America, Inc.
Defect. Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2009-2011 Ferrari California, and 2010-2011 Ferrari 458 Italia vehicles that have not had their passenger frontal air bag replaced. These passenger frontal air bag modules have air bag inflators that may explode in the event of a crash due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
Risk. An inflator explosion may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy. Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assembly with one that uses an alternate inflator, free of charge. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1-201-816-2668. Ferrari's number for this recall is 60A. Note: This recall supersedes recall 16V-341.
Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module16V341000
Filed May 23, 20162,826 vehiclesFerrari North America, Inc.
Defect. Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 Ferrari California vehicles manufactured February 16, 2009, to July 8, 2011, and model year 2010-2011 458 Italia vehicles manufactured March 5, 2010, to July 29, 2011. These vehicles are equipped with air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
Risk. An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy. Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2017. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 201-816-2668. Ferrari's number for this recall is 60.
What owners reported
Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Apr 10, 201924,000 milesCA
A FEW OCCURRENCES OF APPLYING THE BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BARELY MOVES FURTHER (HARD BRAKE FEEL) BUT THE CAR DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. HAS OCCURRED GOING FORWARD AT SLOW SPEEDS. HOWEVER NEXT BRAKE APPLICATION IS NORMAL. PERHAPS ISSUE WITH BRAKE BOOST?
Air Bags
Filed Jan 16, 20199,300 milesCA
CAR IN MOTION AT 40 MPH. PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG SELF-DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. NO IMPACT, NO ACCIDENT, NOTHING.
Air Bags
Filed Sep 25, 2017OR
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FERRARI 458 ITALIA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V341000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED RON TONKIN GRAN TURISMO (25300 SW PARKWAY AVE, WILSONVILLE, OR 97070 (855) 389-7907) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL A DEALER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE/PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.
Most recent recall on file: Oct 23, 2021. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.