Ferrari North America, Inc.: Air Bags › Air Bag/Restraint Control Module
Ferrari North America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 4, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 893. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2018 488 Spider, 488 Pista, 2015 458 Speciale A, 2016-2018 488 GTB, 2015-2017 F12 Berlinetta, 2016 F12 tdf, and 2016-2018 Carlifornia T vehicles. The air bag Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly causing the non-deployment or improper deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
The risk
In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag ECU, free of charge. The recall began August 2, 2019. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1-201-816-2668. Ferrari's number for this recall is 70.
13 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Ferrari 488 GTB | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 Ferrari 488 Pista | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Ferrari 488 Spider | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Ferrari California T | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Ferrari 488 GTB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 Ferrari California T | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Ferrari California T | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Ferrari F12 TDF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale A | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 19V411000.
Full record for the 2018 Ferrari 488 GTB → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →