NHTSA recall 12V166000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	12V166000
Manufacturer	ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC.
Reported	2012-04-10
Owners notified	2012-05-09
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
Units potentially affected	69

What is wrong

ROLLS-ROYCE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 GHOST VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TURBOCHARGED ENGINES BECAUSE THE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY WATER PUMP CAN OVERHEAT.

What can happen

THIS COULD LEAD TO A SMOLDERING OF THE PUMP OR AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR VEHICLE FIRE.

The remedy

ROLLS-ROYCE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AUXILIARY WATER PUMP FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 9, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ROLLS-ROYCE CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND SERVICES AT 1-877-877-3735.

Notes

THIS RECALL IS AN EXPANSION OF RECALL NO. 11V522. CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2010 ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST	Built 2011-04-07 to 2011-06-02.
2011 ROLLS-ROYCE GHOST	Built 2011-04-07 to 2011-06-02.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE11036

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE11036	Preliminary evaluation, opened 2011-10-11, closed 2012-06-11. Engine compartment fire. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.