# NHTSA recall 13V541000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 13V541000
- Manufacturer: McLaren Automotive Incorporated
- Reported: 2013\-10\-30
- Owners notified: 2013\-12\-19
- Component: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
- Units potentially affected: 376

## What is wrong

McLaren Automotive, Inc. \(McLaren\) is recalling certain model year 2012\-2014 MP4 12\-C Spider and Coupe vehicles manufactured October 10, 2011, through October 23, 2013 and originally sold in, or currently registered in, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.  Due to a combination of high ambient temperatures and humidity, the wiper motor brushes may jam causing the wiper motor to stop working.


## What can happen

Non\-functioning wipers during inclement weather may be reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

McLaren will notify will notify owners and dealers will replace the wiper motors, free of charge.  Vehicles outside of the recall area will have a lifetime warranty on their wiper motors that fail for this issue.  The recall began on December 19, 2013.  Owners may contact McLaren at 1\-646\-429\-8916.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-04\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 376
- Reported remedied: 324 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2012 MCLAREN MP4\-12C SPIDER](/makes/mclaren/mp4-12c/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-10 to 2013\-10\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2013 MCLAREN MP4\-12C SPIDER](/makes/mclaren/mp4-12c/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-10 to 2013\-10\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2014 MCLAREN MP4\-12C SPIDER](/makes/mclaren/mp4-12c/2014/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-10 to 2013\-10\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [KA\-01271](/bulletins/10180842.md), 2020-10-07, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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