# NHTSA recall 16V199000

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: 16V199000
- Manufacturer: Bugatti
- Reported: 2016\-04\-08
- Owners notified: 2016\-06\-21
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
- Units potentially affected: 13

## What is wrong

Bugatti is recalling certain model year 2006\-2008 Veyron vehicles manufactured October 3, 2006, to December 22, 2006.  In the affected vehicles, the positive battery \(B\+\) cable and the connection to the alternator may corrode.


## What can happen

The corrosion may result in the battery positive cable overheating, increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

All affected vehicles have had the battery B\+ cable and the alternator replaced, free of charge.  Owners may contact Bugatti at 1\-805\-557\-1050.


## 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 1, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-09\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 13
- Reported remedied: 13 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, 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

- [2006 BUGATTI VEYRON](/makes/bugatti/veyron/2006/recalls.md). Built 2006\-10\-03 to 2006\-12\-22.
- [2007 BUGATTI VEYRON](/makes/bugatti/veyron/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-10\-03 to 2006\-12\-22.
- [2008 BUGATTI VEYRON](/makes/bugatti/veyron/2008/recalls.md). Built 2006\-10\-03 to 2006\-12\-22.

## 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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