# NHTSA recall 18V164000

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: 18V164000
- Manufacturer's number: 64
- Manufacturer: Ferrari North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-03\-09
- Owners notified: 2018\-05\-04
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 40

## What is wrong

Ferrari North America, Inc. \(Ferrari\) is recalling certain 2016 488 GTB and 488 Spider vehicles.  Due to a software error, the driver may not be warned that the brake discs are critically worn.


## What can happen

If the driver is not warned about the critical disc wear, brake disc damage may result, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument panel node software, free of charge.  Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1\-201\-816\-2668.  Ferrari's number for this recall is 64.


## 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 8, for 2020 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-05\-01
- Vehicles in the campaign: 40
- Reported remedied: 35 \(87%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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

- [2016 FERRARI 488 GTB](/makes/ferrari/488/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-06\-03 to 2015\-11\-25. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 FERRARI 488 SPIDER](/makes/ferrari/488/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-06\-02 to 2015\-06\-02. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## 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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