# NHTSA recall 18V381000

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- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V381000
- Manufacturer's number: 61
- Manufacturer: Ferrari North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-06\-07
- Owners notified: 2018\-07\-19
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 1507

## What is wrong

Ferrari North America, Inc. \(Ferrari\) is recalling certain 2012 Ferrari California, 458 Italia, 458 Spider, and FF vehicles that have not already had their passenger frontal air bag replaced.  These passenger frontal air bag modules have air bag inflators that may explode in the event of a crash due to propellant degradation occurring after long\-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.


## What can happen

An inflator explosion may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assembly with one that uses an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began on July 19, 2018. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1\-201\-816\-2668.  Ferrari's number for this recall is 61.  Note: This recall supersedes recall 17V\-018.


## 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 2019 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-08
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1507
- Reported remedied: 1263 \(83%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 7

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, 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 FERRARI 458](/makes/ferrari/458/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-07\-14 to 2012\-05\-18.
- [2012 FERRARI CALIFORNIA](/makes/ferrari/california/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-08\-30 to 2012\-05\-17.
- [2012 FERRARI FF](/makes/ferrari/ff/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-09\-01 to 2012\-06\-25.

## Investigated as EA15001

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.

- EA15001: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-02\-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V381000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V381000/investigations)

## 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V381000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V381000)

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