The Daily Populous Thursday August 11st, 2022 morning edition
Authored by motortrend.com and submitted by Sariel007

Ferraris are mostly known for one thing: going fast. Perhaps they should be better known for their brakes, then. Anyone—in any car, almost—can go fast; it's stopping that matters. Now, Ferrari has a big stopping problem, with 19 of its models dating all the way back to 2005 reportedly at risk for potential brake failure, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Remember the Ferrari 430? How about the 612 Scaglietti? We hardly do, but they're the oldest vehicles implicated in Ferrari's recall, dating back to 2005. Here's a full list of cars under the recall:

FERRARI 430 2005-2009 FERRARI 488 PISTA 2019-2020 FERRARI 612 2010-2011 FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI 2005-2011 FERRARI 812 2018-2022 FERRARI CALIFORNIA 2009-2017 FERRARI CALIFORNIA T 2015-2017 FERRARI F12 BERLINETTA 2013-2017 FERRARI F12 TDF 2017 FERRARI F60 AMERICA 2016 FERRARI F8 SPIDER 2020-2022 FERRARI F8 TRIBUTO 2020-2022 FERRARI FF 2012-2016 FERRARI GTC4LUSSO 2018-2020 FERRARI GTC4LUSSO T 2018-2019 FERRARI LAFERRARI 2013-2015 FERRARI LAFERRARI APERTA 2017 FERRARI PORTOFINO 2019-2022 FERRARI ROMA 2021-2022 Show All

According to the NHTSA filing, the issue relates to the brake fluid reservoir cap which "may not vent properly, creating a vacuum inside the brake fluid reservoir, and resulting in a brake fluid leak that may lead to a partial or total loss of brake function."

You may be thinking: Ferrari probably doesn't make a ton of cars, how bad could a recall be? Well, according to the NHTSA recall report, a whopping 23,555 Ferraris are implicated and will need to be serviced, which is nearly, well, all of them. Considering the average price of a Ferrari is at least a couple hundred thousand dollars, some quick math proves billions of dollars worth of Ferraris are potentially defective.

diab0lus on August 11st, 2022 at 01:51 UTC »

I bet people have a fun time trying to get Ferrari to reimburse them for having the car towed to the dealership for recall work.

Arsewhistle on August 11st, 2022 at 00:16 UTC »

Wouldn't this be just in the US? (The order comes from an American agency)

mandymarleyandme on August 10th, 2022 at 23:51 UTC »

I thought the brake system should be sealed with no venting. (Generally, not Ferrari specific). What kind of brake system needs the fluid to interact directly with air?