2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Recalls, Complaints & Specs
1 safety recall lists the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, and owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.
1 safety recall for the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.
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Seat heater/cooler (seats)
Aston Martin Lagonda of North America (Aston Martin) is recalling certain model year 2006-2014 DB9, V12 Vantage, V8 Vantage, DBS, and Virage vehicles manufactured July 3, 2006, to November 5, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the electronic control module for the driver and front passenger seat heaters may fail, preventing the seat…
Remedy: Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional module to the circuit that can interrupt the power to the seat heaters in case the electronic control module for the seat heaters fails, free of…
2 owner complaints filed with NHTSA
Owners of the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 47,522 miles. Complaints peaked in 2019 with 2 filed that year.
Most-reported components
What owners are reporting
“Factory headlights suffer from severe condensation. This causes poor road illumination and excessive diffraction of light. It also caused components to fail including the turning indicator leds that a”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, June 25, 2019 · Exterior lighting
“The control circuit board failed inside the left headlight. The left front turn signal therefore does not work, and the board is not available by itself. A year later (6/2019) the left rear tail light”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, June 25, 2019 · Exterior lighting
Compare Aston Martin V8 Vantage model years
Recall and complaint counts for every Aston Martin V8 Vantage model year in NHTSA's database.
Checking a specific 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
How do I know if my 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage has an open recall?
Enter your 17-character VIN above. The VIN is on the driver's side dashboard (visible through the windshield), the driver's door jamb sticker, and your registration or insurance card. The check runs against NHTSA's live database and tells you which campaigns list your vehicle. 1 campaign currently lists the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage; your car may already have been repaired under it.
Is the recall repair free?
Yes. Under federal law, manufacturers must fix safety recalls at no charge for vehicles up to 15 years old from the date of sale to the first owner. Contact any authorised Aston Martin dealer with your VIN and the NHTSA campaign number (for example 14V753000).
What is the difference between a recall and a complaint?
A recall is a safety campaign filed by the manufacturer or ordered by NHTSA, with a defined defect and remedy. A complaint is a report an owner sent to NHTSA; it is not verified, but patterns of complaints are what trigger NHTSA investigations and, eventually, recalls.
Other Aston Martin models
- DB99 complaints
- V8 Vantage S5 complaints
- DBX2 complaints
- Vantage2 complaints
- DB71 complaints
- DBX7071 complaints
- Rapide1 complaints
- V12 Vantage Coupe1 complaints
Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.