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Ferrari California Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 7 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Ferrari California (2009–2017). The most-complained-about year is 2012.

7
safety recalls, all years
7
owner complaints, all years
2009
year with most recalls
2012
year with most complaints

Pick your Ferrari California model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2017 Ferrari California10
2016 Ferrari California10
2015 Ferrari California10
2014 Ferrari California21
2013 Ferrari California21
2012 Ferrari California23
2011 Ferrari California41
2010 Ferrari California41
2009 Ferrari California40

What Ferrari California owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA. The 2012 model year has the most, with 3.

All Ferrari California recalls (7)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Ferrari California, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Service brakes, hydraulic

    NHTSA 22V536000 Reported 23,555 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2005-2009 430, 2019-2020 488 Pista, 2016 F60 America, 2005-2011 612 Scaglietti, 2010-2011 612, 2018-2022 812, 2020-2022 F8 Spider, 2020-2022 F8 Tributo, 2021-2022 Roma, 2009-2017 California, 2015-2017 California T, 2013-2017 F12 Berlinetta, 2017 F12 TDF, 2012-2016 FF, 2017-2020…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the brake fluid reservoir cap and update the software to provide a new warning message for low brake fluid, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters, informing owners of the safety risk,…

    Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

  2. Air bags: frontal

    NHTSA 20V007000 Reported 982 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2009-2011 California and 2010-2011 458 Italia vehicles equipped with non-desiccated, passenger frontal air bag inflators containing phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant that were used as interim remedy parts for previous Takata recalls. These inflators may explode…

    Remedy: Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly with an alternate one, including a new non-ammonium nitrate inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 8, 2020. Owners may…

    Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011

  3. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 19V006000 Reported 11,176 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    Ferrari North America (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2014 Ferrari California, 2014-2015 Ferrari 458 Italia, 458 Spider, 2014-2016 Ferrari FF, 2014-2017 Ferrari F12, 2015-2018 Ferrari California T, 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale A, 2016 Ferrari F60 America, 2016-2017 Ferrari F12 tdf, 2016-2018 Ferrari 488 GTB, 488 Spider, 2017-2018 Ferrari…

    Remedy: Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began March 8, 2019. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1-866-551-2828. Ferrari's…

    Model years: 2014

  4. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 18V381000 Reported 1,507 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    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…

    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…

    Model years: 2012

  5. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 18V188000 Reported 1,870 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain 2009-2011 Ferrari California, and 2010-2011 Ferrari 458 Italia vehicles that have not 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…

    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. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 1-201-816-2668.…

    Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011

  6. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 18V040000 Reported 1,899 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    On January 9, 2018 Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) recalled 1,073 model year 2013 California, 458 Italia, 458 Spider, FF, and F12 Berlinetta vehicles sold, or ever registered in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the…

    Remedy: Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began March 1, 2018 for the original population. The recall will begin in June 2018 for the…

    Model years: 2013

  7. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 16V341000 Reported 2,826 vehicles potentially affected Ferrari North America, Inc.

    Ferrari North America, Inc. (Ferrari) is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 Ferrari California vehicles manufactured February 16, 2009, to July 8, 2011, and model year 2010-2011 458 Italia vehicles manufactured March 5, 2010, to July 29, 2011. These vehicles are equipped with air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger…

    Remedy: Ferrari will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2017. Owners may contact Ferrari customer service at 201-816-2668. Ferrari's…

    Model years: 2009, 2010, 2011

Other Ferrari models

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.