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McLaren MP4-12C Spider Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 8 owner complaints across 4 model years of the McLaren MP4-12C Spider (2012–2015). The most-complained-about year is 2014.

3
safety recalls, all years
8
owner complaints, all years
2012
year with most recalls
2014
year with most complaints

Pick your McLaren MP4-12C Spider model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2015 McLaren MP4-12C Spider01
2014 McLaren MP4-12C Spider13
2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider22
2012 McLaren MP4-12C Spider32

What McLaren MP4-12C Spider owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA. The 2014 model year has the most, with 3.

All McLaren MP4-12C Spider recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a McLaren MP4-12C Spider, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 19V141000 Reported 2,792 vehicles potentially affected McLaren Automotive Incorporated

    McLaren Automotive Incorporated (McLaren) is recalling certain 2012-2013 MP4-12C, 2014-2016 650s, 2015-2016 675 LT, 2014-2015 P1 and 2015-2017 570 vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, used as original equipment or replacement equipment (such as after a…

    Remedy: McLaren will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bags, free of charge. The recall began March 28, 2019. Owners may contact McLaren customer service at 1-646-429-8916.

    Model years: 2012, 2013

  2. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 17V005000 Reported 654 vehicles potentially affected McLaren Automotive Incorporated

    McLaren Automotive Incorporated (McLaren) is recalling certain 2012 MP4-12C vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.…

    Remedy: McLaren will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag inflators, free of charge. The recall began November 13, 2017. Owners may contact McLaren customer service at 1-646-429-8916.

    Model years: 2012

  3. Motor (visibility)

    NHTSA 13V541000 Reported 376 vehicles potentially affected McLaren Automotive Incorporated

    McLaren Automotive, Inc. (McLaren) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 MP4 12-C Spider and Coupe vehicles manufactured October 10, 2011, through October 23, 2013 and originally sold in, or currently registered in, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Due to a combination of high ambient temperatures and…

    Remedy: McLaren will notify will notify owners and dealers will replace the wiper motors, free of charge. Vehicles outside of the recall area will have a lifetime warranty on their wiper motors that fail for this issue. The…

    Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

Other McLaren 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.