Complaints by model year
Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.
NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026
Year by year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 MP4-12C | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections
Most common problems
- Exterior lighting3
- Visibility/wiper2
- Equipment1
NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years
In New Zealand
34 MP4-12C cars are on the New Zealand register; 53% arrived as used imports.
| Model year | Registered | Sold new in NZ | Used imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| 2013 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0
New registrations in Europe
404 new Mclaren MP4-12C cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2011 and 2018, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2018 the largest markets were Germany (1).
| Year | New cars | CO₂ g/km |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 275 (NEDC) |
| 2017 | 1 | 275 (NEDC) |
| 2016 | 14 | — |
| 2015 | 4 | — |
| 2014 | 47 | — |
| 2013 | 92 | — |
| 2012 | 243 | — |
| 2011 | 2 | — |
Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement
Recalls
1 campaigns cover the MP4-12C.
McLaren Automotive Incorporated (McLaren) is recalling certain 2013 MP4-12C vehicles ever registered in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
NHTSA recalls