The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. IF A VEHICLE IS PARKED WITH THE PARKING BRAKE NOT FULLY APPLIED AND NOT IN FIRST GEAR, AS DIRECTED IN THE OWNER GUIDE, AND THE SELF ADJUSTMENT PAWL SUBSEQUENTLY SKIPS ONE OR TWO TEETH, THE VEHICLE COULD MOVE ON SOME GRADES.
The risk
THIS COULD RESULT IN UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL AND INSTALL A PLATE OR OVER-BRACKET TO THE CONTROL TO LOCK THE SELF ADJUST MECHANISM IN POSITION FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENT.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| QAG Mangusta | 2000, 2001 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| QAG Mangusta | 2000 | 0 | 3 |
| QAG Mangusta | 2001 | 0 | 3 |
Other parking brake recalls in 2001
4 of the 461 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2001 concerned the parking brake; Q VALE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP filed 3 campaigns in all.
| 01V266001 23 Aug 2001 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 01V245000 31 Jul 2001 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 01V211000 2 Jul 2001 | FERRARI NORTH AMERICA |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2001