The defect
Aston Martin Lagonda of North America (Aston Martin) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 DB9 and V8 Vantage, 2009-2012 DBS, 2010-2012 Rapide, 2014 Rapide S, 2011-2012 V12 Vantage, 2011-2014 V8 Vantage S and 2012 Virage vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the accelerator pedal arm may break.
The risk
If the accelerator pedal arm breaks, the engine will return to idle and the driver will be unable to maintain or increase engine speed, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will replace the accelerator pedal assemblies. The recall began on February 11, 2014. Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service by calling 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's recall number is RA-03-0017. IMPORTANT: This recall supersedes recall 13V-228. Any vehicle that has been remedied under the previous recall needs to have the current remedy applied.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Aston Martin DBS | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Aston Martin Rapide | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Aston Martin Rapide S | 2014 |
| Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coupe | 2011, 2012 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage S | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Aston Martin Virage | 2012 |
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin DB9 | 2014 | 1 | 6 |
| Aston Martin DBS | 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin DBS | 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Martin DBS | 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Martin DBS | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin Rapide | 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| Aston Martin Rapide | 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| Aston Martin Rapide | 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| Aston Martin Rapide S | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coupe | 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coupe | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2012 | 1 | 7 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage S | 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage S | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage S | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage S | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Aston Martin Virage | 2012 | 0 | 5 |
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 2014
8 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the vehicle speed control; Aston Martin Lagonda of North America filed 7 campaigns in all.
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| 14V685000 31 Oct 2014 | Eldorado National- California, Inc. |
| 14V583000 22 Sept 2014 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 14V252000 14 May 2014 | General Motors LLC |
| 14V121000 11 Mar 2014 | Winnebago Industries, Inc |
| 14V032000 4 Feb 2014 | Chrysler Group LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014