The defect
Ferrari is recalling certain 2021-2023 Ferrari SF90 Coupe and 2022 SF90 Spider hybrid electric vehicles. When a child seat is installed on the passenger seat (size M), the deployment of the air bag may impact the child seat. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
The risk
Air bag impact with a child seat can increase the risk of injury to the occupant.
The remedy
Owners are advised not to use child seats in the vehicle until it is repaired. Dealers will replace the size M passenger seat with a size XL passenger seat, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 21, 2023. The manufacturer's number for this recall is RC 84.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Ferrari SF90 Spider | 2022 |
| Ferrari SF90 Stradale | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Components: SEATS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrari SF90 Spider | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Ferrari SF90 Stradale | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Ferrari SF90 Stradale | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Ferrari SF90 Stradale | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
Other seats recalls in 2023
21 of the 894 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2023 concerned the seats; Ferrari North America, Inc. filed 26 campaigns in all.
| 23V820000 6 Dec 2023 | Ducati North America |
| 23V769000 15 Nov 2023 | Volvo Trucks North America |
| 23V728000 27 Oct 2023 | Winnebago Industries, Inc. |
| 23V714000 25 Oct 2023 | Nova Bus (US) Inc. |
| 23V708000 19 Oct 2023 | Lucid USA, Inc. |
| 23V606000 30 Aug 2023 | Corp. Micro Bird, Inc. |
| 23V475000 11 Jul 2023 | Prevost Car (US) Inc. |
| 23V414000 8 Jun 2023 | BMW of North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2023