FERRARI 458 ITALIA Recalls

The Ferrari 458 Italia has 2 recalls, both affecting 2010-2011 model years, centered on the passenger frontal airbag inflator, which can explode and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death. Both recalls address the same underlying Takata airbag inflator defect. The first covers vehicles where a prior repair attempt used a non-desiccated replacement inflator containing phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant, which carries the same rupture risk as the original part. The second covers vehicles where the passenger frontal airbag has not yet been replaced at all. In either case, the inflator can rupture, and the resulting metal fragments can strike the driver or other occupants.