FERRARI CALIFORNIA Recalls

The Ferrari California has 5 recalls covering the 2009–2013 model years, all involving the passenger-side frontal airbag inflator, which can rupture or explode and send metal fragments into the cabin, with the potential for serious injury or death. Every recall on this model traces back to the same Takata airbag inflator problem. On 2009–2013 models, the passenger airbag propellant degrades over time when exposed to sustained heat and humidity cycling, causing the inflator to fire with far more force than it should. In the worst cases, the inflator housing itself ruptures and drives metal fragments toward the occupants rather than deploying a protective bag. The 2009–2011 vehicles are subject to the core inflator rupture risk. The 2012 and 2013 model years are each covered by their own filings addressing the same degraded-propellant mechanism, and 2012 vehicles that had not yet received a replacement inflator are specifically called out in a separate campaign. The 2009 model year appears in both an inflator rupture filing and a standalone propellant-degradation filing covering that year.