The 2007 Ferrari F430 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 1,950 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING09V0480002009-02-061,950 affected
Defect
FERRARI IS RECALLING 1,950 MY 2005-2007 F40 SPIDER VEHICLES. THE DEFECT INVOLVES THE HYDRAULIC HOSES FOR THE CONVERTIBLE TOP THAT ARE LOCATED INSIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE MAY CAUSE HAIR-LINE CRACKS TO FORM IN THE HOSES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLUID LEAKAGE FROM THE CONVERTIBLE TOP HYDRAULIC…
Consequence
THIS LEAKAGE IN TURN, WILL CAUSE THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND IF NOT REMEDIED, COULD ULTIMATELY LEAK FLUID INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSING SMOKE AND A FIRE, RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.
Remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL PROTECTIVE HEAT SHIELDS OVER THE CONVERTIBLE TOP HYDRAULIC LINES TO INSULATE THEM FROM THE HEAT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 9, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FERRARI AT 201-816-2600.
Complaints by component
AIR BAGS
1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
ENGINE
1
STRUCTURE:BODY
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
Total complaints5
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Power windows and all buttons in the ferrari becomes sticky and all controls become stuck in place. Making it dangerous to operate the vehicle. This only happens in the summertime when temperature melts the top layer of the film or plastics of the bottons. This is a well known and docomented issue…”
“The exhaust manifold has cracked, ferrari is aware of the problem. The defect that can cause cat induction, then engine failure (and should not be driven). Ferrari is not willing to replace the manifolds. The manifolds were not fit for service and fail the implied warranty of merchantability.…”
“Ref vin# [xxx], you will not find it in the u.s database (that 8th character "l" stands for latin america). Good day nhtsa, I believe ferrari of italy has messed up again on their vin# and title naming conventions. I just started deportation my 2007 ferrari f430 back to europe, seems the…”
“Ref vin# [xxx], you will not find it in the u.s database (that 8th character "l" stands for latin america). Good day nhtsa, I believe ferrari of italy has messed up again on their vin# and title naming conventions. I just started deportation my 2007 ferrari f430 back to europe, seems the…”
“Ref vin# [xxx], you will not find it in the u.s database (that 8th character "l" stands for latin america). Good day nhtsa, I believe ferrari of italy has messed up again on their vin# and title naming conventions. I just started deportation my 2007 ferrari f430 back to europe, seems the…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2007 Ferrari F430 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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