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2017 FERRARI 488 GTB — SERVICE BRAKES

crash2 injured · 1838514 · 2022-09-05

Vehicle

Make
FERRARI
Model
488 GTB
Year
2017
Manufacturer
Ferrari North America, Inc.
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
12,000
Speed
70 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

On Sunday Sept 4th, while attending an Edge Addicts track day event at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, My 2017 488 Was parts of the run group, 2 laps were completed prior to the brake pedal failing completely to the floor and causing my driver to loose all braking capability and slamming into a wall. We have in car video from Go Pro footage, footage from another vehicle from behind my 488 and also footage from the control room of the track. This vehicle was purchased 3 months ago, the brake fluid is at the correct level and the new "Recalled" Brake fluid cap is installed. There is some sort of serious manufacturing defect with this system, this is a car designed for this type of use. This needs a serious investigation before others are hurt or killed.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11482908
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown