Recall Register

1990 Ferrari Testarossa: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1990 Ferrari Testarossa. The newest campaign is 03V142000. NHTSA received the report on 7 Apr 2003. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 03V142000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace all the main components of the passive seat belt system. This includes the electronic control units, the retractor mechanism, and both the right and left motor driven track assemblies. Owner notification began april 24, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ferrari at 1-201-816-2651.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 2,653 units in total.

  1. 03V142000Received . 2,008 units.

    Seat Belts

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain passenger vehicles, the passive restraint system may not function correctly. Inconsistent electrical operation of the automatic track assembly has been experienced.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the passive restraint system experiences an electrical or mechanical failure, the seat occupant would not be fully protected.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace all the main components of the passive seat belt system. This includes the electronic control units, the retractor mechanism, and both the right and left motor driven track assemblies. Owner notification began april 24, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ferrari at 1-201-816-2651.

    Report filed by FERRARI NORTH AMERICA. Manufacturer campaign number 37. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 92V072000Received . 645 units.

    Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The upper steering column locknut was manufactured with inferior materials and inferior self-locking properties.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The locknut can loosen, causing excessive play in thesteering system and impaired handling. This could result in loss of vehiclecontrol and an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace locknut with an improved locknut.

    Report filed by FERRARI NORTH AMERICA. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1990 Ferrari Testarossa: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Seat Belts1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
10 Mar 2003

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1990 Ferrari Testarossa, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19872
  2. 19882
  3. 19891
  4. 19902
  5. 19912

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1990 Ferrari Testarossa: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ferrari/testarossa/1990/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FERRARI NORTH AMERICA

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1990 Ferrari Testarossa?
2,653 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ferrari Testarossa have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Ferrari Testarossa, model years 1987 to 1991. 2 of them name the 1990 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1990 Ferrari Testarossa name most often?
Seat Belts: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1990 Ferrari Testarossa open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.