Ferrari faces a lawsuit from some customers in the US who allege the company neglected to resolve brake problems that they said could lead to partial or complete loss of braking capacity.
The proposed class action, which is Nechev v. Ferrari North America Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, No. 24-00516, was first reported by Reuters.
The main problem has to do with the brake fluid reservoir cap, a part supplied by Bosch, which can leak brake fluid, which in turn can lead to brake failure. Bosch is also a defendant.
Ferrari issued a recall by the defective limit in 2021 and then voluntarily expanded the recall in 2022, but according to the proposed class action filed this week in a San Diego federal court, the fix involved in the recalls was only a stopgap measure and also did not resolve some other brake problems.
Ferrari 458 Italy 2010
Recalls have affected several Ferrari models since the 2005 model year.
The proposed class action is led by California resident Iliya Nechev, who claims he experienced brake problems in a Ferrari 458 Italy 2010 he purchased it in 2020. According to Reuters, Nechev claims he has experienced brake problems on several occasions and that dealers told him the experience was “normal” and that he should “just get used to them.”
In a statement to Reuters, Ferrari, without referring to the proposed class action, said that the safety of its customers is its “top priority” and that its vehicles “always respect homologation specifications”.
