Italian supercar maker Ferrari is the latest automaker to be embroiled in the Takata airbag recall controversy. However, this is unrelated to exploding shrapnel issue fitted to almost 20 million cars in the US.
"Takata informed Ferrari S.p.A of the possibility of a defect in certain 2015 MY Driver's Side Airbag Modules. This defect is related to the relevant combination of insufficient gluing of the leather on the driver's side airbag cover and the possible rotated installation of the driver's airbag cushion in the airbag module," Ferrari's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration filing read.
In the same filing, Ferrari said the defect was found out "during out of position test s with a 458 Italia model for validation of a new steering column."
A spokesman for the Italian marquee told AFP that the recall isn't related to the ongoing Takata airbag issues other manufacturers are experiencing, according to Business Insider.
Last week, Franchise Herald reported that Honda announced a Takata airbag recall for 4.5 million more vehicles worldwide while Fiat Chrysler added almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers as well.
Although it was the Maranello, Italy-based supercar maker that did the installation, Car and Driver said it is blaming Takata for the defect.
"The issue is a possible production defect in a component inside the air bags which were fitted to around 2,600 cars."
According to Motor Authority, the recall affects Ferrari models built from December 19, 2014 to April 29, 2015. It includes its entire lineup from the California T, 458 Speciale and even the flagship LaFerrari.
Ferrari isn't a volume manufacturer which means only 2,600 cars worldwide are affected - over 800 of which are in North America.
Nevertheless, the prancing horse marquee issued the Takata airbag recall "out of an abundance of caution [it] is moving swiftly to issue a stop sale order and implement a safety defect recall" to fix the defect on all possibly-affected vehicles.
