EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Lamborghini “Gallardo and Murciélago” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1590/13
Summary
null For the carbon and ceramic brakes, the stainless steel bolts fixing the rotor to the metal bell may fail due to stress corrosion cracking where the vehicle is used in environments with a high salt content. If the disc lost more than eight of the ten bolts there would be a loss of braking capacity on that wheel. This could slightly increase the braking distance, which could in turn result in a collision.
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Product
Passenger car — Lamborghini
- Brand
- Lamborghini
- Name / model
- Gallardo and Murciélago · Gallardo Coupé and Spider (2007, 2008 and 2009), Murciélago Coupé and Roadster (2006 to 2010)
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car equipped with carbon and ceramic brakes.
- Production dates: Gallardo Coupé and Spider: manufactured between October 2006 and May 2009.Murciélago Coupé and Roadster: manufactured between August 2005 and June 2010.
What is the risk?
- null For the carbon and ceramic brakes, the stainless steel bolts fixing the rotor to the metal bell may fail due to stress corrosion cracking where the vehicle is used in environments with a high salt content. If the disc lost more than eight of the ten bolts there would be a loss of braking capacity on that wheel. This could slightly increase the braking distance, which could in turn result in a collision.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 30/09/2013
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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