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Ferrari Testarossa

Every Ferrari Testarossa model year on file, 1987 to 1991. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years73 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years51987 to 1991

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins15Summed across model years

By model year

The 1987 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 29% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Seat belts leads the Ferrari Testarossa complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts

Engine and cooling

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Ferrari Testarossa model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ferrari Testarossa by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
1991	Not decoded	1	100.0	100	2	3
1990	Coupe	2	50.0	14	2	3
1989	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	3
1988	Coupe	2	50.0	40	2	3
1987	Coupe	2	0.0	33	2	3

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ferrari Testarossa

03V-142 Apr 7, 2003
On certain passenger vehicles, the passive restraint system may not function correctly
Seat belts · 2,008 vehicles
92V-072 May 18, 1992
Upper steering column locknut was manufactured with inferior materials and inferior self-locking properties
Steering · 645 vehicles
88V-186 Dec 1, 1988
Automatic passive restraint system may not operate due to a payout motor defect in the safety belt retractor assembly
Seat belts · 468 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.