Lamborghini recalls every Veneno, 5,900 Aventadors

Lamborghini recalls every Veneno, 5,900 Aventadors

If you are an owner of a Lamborghini Veneno or an Aventador, or know someone who has one, this is important. The Italian carmaker is recalling every Veneno ever sold, including three coupes and nine roadsters totalling 12 cars, along with 5,900 Aventadors over a fuel system fault that could result in fire.

The issue stems from the emissions-control system, which can malfunction under certain conditions and be unable to treat fuel vapours properly. This increases the risk of the vapours coming in contact with hot exhaust system components during particular manoeuvres, like engine over revving at idle, which could lead to risk of fire.

According to a recall report on the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s website and Bloomberg, the issue affects all Aventadors and Venenos built from May 22, 2011 to December 5, 2016. The newly introduced Aventador S and limited-edition Aventador SV are unaffected by the recall.

Lamborghini says it’s unaware of any driver or passenger injuries linked to the defect, though a spokeswoman was unable to confirm whether any fires have been reported in the affected vehicles.

The Veneno is a limited production model based on the Aventador, and uses an uprated version of the base car’s 6.5 litre V12 engine that produces 750 PS and 690 Nm of torque. When first revealed, the Veneno coupe costs 3,120,000 euros (RM14,813,760), while the roadster was 3,300,000 euros (RM15,651,570). If you’re looking to purchase one now, you’ll have to pay a hefty premium as second-hand prices of the Veneno have doubled or tripled since.

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Gerard Lye

Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard's strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • Sounds similar to proton gen2 case where fuel canister is placed on top of exhaust pipe, with few inches gap. Aren’t they learning?

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    • Freddy on Feb 18, 2017 at 12:23 pm

      Ferrari biasa recall after FIRE. Lambo still the best.

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    • New Saga on Feb 18, 2017 at 4:57 pm

      Thats it . I am buying the Persona this year. Not only becoz cannot afford a lambo …

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  • Someone says recall means lousy quality. Oh wait, according to his logic, it only applies to P1…

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    • AutoFrenz (the original) on Feb 18, 2017 at 7:50 am

      Hahaha…good one…sarcasm at its best…thanks john…kasi hantam sama itu basher

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  • Milano on Feb 17, 2017 at 6:52 pm

    Tesla FTW

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  • farghmee on Feb 17, 2017 at 7:11 pm

    1 veneno burnt oredi.

    Need 4 Speed

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  • haiya. manyak malas wo mau pegi service center. lousy la. this is my last lambo i think

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  • arowana on Feb 18, 2017 at 11:23 am

    damn.. i have to send my Lambo to workshop this time

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  • Mikey on Feb 18, 2017 at 11:28 am

    O M Goodness. It is just a “precaution” recall by Lambo. Good job 4 doing a precaution B4 there is any actual fire.

    To me, it sounded like Lambo is promoting their Hypercar when they mention in the last paragraph :-
    “If you’re looking to purchase one now, you’ll have to pay a hefty premium as second-hand prices of the Veneno have doubled or tripled since”

    This Must be a NEW/Best way 2 promote a Brand/car when they mention that the car have appreciated by 2/3 times.

    To john, see how a precaution defect recall can turn out 2 be an Excellent advertisement for Lambo.

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  • Das Auta on Feb 19, 2017 at 7:23 am

    Thanks for the notice Gerard. May I know if I can just send mine to Lamborghini KL even though I bought the car from a 3rd party?

    BTW, mine is a 2015 HW Workshop, Maroon Lamborghini Veneno Die-Cast 1:69. I bought it from Amazon. It has very low mileage since it’s still in a box.

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    • Mikey on Feb 20, 2017 at 11:57 am

      Good one Das Auta. I miss your joke on first reading. I have a collection of Ferrari’s when Shell was promoting “Ferrari’s” as collection with their Match Box size.

      Hope other petrol station can promote other sports car in Di-cast size. That way, more M’sian can own sports car without paying road-tax/insurance & maintenance. Cheers …

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  • No more tears on Feb 19, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    …and my 30 years old Toyota car still strong and running….

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  • passion on Feb 20, 2017 at 9:34 am

    @no more tears Well said!!!

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