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The Only Southern California Performance Porsche Chat Forum  Search   Chat   Members | Groups   FAQ | Raffle   Archive   Sitemap  Username:  Password:    Remember Me?      Gallery   Garage   Recent Posts   New Posts   Calendar   Videos   Profile   Log in  / Register  factory parts Featured Products from premium sponsor, PCARS.com: TAIL LIGHT HARNESS TRIGUARD 911 99 & NE TRIGUARD 911C/C2/C4 LA Indy Porsche OEM parts Ferrari Recalls F430 Spider   LIVE CHAT   -->   There are 0 user(s) on chat now        Porsche Ferrari Lamborghini Car Forum Index -> Ferrari Forum - Fcars Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:29 pm blacknight Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 5077 Location: Hollywood, CA 3815.74 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 2002 Porsche 911 Ferrari Recalls F430 Spider WASHINGTON — Ferrari is recalling 1,950 of its 2005-'07 F430 Spider cars. A defect involving the hydraulic hoses for the convertible top could cause smoke and fire in the engine compartment, rendering the vehicle inoperable, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The hoses are located inside the engine compartment. "The heat from the engine may cause hairline cracks to form in the hoses, which may result in fluid leakage from the convertible top hydraulic system," said NHTSA in its recall summary of the problem. "This leakage in turn, will cause the convertible top warning light to illuminate and if not remedied, could ultimately leak fluid into the engine compartment causing smoke and a fire, rendering the vehicle inoperable and possibly resulting in a crash." The recall is expected to begin sometime in February. Ferrari dealers will install protective heat shields over the convertible top hydraulic lines to insulate them from the heat of the engine compartment. Owners can contact Ferrari at (201) 816-2600. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=142206   Back to top   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:16 am aren040 Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4918 Location: Southern California 5416.71 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: I guess there is a good thing behind only selling a limited amount of cars. 2000 cars to fix in a recall is really not all that much. But what I find funny is that this should have been caught in engineering and never made it to development. -aren   Back to top   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:09 pm SPDADCT Reputation *** Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 357 Location: Glendale, CA 402.30 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 1987 Porsche 911 The F430 is very close to the F360. It's surprising that there is a hose heat issue in one and not the other. -Joseph   Back to top   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:19 pm aren040 Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4918 Location: Southern California 5416.71 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: SPDADCT wrote: The F430 is very close to the F360. It's surprising that there is a hose heat issue in one and not the other. -Joseph Well, there are a couple of possibilities here. Either they used a different manufacturer for the hose (different contract) and the new one is not as problematic. They could have rerouted the hose on the new ones. Or they are not ready to recall the 430 just yet. Then there is the chance that they knew all along but were waiting to see if anyone else would notice before going through the expensive process of recalling. -aren   Back to top   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:51 pm SPDADCT Reputation *** Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 357 Location: Glendale, CA 402.30 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 1987 Porsche 911 How many Ferrari owners do we have on this forum? -Joseph   Back to top   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:40 am aren040 Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4918 Location: Southern California 5416.71 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: SPDADCT wrote: How many Ferrari owners do we have on this forum? -Joseph That I know of, 2. That includes you.   Back to top   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:21 pm SPDADCT Reputation *** Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 357 Location: Glendale, CA 402.30 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 1987 Porsche 911 LOL, I guess that makes it 1 Ferrari owner. I am still saving up for my 355 spider. -Joseph   Back to top   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:37 pm aren040 Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4918 Location: Southern California 5416.71 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: I thought you had one. What is the white one in your picture? -aren   Back to top   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:04 pm SPDADCT Reputation *** Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 357 Location: Glendale, CA 402.30 Points Check out  My Gallery My Vehicle: 1987 Porsche 911 Its a 1988 Ferrari Mondial 3.2 Cabriolet. It's my buddies car and it's for sale if anyone is interested. 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