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Ferrari 488 SpiderYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 1 owner complaint and 5 safety recalls on record for the Ferrari 488 Spider.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints1Top: Service brakesSafety recalls52016–2019 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Ferrari 488 Spider years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the 488 Spider median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2019Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2018Not rated–/1001 complaint · 4 recalls2017Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2016Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Ferrari 488 Spider problems

All model years combined: 1 complaint grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes10
5 recalls

Ferrari 488 Spider recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

80%Service brakes, hydraulic21V-833 · 2016–2019 · Oct 23, 2021 · 9,985 vehicles88%Air bags19V-411 · 2018 · Jun 4, 2019 · 893 vehicles100%Fuel system, gasoline19V-090 · 2018–2019 · Feb 14, 2019 · 2,150 vehicles67%Passenger side: inflator module19V-006 · 2016–2018 · Jan 9, 2019 · 11,176 vehicles88%Electrical system: software18V-164 · 2016 · Mar 9, 2018 · 40 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the 488 Spider

  1. Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2015–2019 · still open
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