A faulty oil delivery pipe that supplies the turbocharger in the Ferrari SF90 has led to a new recall affecting 614 units of the plug-in hybrid model. Ferrari believes that this issue may be present in every one of these hypercars. Consequently, the automaker has issued a request for owners to refrain from driving their vehicles until a dealer can replace the problematic pipe.
Interestingly, Ferrari says that it found the problem “during [a] pre-production review of a new vehicle in July 2023.” It doesn’t say which vehicle it was but did confirm in NHTSA recall documents that it shares the same turbocharger oil delivery pipe as the one in the SF90.
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The test vehicle began to leak oil because of an unexpected “notch” on the pipe, which Ferrari claims should not have been there. Although oil leakage has the potential to lead to a fire hazard, there have been no reported incidents of fires in this case. As the oil leak continued, it triggered an oil pressure warning light and displayed a “limited engine performance” message.
That’s what SF90 owners can expect to see if their pipe begins leaking but at this point, they shouldn’t be driving them anyway. If Ferrari gets its way, it’ll replace every non-conforming oil pipe before anyone has a problem. According to its filing, it hasn’t had a single instance of fire, incident, injury, or death as a result of this issue.
It even went as far as to say that it hasn’t had any warranty claims over it. Unsurprisingly, this affects both the standard SF90 Stradale and the SF90 Spider from model year 2022 through 2024. Vehicles made after September 20th, 2023 are free from the defect. Owners who want to confirm whether or not they have an affected unit can contact their local Ferrari dealer or the NHTSA.
