Not Wanting Owners to Play With Fire, Lamborghini Recalls 5,900 Aventadors, All Venenos
A recall report issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will have some owners of Aventador and Veneno models donning their flame retardant suits before hopping behind the wheel.
A large number of Lamborghini Aventador and Veneno models apparently came from the factory with faulty EVAP systems, leading to improperly treated fuel vapors. The recall report indicates that with a full tank of fuel and in “particular handling conditions” there’s an increased risk of these faults, leading to engine fires. The particular handling conditions include doing “maneuvers” like over-revving the engine at idle. There’s an even greater risk of fire if the owner has implemented a non-approved aftermarket exhaust system.
Starting in 2015, Lamborghini received some claims from owners within the U.S. for irregular idling, engine shutdown at idle, and illuminated malfunction warning lamps. The problems were traced to a carbon canister saturation issue.
The issue affects 5,900 Aventadors and all 12 Veneno examples. Veneno owners will need to be extra careful, as that particular garage tenant wore a sticker starting at $4,000,000.
The NHTSA report indicates there are 1,453 total Aventador and Veneno variant Lamborghinis in the US. All were produced between March 22, 2011, and December 5, 2016.
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Interested in lots of cars and their various historical contexts. Started writing articles for TTAC in late 2016, when my first posts were QOTDs. From there I started a few new series like Rare Rides, Buy/Drive/Burn, Abandoned History, and most recently Rare Rides Icons. Operating from a home base in Cincinnati, Ohio, a relative auto journalist dead zone. Many of my articles are prompted by something I'll see on social media that sparks my interest and causes me to research. Finding articles and information from the early days of the internet and beyond that covers the little details lost to time: trim packages, color and wheel choices, interior fabrics. Beyond those, I'm fascinated by automotive industry experiments, both failures and successes. Lately I've taken an interest in AI, and generating "what if" type images for car models long dead. Reincarnating a modern Toyota Paseo, Lincoln Mark IX, or Isuzu Trooper through a text prompt is fun. Fun to post them on Twitter too, and watch people overreact. To that end, the social media I use most is Twitter, @CoreyLewis86. I also contribute pieces for Forbes Wheels and Forbes Home.
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Now I can't shake the image of hundreds of those scuttling back down a giant drain because I flipped a light switch.
5,900 Aventadors have been built?
What is it with Lambo and fire? Every car they've made since the Miura has had a nasty habit of self-combusting. Can't they figure out that hot surfaces and fuel vapor shouldn't be brought together? Sheeesh...it ain't rocket science.
I thought there were only 4 Venenos, cool. I like the Sesto Elemento, it's like an F40, make those! Not that I can get one...