Aston Martin Tires: Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems

Aston Martin is recalling about 319 vehicles over a problem with the tires. If the driver is not warned that a tire is under-inflated, continued use may result in tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
17V411000
Manufacturer
Aston Martin The Americas
Reported
29 June 2017
Vehicles
319
Built between
Nov 2016 – Jun 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 August 2017
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
19

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between November 2016 and June 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Aston Martin DB11Built November 2016 to June 2017

Repair progress

19 of 319 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2018.

94% repaired — 300 of 319 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Aston Martin the Americas (Aston Martin) is recalling certain 2017 DB11 vehicles. The affected vehicles have a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that may be incorrectly calibrated, resulting in the low tire pressure warning tell-tale not illuminating at the required minimum activation pressure. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."

What could happen

If the driver is not warned that a tire is under-inflated, continued use may result in tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will update the TPMS software, free of charge. The recall began July 18, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtNovember 2016 to June 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA29 June 2017
  3. Owners notified18 August 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2018 — 94% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 29 June 2017.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service at 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's number for this recall is RA-13-0025.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
RA-13-0025
Recalling manufacturer
Aston Martin The Americas
Safety standard
FMVSS 138
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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