Recall 14V010000

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Report Date

20140116

Component

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Affected Vehicles

29 models

Defect Description

Aston Martin Lagonda of North America (Aston Martin) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 DB9 and V8 Vantage, 2009-2012 DBS, 2010-2012 Rapide, 2014 Rapide S, 2011-2012 V12 Vantage, 2011-2014 V8 Vantage S and 2012 Virage vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the accelerator pedal arm may break.

Safety Consequence

If the accelerator pedal arm breaks, the engine will return to idle and the driver will be unable to maintain or increase engine speed, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will replace the accelerator pedal assemblies. The recall began on February 11, 2014. Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service by calling 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's recall number is RA-03-0017. IMPORTANT: This recall supersedes recall 13V-228. Any vehicle that has been remedied under the previous recall needs to have the current remedy applied.

Affected Vehicles

Year	Make	Model
2008	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2008	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2009	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2009	ASTON MARTIN	DBS
2009	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2010	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2010	ASTON MARTIN	DBS
2010	ASTON MARTIN	RAPIDE
2010	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2011	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2011	ASTON MARTIN	DBS
2011	ASTON MARTIN	RAPIDE
2011	ASTON MARTIN	V12 VANTAGE COUPE
2011	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2011	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE S
2012	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2012	ASTON MARTIN	DBS
2012	ASTON MARTIN	RAPIDE
2012	ASTON MARTIN	V12 VANTAGE COUPE
2012	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2012	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE S
2012	ASTON MARTIN	VIRAGE
2013	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2013	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2013	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE S
2014	ASTON MARTIN	DB9
2014	ASTON MARTIN	RAPIDE S
2014	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE
2014	ASTON MARTIN	V8 VANTAGE S

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.