599 DTC Codes /Engine control system failure

I have a 2010 599 GTB, and had a similar problem with the Engine Control System Failure displayed on the dash, a week or so after buying the car.

When you first saw the warning, had you refueled the car in the prior day or 2? When you said that after you saw the warning, that you tightened the gas cap and charged the battery; were you able to tighten the gas cap at all? If so, and the car runs fine, it sounds like the same issue I had, and it goes away without any significant effort. There are multiple prior posts about others with the same issue, and how to cycle the ignition.

Mine went away after ensuring the gas cap was definitely closed, and driving it a week. (My gas cap felt closed, but it is different than other cars, the rubber gasket binds, and I didn't want to overtighten, therefore it wasn't fully closed). I decided against disconnecting the battery, since the car starts/shifts/drives fine, but it took at least 15-20 ignition start/drive, shutoff cycles for the error to go away

 

I got that on my 2009 a couple of times. I took it in to the dealership ... Don't know if they actually did anything but it's fine now so all good.

 

I think you have to go to the dealer- because it really could be anything. I don't think the typical code readers can really read all the Ferrari codes. Better safe than sorry- its a complex machine. FWIW, I had a parking sensor which got nailed by a pebble on the highway and it was going bad. It caused the system to display all these crazy codes- like transmission failure, manettino failure, you name it, it says it was failing. It was just a bad parking sensor...

 

If you go to the dealer, I am very interested in what the cause of your error codes are. My car had a similar sounding issue, and the problem went away with time and driving. But, I will never really know the cause, or exactly what I did to fix it. That is not very reassuring.

Your problem could be the same, or something completely different.

 

Just a gentle FYI, I believe the manual instructs you to always check your oil hot and with the engine running to get a correct read.

 

FWIW, my 2010 599GTB had just been at the previous owners dealer for annual service and warranty extension certification ($12k total on receipt) when I bought the car.

One month later I had it at my dealer because I noticed a small oil seepage on a cam cover. My dealer claimed the oil had been overfilled (common issue I'm told). As this was not covered under warranty they were going to charge me. I forwarded this to the previous dealer to pay for and/or work out .

Got worked out...

 

I hear about this over filling issue often. Even being done by a Ferrari dealer! Bizarre state of affairs.

 

This issue came close to ruining my Ferrari experience for good. I bought a new 2010 599 and had the over filling problem from the start. The car must have gone back at least a dozen times - covered by warranty, but very inconvenient since I'm 100+ miles from the dealer. Often the failure warning would light up on my way home from having the problem "fixed".
Apparently excess oil would blow out of the breather and foul sensors. After three years I learned from a friend what the likely problem was and told the service writer. They fixed it once again, but I was accused of being the one who overfilled it. Several times.
The dealer was just in denial. I wanted them to understand that they were doing something wrong. I couldn't believe i was the only one who had the problem. I remember the response. "Well, Ed, you are the only one who drive his." I had a full year with no issues, but right after the next annual service it happened again.
The car has 23k miles now. I have paid for the extended warranty for the last 2 years, but in the future I'll have my friend do all of the service. Amongst other things, he's a very competent mechanic, has a 360, and has taken superb care of my classic Jags over the years.

 

I have a 2010 599. I had the oil changed by my competent tech who has done it before on my car. 700 miles and over a year later I got the mentioned warning light. I noticed that the car would not accelerate above 6000 rpm without breaking down. Dealer said the sensors got wet from an oil overfill. What? The oil change was 700 miles ago and over a year. NO way it would just now decide to seep into the air sensors? They showed me the wet areas on the sensors so I could see that this was the case but how? Got on the internet and I noticed that there were reports of pcv failures that had also caused this result. I have a 2 year warranty on the fix so if it happens again its on them. ( about 3K ) I believe it will happen again because they did not fix the original cause of this issue which I think is the pcv. Most frustrating is that the did NOT measure the oil that they took out of the engine. Had they done that they could have verified that the problem was caused by overfilling of the oil. When I asked why the did not measure the oil they said that they did not have to as they new what the issue was and see it all the time. I would highly recommend that if you have this issue you insist that the dealer measure the oil coming out of the engine to verify the overfill diagnosis.

 

correction. My car is a 2008.