Brake Fluid Reservoir Cap Recall at Ferrari Silicon Valley?

There is a brake fluid reservoir cap recall ?
What is wrong with this $2 part that is used over 10,000,000 times by all European cars?

 

Ive brought my Scud there for service as well as to replace the f1 actuator and accumulator under warranty. Sarah (SA) and Ian (tech) have taken great care of me in the past. My scud will be going there for the brake fluid cap recall and oil change as well.

 

I don't want to take my car to SVF just for a brake fluid reservoir cap. When I called about just picking up the cap, they said no you need to bring the car in. I was also asked if I needed any other work done. I told the person no. The other option is to buy the cap which I believe is around $40 and change it yourself. The only issue with this approach is that on Ferrari records it will still show the car hasn't had the recall done. I have no plans on selling my car so does it really matter? hmm...

 

My Portofino needed a cap and a reprogramming for the brake warning message. The reprogramming wasn't available yet,so the service manager Alto gave me the cap. When the reprogramming is available,I will have it done at the next service.

 

Had my recall done there. Easy and fast. Took a test drive while I was waiting. Alto and team were great!

 

I also had this recall done on my FF at FSV few weeks ago while doing my annual service.

 

It took them 4 days.

 

Got a couple cars taken care of last week. Easy peasy. Took a few hours and had the car back later that afternoon.

 

My Scud is with SVF for its annual service as well as the brake recall which includes programming and the new cap.

 

It’s about $1300ish for the annual service. Sarah is one of the SA there and she’s been great. Just give them a call.

 

Scud fresh from its annual service and brake recall at SVF. Some nice toys at the shop.

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i’m not sure re the benefits. I actually forgot to ask about that. Please report back if you do bring it up.

 

It’s my understanding that a benefit of FCA membership is 10% off dealer parts & labor.

https://ferrariclubofamerica.org/page/MembershipMain

 

also, I’d be curious to see if the brake cap reservoir makes a difference on your car. Since my first day of ownership, the scuds brake pedal has always been a bit spongy despite changing out the lines to stainless steel and multiple flushes using high quality brake fluid using my motiv power bleeder. However, that all changed with the new brake cap. The brake pedal is now rock solid.

the tech I worked with said he did not do anything other than install the new cap which leads me to believe my old cap must have not been sealing properly leading to the spongy brake pedal.

 

Very interesting. The new cap made no difference with my Portofino.

 

I would assume so given the cap on your portofino is relatively new compared to my scud which is 15 years old with the original cap.

 

glad to hear that the brake pedal feel is improved. For my car they only did a new cap no bleed. Given both our experiences, older caps like on our 430s are degrading and not holding pressure, so the new caps are providing a better seal leading to the improved brake feel.

as for the “set” button, what exactly is that? Regardless, I’m sorry to hear something was broken. I’d definitely raise the issue and have them fix. I’ve never had any issues with my car with service at SVF.