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The first Lamborghini with ten cylinders might be a bit old by today's standards, but the Gallardo has its intricate ways of coming back into the spotlight. This time around, the Raging Bull of Sant’Agata Bolognese announced the recall of 1,152 models in the United States of America over an incorrect ECU re-flash.
“The affected vehicles might have followed a wrong procedure” according to Lamborghini, which “may result in a system failure that does not store trouble codes after each key off, and consequentially, warning lamps indicating system failures will cease to illuminate.”
Supercars produced between June 23rd, 2010 and November 20th, 2013 are affected, and the estimated percentage with the defect is one percent according to the letter Lamborghini sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Dealers have been notified of the fault on December 7th, and customers will receive first-class mail in regard to the problem starting on December 14th, 2018.
Dealers in the U.S. have been instructed to re-flash the ECU software “with the appropriate procedure” free of charge to the customer. The updated software “correctly stores errors detected by the system and renders the software suitable to pass the smog test.”
Introduced in 2003 for the 2004 model year, the Gallardo was replaced by the Huracan in 2014. Inspired by the Calà concept from 1995, the Gallardo’s run ended with an LP 570-4 Spyder Performante that rolled off the assembly line on November 25th, 2013. No fewer than 14,022 examples of the breed were manufactured over the course of 10 years.
The Huracan celebrated the 10,000th milestone in March 2018, four years after the newcomer replaced the Gallardo. The growth prospect of the House of the Raging Bull is nothing to scoff at, not when the Urus promises to take annual deliveries to new heights in 2018.
Following the mid-cycle refresh of the Audi R8 V10 for the 2019 model year, the Huracan is next in the pipeline. All models in the range will adopt a high-mounted center exhaust system similar to the Performante, translating to a bump of 20 to 30 horsepower. The R8 V10 Performance, for reference, has 620 PS (612 horsepower) to offer from 5.2 liters of displacement.
Supercars produced between June 23rd, 2010 and November 20th, 2013 are affected, and the estimated percentage with the defect is one percent according to the letter Lamborghini sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Dealers have been notified of the fault on December 7th, and customers will receive first-class mail in regard to the problem starting on December 14th, 2018.
Dealers in the U.S. have been instructed to re-flash the ECU software “with the appropriate procedure” free of charge to the customer. The updated software “correctly stores errors detected by the system and renders the software suitable to pass the smog test.”
Introduced in 2003 for the 2004 model year, the Gallardo was replaced by the Huracan in 2014. Inspired by the Calà concept from 1995, the Gallardo’s run ended with an LP 570-4 Spyder Performante that rolled off the assembly line on November 25th, 2013. No fewer than 14,022 examples of the breed were manufactured over the course of 10 years.
The Huracan celebrated the 10,000th milestone in March 2018, four years after the newcomer replaced the Gallardo. The growth prospect of the House of the Raging Bull is nothing to scoff at, not when the Urus promises to take annual deliveries to new heights in 2018.
Following the mid-cycle refresh of the Audi R8 V10 for the 2019 model year, the Huracan is next in the pipeline. All models in the range will adopt a high-mounted center exhaust system similar to the Performante, translating to a bump of 20 to 30 horsepower. The R8 V10 Performance, for reference, has 620 PS (612 horsepower) to offer from 5.2 liters of displacement.
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