Bentley Arnage, Bentley Azure, Bentley Brooklands, model years 2007 to 2009. Filed by Bentley Motors Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 13 September 2010. 630 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Bentley is recalling certain model year 2007-2009 arnager, arnaget, arnage rl, brooklands, and azure vehicles. there is a potential for the "b" hood ornament's retracting mechanism to become corroded. this may lead to the "b" hood ornament not retracting as intended when a vehicle is involved in a crash.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Bentley's own number for this recall: RE10/04. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V411 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10V411 cover?
- Bentley Arnage, Bentley Azure, Bentley Brooklands, model years 2007-2009.
- What is wrong with them?
- BENTLEY IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2009 ARNAGER, ARNAGET, ARNAGE RL, BROOKLANDS, AND AZURE VEHICLES. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE "B" HOOD ORNAMENT'S RETRACTING MECHANISM TO BECOME CORRODED.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF THE HOOD ORNAMENT DOES NOT RETRACT, IT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDESTRIAN.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RETRACTABLE "B" MECHANISM FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BENTLEY AT 1-617-488-8500.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Bentley calls this recall RE10/04, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IF THE HOOD ORNAMENT DOES NOT RETRACT, IT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDESTRIAN.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10V411 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | BENTLEY MOTORS LTD |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Hood |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 September 2010 |
| Model years | 2007-2009 |
| Vehicles named | BENTLEY ARNAGE, BENTLEY AZURE, BENTLEY BROOKLANDS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF THE HOOD ORNAMENT DOES NOT RETRACT, IT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDESTRIAN.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RETRACTABLE "B" MECHANISM FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BENTLEY AT 1-617-488-8500.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V411, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v411/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10V411 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
dca81a96 - Consequence
1fa462d1 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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