Lamborghini Gallardo, model years 2004 to 2006. Filed by Automobili Lamborghini and reported to NHTSA on 4 September 2012. 1,491 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Lamborghini is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 Gallardo Coupe and Spyder vehicles. In certain driving conditions, the high pressure steering pipes near the the steering assistance hydraulic system pump might leak.
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.
Lamborghini's own number for this recall: L714-R. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V430 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 12V430 cover?
- Lamborghini Gallardo, model years 2004-2006.
- What is wrong with them?
- Lamborghini is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 Gallardo Coupe and Spyder vehicles. In certain driving conditions, the high pressure steering pipes near the the steering assistance hydraulic system pump might leak.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Leaking fluid, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Lamborghini will notify owners, and dealers will update the power steering system free of charge. The safety recall began on September 26, 2012. Owners may contact Lamborghini at 1-866-681-6276.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Lamborghini calls this recall L714-R, 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: “Leaking fluid, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V430 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI |
| System at fault | Steering:Hydraulic Power Assist:Hose, Piping, And Connections |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 September 2012 |
| Model years | 2004-2006 |
| Vehicles named | LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Leaking fluid, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.
The remedy
Lamborghini will notify owners, and dealers will update the power steering system free of charge. The safety recall began on September 26, 2012. Owners may contact Lamborghini at 1-866-681-6276.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V430, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v430/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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- 18V391: 2012-2018 Lamborghini Aventador Coupe and Roadster
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- 17V073: 2012-2017 Aventador Coupe and Aventador Roadster
- 13V471: model year 2007 through 2009 Gallardo Coupes and Spyders fitted with carbon ceramic brake discs
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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 12V430 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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2f938ba2 - 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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