Aston Martin Db9, Aston Martin Dbs, Aston Martin Rapide, Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coupe, Aston Martin V12 Zagato, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, model years 2009 to 2016. Filed by Aston Martin Lagonda of North America and reported to NHTSA on 16 December 2015. 6,076 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Aston Martin Lagonda of North America (Aston Martin) is recalling certain model year 2010-2015 DB9, 2010-2012 DBS, 2010-2016 V8 Vantage, 2012 Virage, 2010-2016 Rapide, 2014-2016 Vanquish, 2011-2016 V12 Vantage, and 2012-2013 V12 Zagato vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with interior door unlocking …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: RA-01-0021. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V846 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 15V846 cover?
- Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin DBS, Aston Martin Rapide, Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coupe, Aston Martin V12 Zagato, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin Virage, model years 2009-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Aston Martin Lagonda of North America (Aston Martin) is recalling certain model year 2010-2015 DB9, 2010-2012 DBS, 2010-2016 V8 Vantage, 2012 Virage, 2010-2016 Rapide, 2014-2016 Vanquish, 2011-2016 V12 Vantage, and 2012-2013 V12 Zagato vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the doors cannot be opened by an occupant from inside the vehicle, they may be trapped inside, increasing their risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will disable the double locking feature by reprogramming the software, free of charge. The recall began August 10, 2016. Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service at 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's number for this recall is RA-01-0021.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall RA-01-0021, 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 doors cannot be opened by an occupant from inside the vehicle, they may be trapped inside, increasing their risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V846 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Aston Martin Lagonda of North America |
| System at fault | Latches/Locks/Linkages |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 December 2015 |
| Model years | 2009-2016 |
| Vehicles named | ASTON MARTIN DB9, ASTON MARTIN DBS, ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE, ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE COUPE, ASTON MARTIN V12 ZAGATO, ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE, ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH, ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the doors cannot be opened by an occupant from inside the vehicle, they may be trapped inside, increasing their risk of injury.
The remedy
Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will disable the double locking feature by reprogramming the software, free of charge. The recall began August 10, 2016. Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service at 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's number for this recall is RA-01-0021.
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 237 notices in the record whose component field names latches/locks/linkages. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 49 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2016374, recorded 26 July 2016 (7 months after the American filing)
Matched on RA010021, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Aston Martin DB9 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Aston Martin DBS recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Aston Martin Rapide recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Aston Martin V12 Vantage Coupe recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Aston Martin Vanquish recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Aston Martin Virage recalls: 5 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V846, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v846/
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.
The fingerprint of this notice
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 15V846 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
075c6790 - Consequence
9fd88e91 - Remedy
670a75ac
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.
The wording we hold for 15V846 · how the whole register is watched
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