Aston Martin Db9, Aston Martin Dbs, Aston Martin Rapide, Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin Virage, model years 2009 to 2016. Filed by Aston Martin The Americas and reported to NHTSA on 11 December 2017. 3,493 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Aston Martin The Americas (Aston Martin) is recalling certain 2009-2016 DB9, 2009-2012 DBS, 2010-2015 Rapide, 2012 Virage, and 2014 Vanquish vehicles equipped with a 6-Speed Touchtronic II Automatic Transmission. A communication error between the Engine Control Module (ECM) and the Transmission Control Module (TCM) …
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.
Aston Martin's own number for this recall: RA-07-0028. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V796 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 17V796 cover?
- Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin DBS, Aston Martin Rapide, Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin Virage, model years 2009-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Aston Martin The Americas (Aston Martin) is recalling certain 2009-2016 DB9, 2009-2012 DBS, 2010-2015 Rapide, 2012 Virage, and 2014 Vanquish vehicles equipped with a 6-Speed Touchtronic II Automatic Transmission.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the park pawl does not engage and the vehicle is stopped on a slope and exited without the parking brake being applied, the vehicle may unexpectedly roll, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will update the TCM software, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 1, 2018. Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service at 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's number for this recall is RA-07-0028.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Aston Martin calls this recall RA-07-0028, 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 park pawl does not engage and the vehicle is stopped on a slope and exited without the parking brake being applied, the vehicle may unexpectedly roll, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V796 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Aston Martin The Americas |
| System at fault | Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Control Module (TCM/PCM/Tecm) |
| Reported to NHTSA | 11 December 2017 |
| Model years | 2009-2016 |
| Vehicles named | ASTON MARTIN DB9, ASTON MARTIN DBS, ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE, ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH, ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the park pawl does not engage and the vehicle is stopped on a slope and exited without the parking brake being applied, the vehicle may unexpectedly roll, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Aston Martin will notify owners, and dealers will update the TCM software, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 1, 2018. Owners may contact Aston Martin customer service at 1-888-923-9988. Aston Martin's number for this recall is RA-07-0028.
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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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 Vanquish recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Aston Martin Virage recalls: 5 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 17V796, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v796/
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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- 25V532: 2025 Vanquish
- 25V300: 2024 Valkyrie
- 25V001: 2024-2025 DB12, 2025 Vantage, and 2025 DBX707
- 24V712: 2024-2025 DBX707, 2024-2025 DB12, and 2025 Vantage
- 24V255: 2021-2024 DBX
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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 17V796 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
9002a3f2 - Consequence
85eac625 - 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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