Proving that one-percenters can have car problems too, Porsche->ke1 has issued a worldwide recall for 918 Spyders->ke3629 built before April 2015 for a service inspection. The precautionary recall affects 223 918 Spyders in the United States and a handful of cars in Europe. The issue stems from a wiring harness for a radiator fan than can potentially be damaged by an adjacent carbon-fiber component. Doesn’t sound like anything a Zip Tie can’t fix.

Porsche says it already has a fix and will be contacting owners of affected cars shortly. The repairs will be done at no cost to customers and should only take about half a day.

This is actually the third recall for the $845,000-dollar hybrid->ke147 hypercar.->ke177 The first, in September of 2015, affected 46 cars and involved rear-axle control arms that could apparently fail during extended periods of time at high speeds. The second, in December of the same year, was essentially the same problem as before, but with the front axle.

You might also remember that Ferrari->ke252 issued a recall for the LaFerrari to a fix a fuel tank issue that wasn’t actually a recall. Details were never made official, but reports suggest the measure was taken to minimize fire risk and that new fuel tanks sprayed with non-conductive coating replaced the old ones.

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Why it matters

Any highly complex, new technology is going to come with its share of bugs, and the current hypercar trifecta is no exception. Cars like the Porsche 918 Spyder, Ferrari LaFerrari->ke4626 and McLaren P1->ke4608 represented uncharted territory for the engineering teams behind them, and considering just how incredibly fast and easy they are to drive, we can probably forgive a few faulty fasteners. More than anything this is Porsche being transparent and open about a relatively minor problem.

Porsche 918 Spyder

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