McLaren 650S
Registered from 2009 to 2021.
About this model
The McLaren 650S is a British sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Automotive. It was announced in February 2014 as a new model, but based on the existing MP4-12C with 25% new parts, and was formally unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.
From the Wikipedia article McLaren 650S, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1370 kg · 2670 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2015 | 1370 kg · 2670 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
Engineering analysis, opened September 2021, still open.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
McLaren filed 59 bulletins about the 2016 650S.
- Electrical system: 17
- Engine and engine cooling: 8
- Power train: 7
- Suspension: 4
- Engine: 3
- Fuel/propulsion system: 3
- Equipment: 2
- Service brakes, air: 2
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 2
- Structure: 2
- Other: 9
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Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.