The McLaren Artura is one of the most desired supercars of the moment. When it hit the market, many purists misunderstood it because it was equipped with a hybrid powertrain. However, his radical ways and sweeping design have healed that minor wound. Even so, his vital path is encountering the odd problem related to its mechanical reliability. And the last one has passed all the containment barriers...
Yes because The McLaren Artura has been involved in an "official" official review call. In other words, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a report announcing that the English sports car has a "small problem" technical that makes it dangerous. Therefore, if your economic situation is good enough to have a unit, take note because it could be affected by this problem...
The McLaren Artura could burn out due to a problem with the nuts that hold the fuel intake duct…
According to official press release issued by NHTSA, the problem that Artura has is the following...
«High pressure fuel line may be leaking. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as hot engine components, can increase the risk of fire."
"If the nut loosens, the seal between the end of the fuel pipe and the sealing cone of the pump outlet may be broken, which causes the release of fuel. The end of the fuel line is located near engine components that have a high operating temperature. If fuel is released near these components, could cause thermal activity«
For now, always according to the NHTSA recall, the number of units affected is 164. To solve the problem, the Woking house will contact the owners, although for now there is no defined date for it. However, as is normal in these situations, the workshop network will change the high pressure fuel pipes who have suffered this problem for free to customers.
However, it seems that units delivered to customers are limited to less than 50. The rest of those that have been affected correspond to press units and others intended for demonstration in dealerships. Therefore at McLaren they will not have many problems to solve this situation. In any case, the production of this model is stopped for two reasons. First, the break in the supply chain and second, for its reliability...
A few days ago Michael Leiters, CEO of McLaren, told Automotive News that…
«We saw that the Artura was not ripe, so we stopped the deliveries. We already had a significant backlog on our production line at the time and we reduced production to zero cars per day to fix our quality issues."
Therefore, it will have to wait a bit to know if they have solved all their problems and resume their sale... At least, as planned.
Source - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - McLaren Artura NHTSA Safety Issues - Automotive News
