---
title: "Pagani Recalls All Huayra BCs and Roadsters Over Battery Failures"
description: "Pagani is recalling all Huayra BCs and Roadsters ever sold in America. Yes, all of them. In other words, the total number of Huayras being recalled: 16."
date: "2018-03-28"
modified: "2018-03-28"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/19688/pagani-recalls-all-huayra-bcs-and-roadsters-over-battery-failures"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Pagani News"
tags:
  - "Convertible"
  - "Hypercars"
  - "Italian Cars"
  - "Pagani Huayra"
  - "recalls"
---

# Pagani Recalls All Huayra BCs and Roadsters Over Battery Failures

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It's been a busy couple of days for Italian supercar software technicians, it seems.

Shortly after [Ferrari issued a recall on the 488](<https://the-drive-web-staging.elasticbeanstalk.com/news/19622/ferrari-is-recalling-the-488-over-brake-monitoring-software-issue>) regarding a brake wear-monitoring bug, Pagani is recalling all [Huayra BCs](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2257/faster-nastier-lightweight-pagani-huayra-bc-revealed>) and Roadsters ever sold in America due to possible battery management software failure. Yes, it's recalling all of them. In other words, the total number of Huayras being recalled: 16. One six. That's not a typo from 160 or even a poorly transcribed 60.

Exactly sixteen Paganis are being recalled. Look, if you wanted useable, everyday consumer journalism, [this](<https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm>) is the site you're looking for.

As for what exactly all those Italian hypercars are being corrected for, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [document](<https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2018/RCLRPT-18V175-4413.PDF>) says that the 12-volt battery is at risk of "failing to provide enough power to the car" due to a battery management software defect. As a result, the Huayra's 6.0-liter V12 could refuse to start or unexpectedly stop while idling. Not a good look prowling the streets of Monaco.

According to Pagani, no injuries or deaths have been reported as a consequence of this. From the NHTSA filing, the defect came to the automaker's attention after three different batteries failed during testing.

The Pagani Huayra BC is powered by a Mercedes-AMG-sourced, twin-turbo V12 producing 789 horsepower and 811 pound-feet of torque. Founded by former Lamborghini employee Horacio Pagani, the boutique carmaker has been a small but not insignificant thorn in the sides of Lambo and Ferrari since the Zonda (and its many, many special editions) arrived in 1999.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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