Koenigsegg Recalls All CC850 Units Sold In The US

Even the price of three million euros is not a guarantee that the car will be completely free of technical problems. The Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg found this out firsthand, which forced them to recall all copies of the CC850 model delivered to the United States.

The reason is a rather unusual but potentially dangerous problem with the electric parking brake. The good news for owners of cars worth around 3.1 million euros is that the defect can be fixed with a simple software update.

According to documents from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the problem was discovered after an incident on October 12. The owner of a CC850 got out of the car with the engine still running and the transmission in reverse. The car then started to move uncontrollably. It was not announced whether there was any material damage, but the incident was enough for Koenigsegg to launch an internal investigation.

After a week of testing, engineers determined the cause of the problem. When the engine is running and the transmission is in reverse, the electric parking brake cannot be applied in the normal way. The brake works only as long as the driver continuously holds down its switch. Because of this, the car can go into reverse if the driver gets out of the vehicle thinking the parking brake is engaged.

Koenigsegg therefore initiated the recall itself, without waiting for possible regulatory intervention. The recall covers only seven cars manufactured between September 28, 2025 and August 2, 2026. All are shipped to US customers and will be repaired free of charge. It is about updating the software that will be able to be done remotely, that is, via the Internet. Owners who don’t want it can take the car to an authorized service center.

The CC850 is one of the most technically unusual hypercars of today. Its specialty is the nine-speed Lightspeed transmission, which combines the characteristics of a manual and automatic transmission. The system has three shafts and as many as seven clutches, and the driver can use the classic clutch pedal and gear lever with a mechanical pulley or simply leave the gear changes to the automatic.

It is this combination of traditional driving experience and extremely complex technology that makes the CC850 special. However, this case shows that even the most expensive cars in the world can have problems that are normally associated with much cheaper models.

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