Aston Martin recalls 75 percent of all cars built since 2007

If you own a left-hand drive Aston Martin -- any left-hand drive Aston Martin -- built since November 2007, listen up: your car has just been recalled. Smug right-hand drive Aston Martin owners can rest easy, unless their car was built after May 2012; those cars are gonna need replacement parts, too.

All in all, the recall impacts 17,590 cars, or roughly 75 percent of the automaker's run from the 2008 model year on, according to Reuters.

At the center of the recall is a small but important part: the accelerator pedal arm. It turns out that the company tasked with supplying the part, Shenzhen Kexiang Mould Tool Co. Limited of China, was using counterfeit plastic from Synthetic Plastic Raw Material Co Ltd., also of China. Ah, the joys of global supply chains.

Though accelerator arm failure could increase the risk of a crash, Aston claims it hasn't led to any known problems yet. Still, you'll probably want to play it safe with this one.

By Graham Kozak