2017 MASERATI GHIBLI Problems & Recalls
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Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain 2017 Quattroporte vehicles equipped with V6 engines and Maserati Ghibli vehicles. Due to an engine software problem, at slow speeds such a...
Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain 2014-2017 Quattroporte and Ghibli, and 2017 Levante vehicles. Adjusting the front seats may cause the seat wiring harness to rub, possibly...
Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain model year 2017 Quattroporte and Ghibli vehicles manufactured July 1, 2016, to October 12, 2016. The rear differential unit pinion nut may...
Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain model year 2017 Ghibli and Quattroporte vehicles and one model year 2016 Ghibli vehicle manufactured February 29, 2016, to October 29, 2016...
Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain model year 2017 Quattroporte, Ghible, and Levante vehicles manufactured July 1, 2016, to November 14, 2016. In temperatures below freezing...
The contact owns a 2017 Maserati Ghibli. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the rear end of the vehicle made an abnormal tinging sound. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V856000(Power Train). The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the cont...
Mileage: 37,600
INTERMITTENT HARD BRAKE PEDAL INABILITY TO STOP THE CAR IN A SAFE MANNER. I HAD THE VACUUM BOOSTER PUMP REPLACED TWICE. ONCE THE REPAIR LASTED FOR A YEAR THEN THE LAST TIME THE INCIDENT REOCCURED AFTER THE SECOND REPAIR. THE FIRST TIME PRIOR TO REPAIR THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT TRAVELLING A 5 MPH AFTER T...
There is a recall for a rear differential issue and Maserati had previously repaired the differential. However, the problem has persisted and I have about 41k miles on the vehicle and already having the same issue. There is a whining noise in the rear along with a leaking rear differential. Both sig...
I was on my way home from work sitting at the red light and when I was release my feet from the brake to take to driving, the auto start failed to start the car and I was stuck on side the road for 30 minutes because my vehicle wouldn’t not start. Finally the car started but I couldn’t get it t...
I was on my way home from work sitting at the red light and when I was release my feet from the brake to take to driving, the auto start failed to start the car and I was stuck on side the road for 30 minutes because my vehicle wouldn’t not start. Finally the car started but I couldn’t get it t...
I was on my way home from work sitting at the red light and when I was release my feet from the brake to take to driving, the auto start failed to start the car and I was stuck on side the road for 30 minutes because my vehicle wouldn’t not start. Finally the car started but I couldn’t get it t...
Sitting at at red light with the start/stop system on, as I release the break pedal on a green light, the gear automatically has shifted to park. The car shows no signs that it has turned off or warnings that it has shifted gears on its own. I have to manually change gear to drive to get the car to ...
The vehicle was manufactured with laminated glass for all windows and the glass is delaminating and forming bubbles around glass edges which compromises the integrity of the glass. On my vehicle, it affects all 4 windows and both front and rear windshields. This issue is widely reported on forums an...
Stopped at stop sign and slowly tried to accelerate. The car moved forward into oncoming traffic and almost stalled. To compensate I had to press accelerator hard and then engine finally woke back up. This has happened another time where the car stalled and shifted into neutral. This is a safety...
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND HAD TO BREAK BECAUSE A VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE SLOWED VERY WELL BUT WHEN I EASED UP OFF THE BREAK THE VEHICLE JUST ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I ALMOST COLLIDED WITH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I BRAKED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SL...
Mileage: 24,300
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND HAD TO BREAK BECAUSE A VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE SLOWED VERY WELL BUT WHEN I EASED UP OFF THE BREAK THE VEHICLE JUST ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I ALMOST COLLIDED WITH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I BRAKED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SL...
Mileage: 24,300
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM NORTHSIDE IMPORTS IN HOUSTON ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 1ST. ON FEBRUARY 5TH I DROVE IT TO WORK AND NOTICED THAT ON THE ROUGH ROADS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES/SHAKES TERRIBLY TO POINT WHERE IT HURTLED MY HAND. I CALLED AND NOTIFIED THE SALES PERSON ABOUT IT AND HE TOLD M...
Mileage: 23,500
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM NORTHSIDE IMPORTS IN HOUSTON ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 1ST. ON FEBRUARY 5TH I DROVE IT TO WORK AND NOTICED THAT ON THE ROUGH ROADS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES/SHAKES TERRIBLY TO POINT WHERE IT HURTLED MY HAND. I CALLED AND NOTIFIED THE SALES PERSON ABOUT IT AND HE TOLD M...
Mileage: 23,500
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI. WHILE DRIVING SLOW SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO PARK PLACE MASERATI (2425 W NW HWY, DALLAS, TX 75220, (866) 249-2885). THE DEALER TEST DROVE...
Mileage: 30,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI. WHILE DRIVING SLOW SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO PARK PLACE MASERATI (2425 W NW HWY, DALLAS, TX 75220, (866) 249-2885). THE DEALER TEST DROVE...
Mileage: 30,000
INITIAL CONDITIONS: SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, WITH ALL DOORS CLOSED AND OCCUPANTS USING SEAT BELTS PROPERLY, ENGINE RUNNING, TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE. ISSUE TRIGGER: PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP. ISSUE OBSERVED: ENGINE STALLS AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. ISSUE FREQUENCY: I...
INITIAL CONDITIONS: SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, WITH ALL DOORS CLOSED AND OCCUPANTS USING SEAT BELTS PROPERLY, ENGINE RUNNING, TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE. ISSUE TRIGGER: PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP. ISSUE OBSERVED: ENGINE STALLS AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. ISSUE FREQUENCY: I...
INITIAL CONDITIONS: SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, WITH ALL DOORS CLOSED AND OCCUPANTS USING SEAT BELTS PROPERLY, ENGINE RUNNING, TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE. ISSUE TRIGGER: PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP. ISSUE OBSERVED: ENGINE STALLS AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. ISSUE FREQUENCY: I...
ON JULY 2017 I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 3500 WESTON ROAD, DAVIE, FL 33331 TO LEASE A NEW CAR, SIGNED PAPERS,PAID MONEY, WHILE I WAS BUSY WITH PAPERS, THEY MOVED THE CAR TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE DEALERSHIP. I SAT INTO THE CAR THEY PREPARED FOR ME AND LEFT.WHEN I GOT HOME WHICH IS 183 MILES AWAY, THEY ...
ON JULY 2017 I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 3500 WESTON ROAD, DAVIE, FL 33331 TO LEASE A NEW CAR, SIGNED PAPERS,PAID MONEY, WHILE I WAS BUSY WITH PAPERS, THEY MOVED THE CAR TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE DEALERSHIP. I SAT INTO THE CAR THEY PREPARED FOR ME AND LEFT.WHEN I GOT HOME WHICH IS 183 MILES AWAY, THEY ...
ON JULY 2017 I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 3500 WESTON ROAD, DAVIE, FL 33331 TO LEASE A NEW CAR, SIGNED PAPERS,PAID MONEY, WHILE I WAS BUSY WITH PAPERS, THEY MOVED THE CAR TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE DEALERSHIP. I SAT INTO THE CAR THEY PREPARED FOR ME AND LEFT.WHEN I GOT HOME WHICH IS 183 MILES AWAY, THEY ...
THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON THE DISPLAY. THE OIL LEVEL WAS TOPPED OFF AND THE OIL LIGHT WENT OFF. THE VEHICLE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. THE OIL PRESSURE DISPLAY WAS READING ABOUT 25%, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND STARTED TO SHAKE MAKE A LOAD NOISE FROM THE ENG...
Mileage: 30,000
I HAVE COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT NOISE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SINCE PURCHASED ON 2016 HAS BEEN OUT FOR SERVICE 62 DAYS. I REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES A LOUD KLUNK NOISE ON THE STEERING AND ON THE , TOOK IT TO REPAIR. TOOK THE CAR TO HAVE IT FIX SEVERA...
Mileage: 26,000
I HAVE COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT NOISE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SINCE PURCHASED ON 2016 HAS BEEN OUT FOR SERVICE 62 DAYS. I REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES A LOUD KLUNK NOISE ON THE STEERING AND ON THE , TOOK IT TO REPAIR. TOOK THE CAR TO HAVE IT FIX SEVERA...
Mileage: 26,000
I HAVE COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT NOISE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SINCE PURCHASED ON 2016 HAS BEEN OUT FOR SERVICE 62 DAYS. I REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES A LOUD KLUNK NOISE ON THE STEERING AND ON THE , TOOK IT TO REPAIR. TOOK THE CAR TO HAVE IT FIX SEVERA...
Mileage: 26,000
AFTER 365 IGNITION FLASH RECALL, THE CAR STARTED TO FAIL TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY ON DEMAND WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. I FELT LIKE THE GEARS WERE SLIPPING, DID NOT ENGAGE THE PROPER GEAR ON ACCELERATION. CAUSING THE CAR TO LOOSE SPEED INSTEAD OF INCREASING SPEED. DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED WITH MASERATI ...
Mileage: 15,684
AFTER 365 IGNITION FLASH RECALL, THE CAR STARTED TO FAIL TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY ON DEMAND WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. I FELT LIKE THE GEARS WERE SLIPPING, DID NOT ENGAGE THE PROPER GEAR ON ACCELERATION. CAUSING THE CAR TO LOOSE SPEED INSTEAD OF INCREASING SPEED. DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED WITH MASERATI ...
Mileage: 15,684
AFTER 365 IGNITION FLASH RECALL, THE CAR STARTED TO FAIL TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY ON DEMAND WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. I FELT LIKE THE GEARS WERE SLIPPING, DID NOT ENGAGE THE PROPER GEAR ON ACCELERATION. CAUSING THE CAR TO LOOSE SPEED INSTEAD OF INCREASING SPEED. DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED WITH MASERATI ...
Mileage: 15,684
I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO FIX AN ISSUE WHERE THERE IS NO SOUND COMING OUT OF THE SPEAKERS EVEN THOUGH THE COMMAND CENTER HAS THE VISUAL OF EVERYTHING FROM THE GPS, TO THE PARKING SENSOR TO THE TELEPHONE. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE AFTER IT RAINS AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INSINUATED THAT IT MIGHT B...
Mileage: 25,000
I HAVE A RECALL LETTER DATED MAY 18, 2018 RECALL#18V-173 MY VEHICLE WHEN BEING OPERATED AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES PER HOUR (LOW ENGINE RPM), WHICH CAN BE ENCOUNTERED DURING HEAVY STOP-AND-GO (BUMPER-TO-BUMPER) TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABL...
Mileage: 18,350
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAIN...
Mileage: 1,100
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAIN...
Mileage: 1,100
THE FRONT WHEEL WELL LINERS WILL DETACH FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE RETAINER CLIPS WOULD BREAK AND THE FELT LINER WOULD BE LODGED AGAINST THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS. THIS ALSO ALLOWS DEBRIS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE BAY AND TRANSMISSION WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE AND MALFUNCTION...
Mileage: 14,000
POWER TRUNK DOES NOT HAVE SAFETY STOP SENSOR. MY WIFE WAS GRABBING THINGS FROM THE TRUNK WHEN THE TRUNK LID STARTED CLOSING AND DOES NOT STOP WHEN IT WAS CLOSING ON HER HEAD. SHE WAS ABLE TO FORCE HERSELF OUT AND THE TRUNK LID CONTINUED TO CLOSE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS IT CAN CLOSE ON ANY...
Mileage: 13,000
MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING MY 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI SQ4. WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR AT STOP LIGHT THE CAR SHUTS DOWN AND PUTS ITSELF IN NEUTRAL. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND HAPPENS ROUGHLY ONCE A MONTH. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THE 2017 LAVANTE WHICH SHARES THE SAME ENGINE AND STOP START SYST...
Mileage: 6,500