2018 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA Complaints

Temporarily loas power steering (or so it seemed) during highway speed driving. The car steering wheel jerked in my hands and an ATV fault code illuminated on the dash. I managed to keep the car in control, but it required a lot of physical effort. I was decelerating when it happened (brakes were being applied).

Head Gasket blew/failed well before it should have. This caused oil to leak under the car and in the entire engine, creating a safety hazard and environmental hazards. Engine is subject to overheating. (Engine needs full replacement due to this faulty equipment).

The contact owns a 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was jumpstarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the battery was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that upon pressing the Start button, the instrument panel lights illuminated, but the vehicle failed to start. The contact then pressed the Off button to turn off the vehicle, but the vehicle failed to turn off until the battery was completely drained. The vehicle was jumpstarted and taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The battery was recharged. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start the following day. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The dealer informed the contact that the battery needed to be recharged. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.

When attempting to close an open sunroof, something failed and the sunroof will no longer move. I had to drive 2 hours at highway speeds with the open panoramic sunroof, which caught a lot of air and which I was worried would blow off or be damaged by debris since it was now raised up and exposed. A mechanic has looked at the sunroof and is unable to operate it manually or electronically. Alfa Romeo does not have a manual method to close the sunroof in case of failure, and the electric motor only makes a flapping sound when used, as if the cable connecting the motor and the sunroof had snapped. There were no warnings or indications that anything was wrong or that any issues were developing. I normally do not use the sunroof and opened it for the first time when this happened. The cost to repair this issue seems excessive, on par with a full turbocharger replacement.

While driving on the interstate, the car triggered a check engine light, reported that start/stop was unavailable, and ETC throttle needed servicing. Error codes report a turbocharger underboost. This is a known issue experienced by Alfa Romeo Giulia owners involving the turbo wastegate actuator. The actuator arm gets worn at the linkage to the wastegate, introducing play and reducing turbo pressure. There was no prior warning that this would happen, dealer did not confirm this issue until the second time the car was serviced for this issue, and the only stated solution is to pay for and replace the entire turbocharger.

My son was driving the vehicle on I75 at 68-70 MPH yesterday around 5:45 pM. The car started stalling.I was driving my other vehicle Volvo XC 90 right behind. I noticed his vehicle slowed downs drastically and within 4 seconds he was on left shoulder and stalled completely and would not stop. The vehicle went from 70-40-20-0 all in 4 seconds. Something very similar happened back in May of 2022. The Alfa Romeo dealer replaced the fuel pump in September/October of 2022. Stalling happened again yesterday. This is a very dangerous and known issue and Alfa Romeo manufacturer is not doing any recall or addressing this issue. Yesterday’s incident would have custard an accident which would have lead to injuries or even worse fatality When I called Alfa Romeo manufacturer’s customer service all they had to say was that the vehicle is not under warranty and they won’t cover the repairs. Please do a major recall on Alfa Romeo vehicles and make the manufacturers be responsible for the issue and make them to do a recall & repair. This is a very serious issue with Alfa Romeo cars. Stalls in the middle of the road.

On 7/13/2023 while driving at about 40 mph with a half tank of gas the engine shut down and the car rolled to a stop. It took about 3 or 4 tries to restart the car over a span of 10 minutes. A scan of the codes at a repair shop indicated issues with the fuel pump. Check Engine Light came on when the incident happened. There are 11,000 miles on the car.

I was cut off by another vehicle without signaling, the road was slick I brakes but ended up hydroplaning and my brakes seemed to give out.

The vehile comes with panaromic, all-glass power sunroof as a standard option. The power sunroof on my vehicle had failed to operate due to a broken "guide", as identified by the dealer. I initiated an out of warranty claim through the dealer because I believe this is a quality defect, during follow-up correspondance I learnt from dealer that the manufacturer acknowledged this is a known issue. Online vehicle owner communities have also had numerious reports on similar failure, some of which left the sunroof open and vehicle undrivable. The manufacturer agreed to cover 50% of repair cost but had declined to cover the repair in full.

The contact owns a 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia. The contact stated that while reversing out of the driveway, several unknown messages were displayed, and the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that eventually the warning message "Fuel System Shut Off" was displayed and the vehicle would no longer start-up. The contact stated that the vehicle was inoperable. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not yet notified. The contact stated that the Owner’s Manual indicated that the warning message should only be displayed whenever the vehicle was involved in a crash occurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000.