2018 ALFA ROMEO STELVIO Complaints

ALFA ROMEO USA IS IN MY OPINION HIDING A CONSTANT PROBLEM THEY HAVE WITH STELVIOS. THE OIL TURBO LINE HAS A FAULTY ORING AND LEAKS OIL ONTO ENGINE WHICH CAUSES SMOKE THAT CAN NOT BE HEALTHY TO BREATHE IN. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERA ALFA DEALERS IN SERVICE DEPTS AND THEY CONFIRM TO ME THAT THEY HAVE FIXED NUMEROUS STELVIOS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL FOR REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. I TUSUALLY HAPPENS CLOSE TO WARRANTIES EXPIRATION NEAR 50K MILES OR SHORTLY AFTER.

THERE WAS A ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE TURNING ON FINE THEN ONCE I GOT DOWN THE ROAD IT STARTED TO NOT GO IT COMPLETELY STOPPED IN MID DRIVE ON ME AND THE ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT GOING CRAZY. IT STARTED SOUNDING BAD THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING ON A 2018 THAT'S BEEN UP TO DATE ON MAINTENANCE. I TAKE THE CARE HOME PARK IT FOR A DAY THEN NEVER DAY CRANK IT UP IT CRANKS RIGHT UP AS IF IT DID NOTHING THE DAY BEFORE SOUNDS NORMAL RUNS FINE NO LIGHTS ON AT ALL BUT IT DID THIS 3 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY MALFUNCTIONING. I ALSO GOT IN A ALFA ROMEO GROUP AND 75 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLE RATHER IT BE THE CAR OR SUV OR YEAR THEY ALL HAD THE SAME ENGINE TYPE.

WHILE ON A HIWAY, WITH CRUSE ON, STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I PUSHED THE STOP-START DISABLE BUTTION. THE CAR ACCLERATED INTO THE INTERSACTION BEFORE I BRAKED IT TO A STOP. LUCKELY THERE WAS NO ONE INFRONT OF ME AND NO CROSS TRAFFIC OR WE WOULD HAVE WRECKED. THE CAR THEN WENT BACK TO IDLE AND HAS BEEN FINE SINCE.

THE CAR WON'T GET UP TO SPEED LIKE IT POST TO. IT TAKES FOREVER FOR THE CAR TO GET UP TO 30MPHS. THEY SAY IT'S A OIL SENSOR PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 ALFA ROMEO STELVIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH AND FREQUENTLY WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FULLERTON ALFA ROMEO DEALER LOCATED AT 1034 US-22, SOMERVILLE, NJ 08876, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TURBO CHARGER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SATISFIED AND REQUESTED A TRADE, WHICH THE MANUFACTURER REJECTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,500.

21,000 MILES MAY 2 2020 WHILE EXITING MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ELECTRONICS FAILED AGAIN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMORE; I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED US HIGHWAY, WITH THE RISK TO BE HIT BY OTHER CARS. THE CAR WENT INTO THE NORMAL DRIVE MODE AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO SWITCH TO ECONOMIC OR DYNAMIC DRIVING MODE ANYMORE, CAR WOULD NOT RUN OVER 40MPH. ALL KIND OF WARNINGS STARTED SHOWING UP ON THE DASHBOARD. I HAD TO STOP/START THE CAR A FEW TIMES, AND IT RESUMED FUNCTIONING. CURRENT MAJOR FAILURE-30/05/2020, CANNOT SAY THE CAR MILEAGE BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD SCREEN TOTALLY BLACKED OUT, 2020. ALL CUSTOMIZED CONTROLS SETTINGS WENT BACK ON FACTORY SETTINGS AND THE CENTER DASHBOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT. CAR IS BLOCKED IN NORMAL DRIVING MODE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY TO SWITCH TO DYNAMIC OR ECONOMIC MODE. ESC WARNING IS ACTIVATED ON THE DASHBOARD. *TR

THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MORE THAN 8 TIMES WITH CRACKED RADIATOR, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND RECALLS. IT HAS COME TO A DEAD STOP ON MAJOR HIGHWAY AND ALMOST KILLED US

WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAS RECEIVED FOUR MAJOR REPAIRS, TWO INCIDENTS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. 1. BLIND SPOT MONITORING SYSTEM; ONE DAY IN REPAIR SHOP 2. NO RADIO OR NAVIGATION SYSTEM; ONE DAY IN REPAIR SHOP 3. SEIZING-UP OR LOCKING OFF RIGHT-REAR BRAKE PAD THAT GRINDER INTO BRAKE ROTOR. THIS MADE STEERING DIFFICULT. VEHICLE WAS IN REPAIR SHOP FOR ONE WEEK. 4. MALFUNCTION OF START & STOP SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR INTERSTATE TRAFFIC; NEARLY DISABLING VEHICLE INTRAFFIC. SPEED LIMITED WAS REDUCED TO 25MPH IN A 65MPH HIGHWAY. CAR WAS DISABLED FOR A FEW HOURS BUT ERRORS MYSTERIOUSLY WENT AWAY. DURING THIS EVENT WE DISCOVERED THE ALFA ROMEO IN OUR RESIDENCE CLOSED WITH NO NOTIFICATION. IF VEHICLE REMAINED DISABLED THE NEXT OPTION WILL BE TOO TOW THE VEHICLE TO OMAHA, NE.

ON MAY 9, 2018, THE VEHICLE UNDERWENT THE RECALL #U36/NHTSA18V-205 TO SEAL THE POTENTIAL WATER INTRUSION THAT WOULD AFFECT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. HOWEVER, ON DECEMBER 16, 2019, A NOTICEABLE AMOUNT OF WATER WAS LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD AND AFTER DRIVING FOR 20 MINUTES ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, WE EXPERIENCED WHAT WE FOUND OUT TO BE LATER WATER INTRUSION THAT AFFECTED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. AS RECALL #U36 DESCRIBES WE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1) THE TURN SIGNALS SPONTANEOUSLY ENGAGED AS WELL AS DID NOT ENGAGE WHEN REQUESTED, 2) THE FAN DID NOT OPERATE, 3) THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR DOORS WOULD LOCK/UNLOCK RANDOMLY, 4) A WARNING SYMBOL DISPLAYING ON THE DASH INDICATING THAT THE PROXIMITY SENSORS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, 5) A WARNING SYMBOL DISPLAYING ON THE DASH INDICATING THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGING WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT PROMPT FROM THE DRIVER, 6) THE HEADLIGHTS WERE RAPIDLY ALTERNATING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW BEAMS, 7) COMPLETE LOSS OF HEADLIGHT FUNCTION DURING HOURS OF DARKNESS. BASED OFF OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INCIDENT, IT APPEARS THAT EITHER: 1) THE RECALL WAS NEVER PERFORMED ON MAY 9, 2018 AS INDICATED ON THE SCANNED INVOICES OR 2) THE RECALL THAT WAS PERFORMED ON MAY 9, 2018 WAS NOT PROPERLY COMPLETED. ON JANUARY 3, 2020, THE DEALERSHIP CONSIDERED THE VEHICLE FIXED BY ONLY REPLACING THE BCM. THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE CABIN. THEREFORE, THEY FAILED TO FIX THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE BCM AND FUTURE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM WATER ENTERING THE VEHICLE CABIN.

ALPHA ROMERO WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ACCELERATING AND BRAKING OCCUR TOGETHER AND OFTEN, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF AND ALL SYSTEMS BECOME INOPERABLE. STOP/START SYSTEM FAILURE SYMBOL APPEARS ON SCREEN. THIS WILL OCCUR WHEN STOP/START SYSTEM DESPITE HAVING DISENGAGED BY PRESSING BUTTON ON DASHBOARD. IT TAKES SEVERAL SECONDS FOR THE ENGINE TO COME BACK ON. DURING THIS INTERVAL, THE CAR CAN NOT BE CONTROLLED. CAR IS MOVING BUT CAN;T BE CONTROLLED BY DRIVER. ALPHA ROMEO CUSTOMER CENTER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT SAYS THERE IS NO FIX AVAILABLE AT THIS ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME. IN MY OPINION IS THIS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND AN IMMEDIATE RECALL IS NEEDED TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY/DAMAGE. RECALL IS NECESSARY TO FIT THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE.