MASERATI Complaints

I RECENTLY TOOK MY 2014 MASERATI GHIBLI Q4 FOR DETAILING TO A SMALL SHOP IN NY. UPON COMPLETION, ONE OF THE SERVICE GUYS POINTED OUT TO ME AN EXTENSIVE FRONT CHASSIS DAMAGE ON THE LEFT THAT I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OFF. THE FRONT LEFT CHASSIS HAD A CRACK ALONG THE STRUT TOWER, ABOUT 30%-40% IN LENGTH OF ITS DIAMETER. RIGHT NOW MY CAR IS AT MASERATI OF MANHATTAN NY. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT STRUT TOWER CRACK HAPPENING WITH MASERATI BEFORE, BUT SPENT SOME TIME ON THE INTERNET SEARCHING IT APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM FOR GHIBLI MODEL, THAT MASERATI KEPT QUIET. THE ALUMINUM MADE PARTS ARE WEAK AND SEEMS TO BE LIKE A TIMING BOMB THAT CAN KILL A DRIVER AT ANY TIME. FROM THE INTERNET I ALSO HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT CHASSIS DAMAGE IS A RECURRING ISSUE IN THESE CARS. WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THE CHASSIS CRACKS WHERE IT MEETS THE STRUT TOWER, WHICH COULD CERTAINLY LEAD TO EXTREMELY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. I FOUND SEVERAL CASES AND IT MIGHT LEADS TO A RECALL ON ALL VEHICLES MADE DURING CERTAIN PERIOD. IN SAME CASE MASERATI IS DECLARING THE CAR A LEMON AND LOOKING TO REPLACE DANGEROUS PART. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS MY CASE, BUT ANY CAR CHASSIS ARE BUILT TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST PARTS OF A CAR, NOT A PART THAT SHOULD FAIL, EVEN UNDER A POTHOLE IMPACT. TO CRACK A MAJOR SUPPORTING COMPONENT OF THE CAR LIKE THIS I COULD IMAGINE MAYBE HITTING A CURB AT MODERATE SPEED OF 45 MPH, BUT IF THIS WERE THE CASE I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF OTHER DAMAGE. SO, IF A MANUFACTURER IS BUILDING A CAR WHERE THE CHASSIS FAILS BEFORE A STRUT DOES THEN WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM! I THINK IT IS TIME TO SUBMIT A CLAIM TO CONSUMER SAFETY COMMISSION.

SKYHOOK SUSPENSION DISPLAYING A WARNING LIGHT. ECU HAS BEEN REPLACED, LEFT FRONT LATERAL MOTION SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED, SHOCKS HAVE BEEN "GROUNDED" (GROUNDING STRAPS ATTACHED FROM SHOCK TO BODY). NO RESOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. WARNING LIGHT CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LATERAL MOTION OF THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE AT A RATE OF 3 METERS PER SECOND. SKYHOOK ACTIVE SUSPENSION MAY AT ANY TIME LOCK THE SHOCKS IN A DEFAULT MODE, MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, MAKING THE DRIVER UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. MASERATI DEALER, AND MASERATI NORTH AMERICA HAVE NO ANSWERS TO THIS ISSUE. MASERATI DEALER HAS ADVISED TO JUST COVER THE LIGHT--IGNORE THE WARNING LIGHT.

ALL RUBBER/PLASTIC PARTS ON ENTIRE DASHBOARD AND STEERING WHEEL ARE MELTING OFF. THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN AND I HOPE TO MAKE THE OEM AWARE OF IT AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL: HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/ACM10923092/RCDNN-09V001-1525.PDF THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED AND CHECKED BY THE DEALER UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL. THE ACTIONS SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL WERE INSUFFICIENT.

THE REAR SUSPENSION ARM FAILED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT TO THE ISSUE DESCRIBED IN: HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/ACM10923092/RCDNN-09V001-1525.PDF THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN CHECKED UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL, BUT THE REPAIR SPECIFIED IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO REMEDY THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 MASERATI GHIBLI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE LINES AND CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES AND BRUISES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,600.

WHEN ACCELERATING, THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK. APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO, IT HAPPENED. MY HUSBAND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE STEPPED ON THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE SO HE DIDN'T REPORT IT. THEN YESTERDAY, WE WERE ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. EVEN WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING AND GOT STUCK TO THE FLOOR. MY HUSBAND THOUGHT MAYBE THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK ON THE FLOOR MAT SO HE PULLED IT BACK. HE HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUMPED ON THE BRAKES UNTIL IT STOPPED. HE THEN CONTINUED DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ACCELERATED AGAIN AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS CAR IS A DEATHTRAP AND THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED ASAP. *TR

THERE IS AN AWFUL GLARE FROM ANY HEADLIGHTS BEHIND ME. THE HEAD LIGHTS FROM ALL THE CARS BEHIND YOU GO UP AND DOWN IN THESE HUGE STREAKS AND IT IS USUALLY THE COLOR OF A RAINBOW. MASERATI SAYS THAT IS NORMAL. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO SEE BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU WANT TO CHANGE LANES. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS ON ANY OTHER CAR. IT IS DEFINITELY FROM THE REAR GLASS, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM FROM THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS. YOU ALSO NOTICE IT WHEN YOU TURN AROUND SO IT IS NOT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THEY OFFERED TO PUT AN ANTI GLARE PROTECTOR ON THE REAR GLASS. WE TRIED IT OUT BUT IT DIDN'T FIX THE GLARE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 2 LANE STREET (CRAWFORD ST) IN SKOKIE IL, WHEN A CAR GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CAME INTO OUR LANE HEADING HEAD ON INTO OUR CAR, I TRIED TO PROCEED OVER THE CURB/SIDEWALK INTO THE GRASS INTO SOMEONE'S FRONT LAWN, THE OTHER CAR HIT MY DRIVER DOOR WENT DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR WHICH STRAIGHTEN MY VEHICLE OUT FROM THE DIRECTION I WAS GOING. THAT MADE MY CAR GO DIRECTLY INTO PROBABLY A 40' TALL WOODEN LIGHT POLE, WE SNAPPED THE POLE ABOUT 2' ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND THE POLE WENT UP IN THE AIR AND CAME DOWN ON TOP OFF THE CAR, SMASHED THE SUN ROOF, THE TOP OF THE CAR, THE TRUCK AND BOUNCE OFF THE CAR ONTO THE GROUND ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I PROCEEDED TO CHECK ON MY WIFE SHE WAS SCREAMING IN PAIN AND SCARED. THE CAR WAS SMOKING FROM THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, WHICH ALSO THERE WAS A POWER LINE FROM THE POLE ON THE GROUND I TRIED TO SHUT THE CAR OFF FROM THE USH START BUT NUMEROUS TIMES CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, SO I HAD TO KICK MY DRIVER DOOR OPEN WENT AND TOOK MY WIFE OUT OF THE CAR. WITH ALL THE IMPACTS (3 TOTAL) NO AIR BAGS WENT OFF WHICH COULD HAVE STOPPED ME AND MY WITH FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO CUT THE BATTERY CABLE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF, LUCKILY WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. WE CAME OUT WITH CUT, BRUISES, TORN LIGAMENTS, BACK PAIN AND SORENESS BUT WE BOTH ARE STILL HERE. I FEEL THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I PAID FOR THIS CAR EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UP TO PAR ESPECIALLY THE SAFETY AIRBAGS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.