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Maserati recall 11V406 (196): Model Year 2009 Granturismo and Quattroporte

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Maserati Granturismo, Maserati Quattroporte, model year 2009. Filed by Maserati North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 5 August 2011. 763 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Maserati is recalling certain model year 2009 granturismo and quattroporte vehicles manufactured from july 3, 2008, through september 30, 2008. the rear suspension left-side and right-side wheel alignment toe-in tie- rods may fail due to incorrect machining.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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Maserati's own number for this recall: 196. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V406 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 11V406 cover?
Maserati Granturismo, Maserati Quattroporte, model year 2009.
What is wrong with them?
MASERATI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 GRANTURISMO AND QUATTROPORTE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JULY 3, 2008, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2008. THE REAR SUSPENSION LEFT-SIDE AND RIGHT-SIDE WHEEL ALIGNMENT TOE-IN TIE- RODS MAY FAIL DUE TO INCORRECT MACHINING.
What can happen if it is not put right?
A FAILED TIE-ROD COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AFFECTED TIE-RODS, INSTALL A TIE-ROD KIT AND PERFORM A WHEEL ALIGNMENT, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2011. Owners may contact Maserati customer service at 1-877-696-2737.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Maserati calls this recall 196, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A FAILED TIE-ROD COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”

763vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 5 August 2011owners told 9 September 2011today
The defect reached the regulator on 5 August 2011. Owners were written to 35 days later, on 9 September 2011. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign11V406
Filed byMASERATI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
System at faultSteering:Linkages:Tie Rod Assembly
Reported to NHTSA5 August 2011
Model years2009-2009
Vehicles namedMASERATI GRANTURISMO, MASERATI QUATTROPORTE

What the notice says today

The consequence

A FAILED TIE-ROD COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AFFECTED TIE-RODS, INSTALL A TIE-ROD KIT AND PERFORM A WHEEL ALIGNMENT, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2011. Owners may contact Maserati customer service at 1-877-696-2737.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.

The wording we hold for 11V406 · how the whole register is watched

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