Alfa Romeo 8c, Maserati Granturismo, Maserati Quattroporte, model years 2005 to 2008. Filed by Maserati North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 13 May 2013. 7,438 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain model year 2005-2008 Quattroporte, 2008 Granturismo, and 2008 Alfa Romeo 8C vehicles. The rear tie rod assemblies may have insufficient anti-corrosion material applied, allowing them to weaken and possibly fail.
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.
Maserati's own number for this recall: 205. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V196 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 13V196 cover?
- Alfa Romeo 8C, Maserati Granturismo, Maserati Quattroporte, model years 2005-2008.
- What is wrong with them?
- Maserati North America, Inc. (Maserati) is recalling certain model year 2005-2008 Quattroporte, 2008 Granturismo, and 2008 Alfa Romeo 8C vehicles. The rear tie rod assemblies may have insufficient anti-corrosion material applied, allowing them to weaken and possibly fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Failure of the tie rods may result in a loss of vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Maserati will notify owners and dealers will replace the tie rod assemblies. The recall began on June 27, 2013. Customers may contact Maserati at 1-877-696-2737. Maserati's recall campaign number is 205.
- 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 205, 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: “Failure of the tie rods may result in a loss of vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V196 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 May 2013 |
| Model years | 2005-2008 |
| Vehicles named | ALFA ROMEO 8C, MASERATI GRANTURISMO, MASERATI QUATTROPORTE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Failure of the tie rods may result in a loss of vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Maserati will notify owners and dealers will replace the tie rod assemblies. The recall began on June 27, 2013. Customers may contact Maserati at 1-877-696-2737. Maserati's recall campaign number is 205.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V196, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v196/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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Other Maserati notices we hold
- 25V722: 2024-2025 Grancabrio, 2024-2025 Granturismo, and 2023-2025 Grecale
- 25V244: 2024 Granturismo
- 25V098: 2023-2024 Grecale, 2023-2025 MC20 Cielo, 2024 Granturismo, GranCabrio, 2021-2024 Levante, Ghibli, Quattroporte, and 2022-2025 MC 20
- 24V892: 2023-2024 Grecale and 2024 GranTurismo
- 24V679: 2024 GranTurismo and GranCabrio
- 24V537: 2022-2024 Maserati MC20, and 2023-2024 MC20 Cielo
- 24V269: 2021-2022 Quattroporte and Ghibli
- 23V570: 2023 MC20 Cielo
All 39 Maserati campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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- Defect summary
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