NHTSA Complaint #11030757 — 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI

MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING MY 2017 MASERATI GHIBLI SQ4. WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR AT STOP LIGHT THE CAR SHUTS DOWN AND PUTS ITSELF IN NEUTRAL. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND HAPPENS ROUGHLY ONCE A MONTH. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THE 2017 LAVANTE WHICH SHARES THE SAME ENGINE AND STOP START SYSTEM WITH THE 2017 GHIBLI. BUT FOR SOME REASON MASERATI HAS ISSUED A RECALL ONLY ON THE LEVANTE NOT THE GHIBLI. THE CAR HAS BEEN INTO SERVICE FOR THIS ISSUE 5 TIMES IN 9 MONTHS. RUSNAK MY DEALERSHIP HERE IN PASADENA, CA SAYS THAT THERE IS NO CURRENT FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS GOING UP A BRIDGE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE STOPSED IN TRAFFIC, WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE THE CAR STALLED AND ROLLED BACKWARDS. I BELIEVE THE FREQUENT STALLING IS DUE TO A FAULTY START STOP FUEL SAVING SYSTEM. BEFORE I MAKE A LEFT TURN I HAVE TO DISABLE THE STOP START SYSTEM FOR FEAR THAT THE CAR WILL STALL LEAVING ME VULNERABLE TO AN ACCIDENT FROM ON COMING TRAFFIC.