GT buying guide on PH
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hoyin
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Interesting. Mine is a 2012 but they still called it in for a check.
montravia
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Well, that's put the wind up me. Just put a deposit on a 57 Gtourismo with 28k on tbe clock, and the engine number is below the one quoted above. It was serviced at HR Owen, but I've no idea if it's variator was checked/modified.
I've done a search here on 'variator' but there are so many threads that mention it. If someone could point me at a decent thread itd be good.
If it wasn't a recall would it have been checked during it's service regime, or is it a matter of taking it to a main dealer, having it checked, and do Maserati fix it or is it my liability.
Any help chaps would be good.
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Robin
I've done a search here on 'variator' but there are so many threads that mention it. If someone could point me at a decent thread itd be good.
If it wasn't a recall would it have been checked during it's service regime, or is it a matter of taking it to a main dealer, having it checked, and do Maserati fix it or is it my liability.
Any help chaps would be good.
Thanks
Robin
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It is possible your engine had a build date around 2009.
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I wouldn't call it hysteria Bob, it's merely pointing out a known issue which all GT & QP owners should be aware as it is an expensive fix. It's true, it's not like an end float on a 3200 which will eat the block from inside, but nonetheless, it is an issue which Maserati did eventually address and rectify.
I was grateful to this forum for highlighting the issue before I bought mine and I made sure it had been done already. I passed up another car on which the issue had not come to light and sure enough, a year later (after the warranty would have expired had I bought it), that same car had to have the work done.
Be aware, that's all I am saying, in a non-hysteric way of course!
I was grateful to this forum for highlighting the issue before I bought mine and I made sure it had been done already. I passed up another car on which the issue had not come to light and sure enough, a year later (after the warranty would have expired had I bought it), that same car had to have the work done.
Be aware, that's all I am saying, in a non-hysteric way of course!
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I can only give my experience on a 2007 QP 4.2 Executive GT
Before I bought it there was a knocking sound from the front of the engine block from start and as gears changed (auto box)
This happened at around 45 - 47000 miles.
It was diagnosed as Variator and needed to be replaced. JCT600 Leeds who confirmed the Variator problem, they collected the car, allegedly sent bits away to Italy for replacement and while in the bowels of the engine a couple of hoses were renewed.
The Variator was replaced and all put back together again. The job took about a week (including waiting for Italy) and the car was delivered back to the owner for a total cost of about £4000.
JCT have said it is a common issue on all similar cars up to around 2009 depending on engine number which had to be after 148697.
This QP engine number is 116266.
Not sure if this is the same story for a GT
Before I bought it there was a knocking sound from the front of the engine block from start and as gears changed (auto box)
This happened at around 45 - 47000 miles.
It was diagnosed as Variator and needed to be replaced. JCT600 Leeds who confirmed the Variator problem, they collected the car, allegedly sent bits away to Italy for replacement and while in the bowels of the engine a couple of hoses were renewed.
The Variator was replaced and all put back together again. The job took about a week (including waiting for Italy) and the car was delivered back to the owner for a total cost of about £4000.
JCT have said it is a common issue on all similar cars up to around 2009 depending on engine number which had to be after 148697.
This QP engine number is 116266.
Not sure if this is the same story for a GT
Ryandoc
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Thanks Stuart, think I might drop a quick email to JCT Leeds see if they can check if it's been done or not
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Yes JCT will be able to check and get back to you. It may take a day or so because they have different data bases to trawl through to find out.
I speak from experience of tie rod replacement some years ago
I speak from experience of tie rod replacement some years ago
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Also Dave said:-
"ENGINE number needs to be higher than 148697 to avoid Variator issues (on a QP at least)
Mine is a 2007 QP and had the variators changed out at about 45000 miles which seems pretty consistent with other posters on here
Completely confused wrt engine number. "common issue on all similar cars up to around 2009 depending on engine number which had to be after 148697"
I presume that the QP and GT share the same engine number series: mine's 126324. So am I at risk?
Robin
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