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2007 Alfa Gold Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 3, 2007
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2007 Alfa Gold, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Exterior lighting150.0%
  • Tires & wheels150.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Exterior lighting

Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

COMPLAINT ABOUT BLINDINGLY BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS I AM A NIGHT TIME TRUCK DRIVER,STARTING AT 11 PM FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK. I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS SAFE DRIVING. I RUN A REGULAR ROUTE FROM LONG ISLAND NY TO CLEVAND OH 3 TIMES A WEEK PULLING DOUBLE TRAILERS ACROSS ROUTE 80 ALL OF IT AT NIGHT. MY BIGGEST SAFTY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAD LIGHTS OF ONCOMMING AND OVERTAKING CARS AND TRUCKS. ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SAFLY HANDLE A 80,000 LB VEHICLE WHILE BEING BLINDED BY STUNNINGLY BRIGHT LIGHTS AND THEIR EVIL TWIN,FOG LIGHTS. WHO DETERMINED THAT EVERY VEHICLE FROM THE SMALLEST HONDA TO THE LARGEST SEMI NEEDS ENOUGH CANDLEPOWER TO LOOK LIKE A747 COMING IN FOR A LANDING? I UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH LIGHTING WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL A ON A WINDING , DARK COUNTRY ROAD , BUT THEY HAVE NO PLACE ON A MODERN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHERE EVEN AT THE LONLEIST HOURS YOU ARE NEVER MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE TO SAVE MY EYESIGHT FROM THE WELDING TORCH BRIGTNESS OF MOST CARS AND TRUCKS I AM FORSED TO POINT MY MIRRORS DOWN AND NOT KEEP THEM WHERE THEY BELONG. I ALSO KEEP MY 2 SUNVISORS (DRIVERS SIDE AND FRONT) DOWN ALL NIGHT THIS LIMITS MY ABILITY TO SAFLY SEE ALL AROUD ME AT ALL TIMES LIKE I DO DURING RARE DAYTIME DRIVING.I AM SURE I AM NOT ALONE AMONG TRUCK DRIVERS WHO ARE DRIVING HALF BLINDED BY UNNESSACERRY AND EXCESSIVE CANDLEPOWER. THIS COULD BE FIXED BY REGULATING THE MAXIMUM (AND RESONABLE) BRIGHTNESS NEEDED CARS AND TRUCK HEADLIGHTS AND FOGLIGHTS DIDNT USED TO BE SO STUNNINGLY BRIGHT, WHY THE SUDDEN NEED FOR SUCH BRIGHTNESS? JUST BECAUSE MANUFACTUERS CAN MAKE SUCH HEADLIGHTS (AND AT A BIG PROFIT I UNDERSTAND) IS NO RESON TO MAKE OUR HIGHWAYS MORE DEADLY EVERY NIGHT. HOPING TO GET SOME RELIEF FROM THIS SAFTY HAZARD, PAUL HOWE *TR

NHTSA ID 10210681 · filed Dec 3, 2007

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 ALFA GOLD (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE REAR WINLAND TIRES, SIZE 235/85/R16 (NA) BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. HE CHANGED THE TIRES AND LATER NOTIFIED THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE AREA TO DEAL WITH THE FAILURE. THE PASSENGER SIDE WALL OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER PANEL SKIRT WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID 10199020 · filed Aug 9, 2007

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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