2000 Maserati Spyder Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Maserati Spyder, 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
- Steering1100.0%
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
Steering
Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 3/28/04 I HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAD NO IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE NEXT DAY, IN THE MAIL, I RECEIVED A "RECALL" LETTER FROM MASERATI S.P.A., MANUFACTURER OF MASERATI CARS TELLING ME THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MTSVS ACT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO ADVISE ME ABOUT A DEFECT IN MY CAR THAT "COULD LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN CONTROL AND POSSIBLY, A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING". THIS DEFECT INVOLVED MY CAR, AND INVOLVED "TWO OF THE FOUR SECURING BOLTS IN THE STEERING ASSEMBLY" THAT MAY BECOME LOOSE BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING ERROR. THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE TWO BOLTS REFERRED TO IN THE LETTER WERE VERY LOOSE. THEY ARRANGED FOR A REPRESENTATIVE OF MASERATI TO EXAMINE THE CAR. HE VERIFIED THE CONDITION, AND THEN SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LETTER THEY SENT OUT SAID THIS DEFECT COULD CAUSE A CRASH, IT WAS NOT TRUE. THEY ONLY SAID WHAT THEY DID TO SATISFY THE NTMVSA. THIS DEFECT COULD NOT REALLY CAUSE A PROBLEM OR A CRASH, AND THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. THE DAMAGE EXCEEDS $30,000.00, BUT I AM TOLD IT WILL COST ME THAT MUCH TO SUE THEM, AND I AM NOT ASSURED TO WIN. WHAT SHOULD I DO? DOES THE LAW PROTECT ME IN SUCH A CASE? CAN YOU HELP ME? MASERATI SAID THEIR LETTER WAS WRITTEN ONLY TO SATISFY YOU, AND ISN'T TRUE. WHAT SHOULD I TO DO? THE DEALER SAYS MASERATI ADMITTED FAULT, BUT HE HAS NO POWER IN THIS MATTER. DOES THIS COME UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY, OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY? PLEASE ADVISE ME. MASERATI SAYS THAT THEIR ONLY RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO ADVISE ME OF THE DEFECT, AND REPAIR THE DEFECT. NOT ANY DAMAGE THAT RESULTS FROM THE DEFECT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER I RECEIVED FROM THEM, PLEASE E-MAIL ME YOUR FAX NUMBER, AND I WILL SEND IT TO YOU. COULD YOU ADVISE ME HOW LONG A RESPONSE WILL TAKE TO THIS COMPLAINT, AS I CURRENTLY HAVE NO USE OF MY CAR. LEONARD SYLK (MASERATI IS NOT LISTED IN YOUR VEHICLE INFORMATION SECTION. SO I CHOSE FERRARI, WHO OWNS MASERATI. THE CAR IS A MASERATI SPYDER) *AK *SC *JB
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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