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Substantial Defect
One that impairs the use, value or safety of the vehicle. Stalling, brake failure, steering and persistent electrical faults qualify. A rattle generally does not.
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MASERATI LEMON LAW.
Maserati recalled 27,354 cars in one campaign for a rearview camera that will not display — effectively the entire lineup. When the brand is this small, a single campaign can cover everything they sell.
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EXPLORE ↓What Decides It
Four facts, in this order.
Maserati built it, but Maserati does not decide it. These four questions decide it, and the repair orders in your glovebox answer all four.
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Repair Attempts
Florida looks for three attempts at the same defect. New York looks for four. Recall work and visits that found nothing both count.
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Days Out of Service
Thirty cumulative days in Florida and in New York. Cumulative, not consecutive, and the days count whether or not anything was fixed.
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Coverage Window
The defect has to be reported while the vehicle is inside the warranty or rights period. When it was reported matters more than today's date.
Maserati is a Stellantis division, and NHTSA files its campaigns under Maserati North America, Inc. — that is the correct respondent for a demand letter, not Stellantis and not FCA US. It is a small detail that saves time at the outset.
The current lineup is the Grecale, GranTurismo, GranCabrio and MC20. The Ghibli and Quattroporte were discontinued after 2022, and the Levante has gone too. If you are inside a Lemon Law window today, you are almost certainly in one of the first four — which is also where the recent recalls are.
Most Maserati campaigns are module software. Radio software that stops the rearview camera displaying. Park assist software that does the same thing by a different route. Body control module software that misreports the fuel level so the car runs dry and stalls. Software faults are intermittent, and a small dealer network makes them harder to chase.
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Recall or Claim
A recall says the manufacturer knows. A claim says they were given the chance to fix it.
A recall is the manufacturer acknowledging that a defect exists across a population of vehicles and offering a remedy. It is a public admission of the fault pattern, which makes it useful evidence. What it is not is a Lemon Law claim.
The claim arises from what happened to your vehicle: the defect was reported, the manufacturer was given a reasonable number of attempts to repair it, and it is still there.
Small volumes cut both ways. Recall populations in the 10,000 to 27,000 range span several model years, so per-year US volumes are genuinely small — which means fewer specialists, fewer parts on the shelf and longer waits. Those waits are days out of service, and they count.
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The respondent is Maserati North America, not Stellantis.
One campaign. Effectively the whole lineup.
Check My Case ↗Recurring Maserati Faults
WHAT KEEPS COMING BACK.
These are the defect categories that generate the most Lemon Law and warranty claims against Maserati. A vehicle showing one of these is not automatically a claim. A vehicle showing one of these repeatedly and unrepaired usually is.
Rearview Camera Blackout
Two separate campaigns, one covering 27,354 vehicles and one covering 1,710, address rearview camera images that fail to display in reverse — each a federal safety-standard non-compliance rather than a convenience fault.
Module Software Defects
Radio, Central Vision Park Assist and body control module software account for most recent Maserati recalls, including one campaign that swept in essentially every model the brand sold.
Unexpected Engine Stall
Body control module software can report an incorrect fuel level, letting the car run dry and stall without warning while driving, in a campaign covering 2024 GranTurismo and GranCabrio vehicles.
Lighting and Instrument Faults
Fuel gauge misreporting and headlights missing their aim-adjustment caps together account for over 10,500 recalled vehicles, both traced to assembly and electrical faults rather than wear.
Persistent Dash Warnings
Recurring check-engine and warning-light illumination is the complaint Maserati owners raise most. It is owner-reported rather than recall-backed, which makes it a symptom to document rather than a defect finding.
Detaching Compliance Labels
A 2024 GranTurismo campaign covers tire information labels detaching from the driver's B-pillar, leaving owners without the load and pressure data needed to operate the vehicle safely.
Where It Ends Up
Four ways a Maserati claim resolves.
Which one applies depends on the state, the facts and what gets negotiated with Maserati North America. All four start with the same free case review.
The models we see most
Recall record · NHTSA · September 2026
MASERATIONE CAMPAIGN. EVERY MODEL THEY SELL.
01 / 2021-2025
27,354
Rearview camera fails — Ghibli, Quattroporte, Levante, MC20, MC20 Cielo, Grecale, GranTurismo and GranCabrio. Radio software may prevent the rearview camera image displaying.
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02 / 2023-2025
10,008
Headlights misaimed — GranCabrio, GranTurismo and Grecale. Headlights may be missing their adjustment prevention caps, allowing improper aim and reduced road illumination.
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03 / 2023-2024
1,710
Reverse image missing — Grecale and GranTurismo. Central Vision Park Assist Module software may prevent the rearview image displaying when reverse is selected.
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04 / 2024
524
Engine stalls unexpectedly — GranCabrio and GranTurismo. Body control module software may display an incorrect fuel level, causing an unexpected engine stall while driving.
Check My Case ↗Campaign 25V098 covered 27,354 vehicles spanning the Ghibli, Quattroporte, Levante, MC20, MC20 Cielo, Grecale, GranTurismo and GranCabrio — effectively the whole lineup. Filed under Maserati North America, Inc. Figures from NHTSA as of 23 September 2026.
Read the 15 Questions ↗Maserati Lemon Law
15 questions Maserati owners ask.
General information about Lemon Law and warranty claims, not legal advice. What applies to a particular vehicle depends on its records, its warranty and the state where it was bought.
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Maserati North America, Inc. That is the manufacturer name on every NHTSA campaign and the correct respondent for a demand letter. Maserati is a Stellantis division, but unlike Jeep or Dodge it does not file under Chrysler (FCA US) — it has its own entry. Getting the entity right at the outset saves weeks.
Both were discontinued after 2022, along with the Levante. That does not mean you have no rights: a vehicle with an active manufacturer or dealer warranty when the defect was reported can still carry a claim, generally under federal warranty law including the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. It does mean the state Lemon Law window has likely closed.
Those days count on their own. Maserati US volumes are small — recall populations of 10,000 to 27,000 span several model years — which means fewer specialists and fewer parts on the shelf. Florida and New York both set the presumption at 30 or more cumulative days out of service, and the days are cumulative rather than consecutive. In Florida, written notice to the manufacturer is triggered earlier, at 15 days.
It is the complaint Maserati owners raise most, and it is worth documenting precisely. A recurring warning light with no lasting resolution is a reported fault, and every visit for it counts as an attempt — including the ones where the code was cleared and nothing was replaced. Ask for the specific fault code to be written on the repair order.
A rearview camera is a federally mandated safety system, which makes a persistent failure materially different from a cosmetic complaint. Maserati has two campaigns on it — 27,354 vehicles under 25V098 and 1,710 under 24V892. Whether it supports a claim depends on how many times your car went back unrepaired.
No. A recall is the manufacturer acknowledging that a defect exists across a population of vehicles and offering a remedy. A Lemon Law claim arises from what happened to your specific vehicle: a substantial defect, reported inside the coverage period, that the manufacturer was given a reasonable number of attempts to repair and did not. The recall is useful evidence within that claim, not a substitute for it.
Yes, where the recall remedy addressed the defect at issue and the fault persisted afterward. Owners frequently leave recall visits out of their own count because the work was free and manufacturer-initiated, which weakens the record unnecessarily. If the vehicle went in for the fault and came back with the fault, it was an attempt.
Florida's presumption generally arises after three repair attempts for the same defect, or after the vehicle has been out of service for 30 or more cumulative days during the Lemon Law rights period. A separate and earlier trigger applies at 15 cumulative days, when written notice goes to the manufacturer. It is a presumption rather than a fixed requirement — a defect serious enough to be dangerous can qualify with fewer attempts, and the presumption is one route to the remedy rather than the only one.
New York generally looks for four repair attempts for the same defect, or 30 or more days out of service, within the first two years or 18,000 miles. The framework is close to Florida's but the thresholds and the arbitration process differ, and a vehicle bought in one state and serviced in another needs the applicable law identified early.
One that impairs the use, value or safety of the vehicle. Stalling, brake failure, steering faults and persistent electrical problems clearly qualify. A rattle or a trim complaint generally does not. Between those extremes the answer depends on how the fault affects the vehicle in normal use, and on what the repair orders actually say about it.
State Lemon Law is primarily directed at qualifying new and demonstrator vehicles. A used Maserati can still carry rights where a manufacturer or dealer warranty was active when the defect was reported, generally under federal warranty law including the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which does not carry the same new-vehicle limitation.
A leased vehicle can be covered where it meets the same substantive requirements that apply to a purchase. The calculation of any refund is tied to the amounts actually paid into the lease rather than the full vehicle price, and the leasing company is dealt with as part of the resolution rather than left to be sorted out afterward.
That visit still counts as a repair attempt. Intermittent faults are extremely common in software, camera and electrical systems, and a growing share of manufacturer campaigns are software-related. A record of repeated visits where the fault was reported and not resolved is precisely the pattern the law addresses. Ask for the complaint to be written down in your words, and keep the copy that says it could not be verified.
Three, in practice. A repurchase, where the manufacturer buys the vehicle back and refunds what was paid, less a statutory offset for the miles driven before the first report of the defect. A replacement with a comparable vehicle. Or a cash settlement where the vehicle stays with you and the manufacturer pays for the diminished value. Which applies depends on the state, the facts and what is negotiated.
Broadly: the purchase price plus collateral and incidental charges, minus a mileage offset tied to the distance driven before the defect was first reported. Registration, taxes and finance charges are frequently recoverable. The offset is the part manufacturers most often calculate in their own favour, and it is worth checking line by line.
Other Manufacturers
The badge does not decide the claim.
The law applies the same way to every brand sold in the state. What differs is the defect pattern, the warranty terms and how hard the manufacturer fights.
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