RE: Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio | Spotted

[2018AlfaQuad]

NGK210 said:

This fella recently had to trailer his QV to a dealer.
Thankfully it wasn’t too serous.
Who’d a thunk it – an Alfa with an electrical problem:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bnrkjVQLqpI

And the guy parked 4 spaces from me had his new 2022 mercedes amg gt 63 s with 400 miles on it at the dealership for 3.5 months with an electrical bug. Means absolutely nothing! Want to talk about defective lets get on the topic of BMW M cars and rod bearings and throttle actuators, Vanos and SMG pump failures. Was able to experience all those on my M5 and M3.....My alfa's only issues were self inflicted by me making bad choices on who I allowed to work on modifications.

And the only known electrical issues have been related to the battery, they had a recall on those as they were not holding a full charge....a Battery not made by Alfa.

[Draxindustries1]

Ref the colour, I saw one in yellow in Tescos car park , had a look around it as I hadn't seen one close up before, it definitely wasn't a wrap, they're very easy to spot.

[NGK210]

theplayingmantis said:

NGK210 said:

This fella recently had to trailer his QV to a dealer.
Thankfully it wasn’t too serous.
Who’d a thunk it – an Alfa with an electrical problem:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bnrkjVQLqpI

Wow one example playing up to an old trope!

check out the jdpower surveys. All cars have these alfa no worse than others in all of the surveys. In fact better than a fair few I think.

It’s his second non-start due to electrics in less than a year.
Two other long-term owner-vloggers have had similar probs.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fxp94JlxrI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSLLdDJwsrU
All are first-gen 2017-18 cars.
Anecdotal evidence suggests MY2020 upgrades have improved electrics.
Sincerely hope so, because other components seem to be robust.

[theplayingmantis]

Draxindustries1 said:

Ref the colour, I saw one in yellow in Tescos car park , had a look around it as I hadn't seen one close up before, it definitely wasn't a wrap, they're very easy to spot.

This thread its like dealing with the amnesia society or willfully ignorant!

there is a gt ochre golden yellow theoretically available over here, no OEM other shades of yellow. whatever you saw unless it was the ochre which is easy to tell, was aftermarket!

[anonymous-user]

There are some pretty well documented electrical issues on the very early cars, but they all have fixes AFAIK. Things like a redesigned scuttle cover to prevent water getting on to a connector.

You'd hope the Alfa dealers were well aware and had carried out/checked on the relevant fixes when it went in for the first non-start...... pffffrt

Given I recently saw a very nice early car sold approved used with the scuttle issue present I'm not sure the standard of care is quite there yet.

[MikeGTi]

Now with the wrap removed:





Prizes all round for those who guessed red.

[generationx]

Only just spotted this thread.

I wouldn't go for the advertised car, based on the concerns raised. And it does look a bit odd with the spaced rear wheels - if ever a car didn't need its arches filling further.

I'll stick with mine thanks - 29,000 miles in 5 years and adored every minute of it.

It doesn't need a manual - ZF knew what they were doing with this installation of their great 8HP unit.