Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio... reliability

[Ares]

kilarney said:

Ares said:

Service eventually carried out there on Wednesday. Took a month to get an appointment (month of leaving messages, booking was within 48hrs). Service Manager was dire, lied to me and to ARUK, but receptionist was great and Quad Techie was great.

Overall, a pretty st experience, but still the best within a 2hr drive....

So Chester a 50% solution then although I guess the important 50% with the Techie. I went into Mangoletsi for a look around and the vibe is all wrong. I have decided not to forgive the previous wrongs and get something else when the time comes.

Alas, this is the solution I'm heading towards too. So frustrating, the car is amazing, best I've owned in all probability, but the service is arguably worse than non-existent.

Piccadilly Knaresborough is the only dealer I've come across that is good.

[Phil_D]

2017 21k no issues, had to get the fuel flap replaced due to it distorting in the cold. Overall a truly fantastic car, more reliable than the RS4 it replaced. For anyone in NI, Donnelly's Alfa Romeo are a brilliant dealer, could not fault them .

[firethorne]

Phil_D said:

2017 21k no issues, had to get the fuel flap replaced due to it distorting in the cold. Overall a truly fantastic car, more reliable than the RS4 it replaced. For anyone in NI, Donnelly's Alfa Romeo are a brilliant dealer, could not fault them .

Since starting this post I am 14k miles In to mine, apart from one major issue with power steering rack it’s all good. With mps4 on for the winter it handles the cold wet weather fine. Loving it and while I’m now use to the power I never get board of it !

Edited by firethorne on Thursday 9th January 07:37

[BlackPorker]

Ares said:

Piccadilly Knaresborough is the only dealer I've come across that is good.

And they slowly seem to be distancing themselves from Alfa Romeo to focus on Kia. They are no longer an Alfa Romeo sales dealer and service has moved from Knaresborough to their smaller Ripon site.

[kilarney]

Chester Alfa is no more. Fiat and Alfa all gone and now a general used car sales place. So that leaves Mangoletsi so Im out.

[windymissile]

Chris Variava was one of the last great dealers. They sold out to Stoneacre with the promise that "nothing will change. Only the name above the door" That wasn't true and all the good sales team and techs with Alfa knowledge went up the road to Stoneacre Chesterfield. There are some knowledgeable guys there and it's the place I recommend to anyone from the area now.

[MellowshipSlinky]

windymissile said:

Chris Variava was one of the last great dealers. They sold out to Stoneacre with the promise that "nothing will change. Only the name above the door" That wasn't true and all the good sales team and techs with Alfa knowledge went up the road to Stoneacre Chesterfield. There are some knowledgeable guys there and it's the place I recommend to anyone from the area now.

Variava’s were brilliant - I bought 3 vehicles from them over the years and they were so laid back and ‘un corporate’ it was a refreshing change from dealing with the likes of Sytner’s et al.
Unfortunately all changed after Stoneacre bought them.

I called in to the Stoneacre Chesterfield branch when I was nearby once - wanted someone to have a quick look if my peeling factory PPF was a warranty item or not.
It would literally have taken 30 secs for someone to step outside and look - but no, I was told I’d have to book the car in and leave it with them for anyone to look at it...

[windymissile]

MellowshipSlinky said:

Variava’s were brilliant - I bought 3 vehicles from them over the years and they were so laid back and ‘un corporate’ it was a refreshing change from dealing with the likes of Sytner’s et al.
Unfortunately all changed after Stoneacre bought them.

I called in to the Stoneacre Chesterfield branch when I was nearby once - wanted someone to have a quick look if my peeling factory PPF was a warranty item or not.
It would literally have taken 30 secs for someone to step outside and look - but no, I was told I’d have to book the car in and leave it with them for anyone to look at it...

That's a massive shame. I deal directly with the old staff from Variava so I guess I get a bit more of a direct approach. It won't last as the brand swallows that old ethos you describe though. And that is what will ultimately kill the Alfa name in the UK.

[Redmax]

Are there any known issues of car alarms going off randomly on the Giulia, the QF specifically? Ours seems to go off more nights than not It's definitely false alarms rather than break-in attempts.

Thanks,

Jason

[cayman-black]

I have read about the alarm problems here.

https://www.alfaowner.com/forums/alfa-giulia.362/

[firethorne]

Redmax said:

Are there any known issues of car alarms going off randomly on the Giulia, the QF specifically? Ours seems to go off more nights than not It's definitely false alarms rather than break-in attempts.

Thanks,

Jason

Never had any issue with mine and not heard of that. I would get that looked at my be a faulty sensor !

[smarty156]

Definitely a known and popular issue (or at least it was). You can get the sensitivity turned down. If it still goes off it could be a faulty roof alarm module. Some people have had these replaced.

[xyyman]

Had this issue particularly when in heavy rain. It was dealt with under warranty by replacing an electronic part, not sure what, and has been fine ever since over a year now.

[Redmax]

Thanks for the alarm info guys.

[generationx]

Mine had its first MOT last Friday at approximately 25,500 miles, it passed with flying colours.

The only issue I had recently was the keyless entry was becoming sporadic, followed by sometimes finding difficulty in unlocking the car from the remote at all. Initially I thought the car battery was getting tired. Fortunately all was resolved by (easily) changing the battery in both keys (the issue was the same with both), now there's no issue at all.

So be aware - that key battery has a useful life of about three years - for the sake of a couple of quid and a few minutes with a small screwdriver it may be worth changing them, there's tutorials on YouTube.

[urquattroGus]

generationx said:

Mine had its first MOT last Friday at approximately 25,500 miles, it passed with flying colours.

The only issue I had recently was the keyless entry was becoming sporadic, followed by sometimes finding difficulty in unlocking the car from the remote at all. Initially I thought the car battery was getting tired. Fortunately all was resolved by (easily) changing the battery in both keys (the issue was the same with both), now there's no issue at all.

So be aware - that key battery has a useful life of about three years - for the sake of a couple of quid and a few minutes with a small screwdriver it may be worth changing them, there's tutorials on YouTube.

Just had exactly the same issue with mine at near three years and 32,000 miles, just replaced the key batteries and all good now.

[rudester]

Some very competitive PCH deals appearing for these:
https://www.researchgarage.co.uk/alfa-romeo/new-ve...
https://www.whatcar.com/car-leasing/deals/personal...

[BlackPorker]

rudester said:

Some very competitive PCH deals appearing for these:
https://www.researchgarage.co.uk/alfa-romeo/new-ve...
https://www.whatcar.com/car-leasing/deals/personal...

Yeah, clearing stock and build slots before the facelift goes into production.

[Redmax]

First unreliability event in the Giulia QF for me today (1 month in, 2500 miles), apart from the bloody alarm still going off

Accelerating down a slip road this afternoon, car went into limp mode. Once I got home the recovery guy was there within an hour, after a while he found a disconnected plug in the turbo/wastegate circuit, deep in the engine bay. I guess the plug was never quite installed properly and has vibrated loose. Good work by the chap to find it I reckon, although I did ask him to reduce the alarm sensitivity whilst he was talking to the ECU and he clearly forgot in all the excitement...

[urquattroGus]

That’s disappointing, that’s an old issue or at least water ingress into those connectors was, I suspect this is what caused the limp mode in most of the early cases. At least you know something was found, would have been worse if it was a can’t find anything scenario.