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Maserati Granturismo VIN Check

Owners have filed 8 complaints on the Maserati Granturismo — spread across 8 separate production runs. Not every run is equal: the worst one collected 1, the typical one 1. Your VIN says which you own.

NHTSA complaint records · 8 complaints · 8 runs · 2008–2014 · Updated Sep 19, 2026
Quick answer

A free VIN check on a Maserati Granturismo pulls up 8 owner complaints and 15 recall campaigns from NHTSA, spread across 8 production runs that average 1 complaints each. The spread is tighter than on most cars — the heaviest run carries 1, only 1× the typical Granturismo — so on this one the model-level answer is closer to the truth. Characters 1–11 still tell you which run is yours.

Which build runs owners report most

Characters 1–11 of a VIN identify the production run — plant, model year, body and engine — which splits the Maserati Granturismo into 8 distinct batches rather than one nameplate. On the Maserati Granturismo that distinction is not academic: its 8 runs average 1 complaints each, but the worst one — ZAMGJ45A380, a 2008 build — carries 1. That is 1× the model average, and the difference is invisible if you only look up the model name. The five runs at the top of this table hold 63% of every Granturismo complaint on file.

FIG.01·Maserati Granturismo — complaints by production run
Production run (VIN 1–11)YearComplaintsInvolved a crashFire
ZAMGJ45A380••••••20081——
ZAMHJ45A090••••••20091——
ZAMGJ45A590••••••20091——
ZAM45GLA1A0••••••20101——
ZAM45KLA4C0••••••20121——
ZAM45VLA2D0••••••20131——
ZAM45VLA1D0••••••201311—
ZAM45VLA4E0••••••20141——
ROWS 8·SOURCE NHTSA complaint records, grouped by VIN prefix

Match the first eleven characters of your own VIN against these 8 runs. A hit means the fault reports below describe your exact build; no hit means yours sits among the 0 Maserati Granturismo runs that drew fewer reports than any listed here.

What to inspect on this car

One system accounts for 27% of everything Maserati Granturismo owners report: Unknown Or Other. Put it at the top of the inspection list — unknown or other is where 3 of the 8 complaints on file landed, and a mechanic given a named part finds more than one told to «look it over».

FIG.03·Maserati Granturismo — most-reported systems
SystemComplaintsInvolved a crashFire
Unknown Or Other31—
Electrical System2——
Air Bags1——
Exterior Lighting1——
Wheels1——
Tires1——
Structure1——
Vehicle Speed Control1——
ROWS 8·SOURCE NHTSA complaint records

Open recalls to verify

NHTSA has 15 recall campaigns on the Maserati Granturismo, covering build years 2008 to 2025, and every one of them is free to fix at any franchised dealer, for the life of the car, whoever owns it now. The work only happens if someone books it, though — and a used car that changed hands may never have been brought in. Check each campaign below against your VIN.

FIG.04·Maserati Granturismo — recall campaigns
CampaignComponentModel years
19V461000Air Bags2015–2018
12V024000Exterior Lighting:tail Lights2008–2010
25V722000Exterior Lighting:headlights2024–2025
24V892000Back Over Prevention:software2024
24V679000Electrical System:instrument Panel:fuel Gauge2024
25V244000Equipment:other:labels2024
ROWS 6·SOURCE NHTSA recall campaigns

The digits in a campaign number carry the year it was opened. Take 19V461000 above: opened in 2019 on cars built from 2015 — 4 years of that fault on the road before anyone acted.

How serious were they

A complaint count on its own is a weak signal — a rattling trim panel and a stalling engine both count as one. Of the 8 reports on the Maserati Granturismo, 12.5% involved a crash against 5.8% across all vehicles — above the norm, and that ratio matters more than the raw total.

FIG.05·Maserati Granturismo — complaint severity
OutcomeMaserati GranturismoAll vehicles
Complaints filed81,109,349
Involved a crash1 (12.5%)63,931 (5.8%)
Involved a fire0 (0%)26,881 (2.4%)
Injuries reported057,747
Deaths reported02,722
ROWS 5·SOURCE NHTSA complaint records

Crash-related reports run 116% above the all-vehicle rate. That does not make the car unsafe on its own — but it does mean the faults owners report here tend to be the kind that end in an accident, not a squeak.

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How this check works

The file behind this page holds 1,109,349 complaints filed with NHTSA between 1981 and 2026, across 297,579 production runs. The Maserati Granturismo share of that is 8 complaints over 8 runs — 0% of everything on record. Each one carries the reporter's VIN prefix, the systems involved and whether the incident produced a crash, a fire or an injury.

Grouping those 8 runs by prefix is the whole point. Counted at model level the Maserati Granturismo averages 1 complaints per run, which hides the fact that one run carries 1 of them — a 1× difference the model name alone will never show you. We publish the eleven characters in full — they identify a batch, not a car, since the six-digit serial number naming the individual vehicle is not part of them.

Everything above is built from those 8 safety records and nothing else, so title brands, odometer readings, auction history and insurance write-offs are not in it — they live in DMV and insurer databases rather than NHTSA's, and no free tool has them, this one included.

Everything on the Maserati Granturismo
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Frequently asked questions

How do I check a Maserati Granturismo VIN for free?

Type the 17 characters into the box above. We match the first eleven — the production run — against 8 NHTSA complaint records and 15 recall campaigns for this model. No account, no card.

What does a free Granturismo VIN check actually show?

For this model it is 8 complaints spread over 8 production runs, led by unknown or other at 27% of all reports, plus every recall campaign and whether the incidents involved crashes or fires. What it cannot show is title brands, odometer readings or accident claims — those sit in DMV and insurer databases, not in NHTSA's.

Which Granturismo years have the most complaints?

Not enough per-year records for this model.

Is a Granturismo VIN check the same as a history report?

No. A history report (Carfax, AutoCheck) buys DMV title records, auction listings and insurance claims for one car. This is a federal safety check, and it answers a question those reports never ask: how your build compares with the other 7 Granturismo runs on record, where the gap between the worst and the typical one runs to 1×. Both are worth having; only one of them is free.

Can someone identify my Granturismo from these VIN prefixes?

No. The eleven characters shown identify a production batch — plant, year, body, engine — and that batch covers thousands of cars, which is why ZAMGJ45A380 above carries 1 separate reports. The six digits naming an individual vehicle are the serial number, and they are not part of what we publish.

Complaint and recall records from NHTSA, grouped by VIN production run (characters 1–11). Per-run rates computed by ForCar. Federal data covers safety only — title, odometer and insurance history are not included. Last updated Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by , founder of ForCar.
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