# NHTSA recall 13V589000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 13V589000
- Manufacturer's number: 233
- Manufacturer: Maserati North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2013\-11\-22
- Owners notified: 2014\-01\-03
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 63

## What is wrong

Maserati North America, Inc. \(Maserati\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Quattroporte GTS V8 vehicles. The affected vehicles have an improper Y\-connection crimp in the alternator\-starter motor wiring harness.


## What can happen

The improper crimp could cause the the battery positive cable to short to ground which may cause the the wiring harness to overheat and result in a fire.  The car also may stall, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Maserati will notify owners, and dealers will replace the alternator\-starter wiring harness, free of charge.  Owners may contact Maserati customer service at 1\-877\-696\-2737.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 12, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-01\-12
- Vehicles in the campaign: 63
- Reported remedied: 62 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE GTS](/makes/maserati/quattroporte/2014/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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