maserati 3200gt - issue with throttle

[yairmirkov]

Hey guys,

For some reason lately when i take my car out, sometimes it drives perfect and sometimes it feels like all the horses are gone and I cant get it to rev higher than 3.5-4k, in this case the car speeds up only up to 100kmh and thats it.

I tried resetting the throttle but i guess im not doing it right, reseted it once with a computer, it worked fine for 10 minutes and then came back again... Any idea what it can be? or what can I do about it?

I live in the Dominican Rep. my car is unique here... we do have an Alfa Romeo dealer and a newer Maserati dealer(who has no idea or parts for my car).

My car is a Maserati 3200gt 2001, automatic, imported from Italy.

Thanks,

Yair

 

[lozcb]

Hey guys,

For some reason lately when i take my car out, sometimes it drives perfect and sometimes it feels like all the horses are gone and I cant get it to rev higher than 3.5-4k, in this case the car speeds up only up to 100kmh and thats it.

I tried resetting the throttle but i guess im not doing it right, reseted it once with a computer, it worked fine for 10 minutes and then came back again... Any idea what it can be? or what can I do about it?

I live in the Dominican Rep. my car is unique here... we do have an Alfa Romeo dealer and a newer Maserati dealer(who has no idea or parts for my car).

My car is a Maserati 3200gt 2001, automatic, imported from Italy.

Thanks,

Yair

Any dash lights on ....CEL light sounds like it might be going into limp mode , most likely either the throttle body /throttle pot , worth checking on the dealers diagnostic , if it is we have a guy on here (Boomerang ) his name is , he does a solid state conversion unit so you'll never have trouble with it again , quite easy to take it off and , send him a personal message on here if its found to be the problem


regards loz

 

[2b1ask1]

Welcome to the forum Yair; be sure to add yourself to the global locator and Stats threads, I'm sure you will be our first from your parts.... Good bunch on here and as the boss has already attended to your question; very helpful when you have a problem

 

[cobratwin]

Could be a maf problem if not throttle try disconnecting it and take her for a run, ull have iding problems but if u get full rev range back and pulls like a train the ull need a replacement one.

 

[davy83]

sounds like limp home mode, you should be getting a warning light on the dash when this happens? Your car is the same make and year as mine so it will have a standard ODBII socket under the dash near the steering column. You need to get an ODBII reader or get a garage to read the codes for you. This will tell you whats causing the problem, unfortunately it could be a number of things.

 

[dem maser]

its limp mode....get a contactless pot and it should be alright......

 

[NickP]

Get the code read and reset - then you will know what is wrong, limp mode can be caused by all kinds of things.

 

[davy83]

you can now get the contactless pedal sensors at www.maserati3200.net, cheaper than e-bay and VAT all dealt with properly (which e-bay is not doing).