Vehicle
Maserati 3200 GT
The twin-turbo V8 coupé that carried the marque through the late nineties, and the car the later Coupé and Spyder developed from. Its diagnosis is dominated by age and by the Cambiocorsa automated manual fitted to many of the 4200-era cars: a conventional gearbox with an electrohydraulic actuator, a pump and an accumulator, whose clutch-position learning drifts and whose pump relay is a common failure. A car that will not select a gear usually reports a position or pressure code rather than naming the failed part. On the engine side the twin turbochargers' oil feeds coke if intervals are stretched, and the variable-timing solenoids are a frequent source of running complaints.
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Generations
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3200 GT 1998–2002
The twin-turbo 3.2 V8; the turbochargers' oil feeds coke if intervals are stretched, which is the fault that ends engines here.
- Body styles
- Coupé
- Platform
- Maserati Tipo 338
- Engines
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- 3.2 twin-turbo V8 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic · 6-speed Getrag 226 manual · 4-speed BTR M72LE automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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4200 (Coupé and Spyder) 2002–2007
Naturally aspirated 4.2 V8, and the car where Cambiocorsa arrives — its clutch-position learning and pump relay are the recurring faults.
- Body styles
- Coupé · Convertible
- Platform
- Maserati Tipo 338
- Engines
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- 4.2 V8 — F136 · petrol · 294–445 kW (394–597 hp)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 6-speed automated manual · 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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