The 2017 to 2018 model year Giulia sedan is under investigation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received 12 complaints alleging low-pressure fuel pump failures, with one complaint reporting a minor crash attributed to the loss of motive power.
That's not all, though. Multiple complaints allege repeated failures, which is a bit uncanny. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this condition concerns the 2017 to 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia with the aforementioned 2.0-liter turbo and the optional V6. The larger engine is a Ferrari-derived sixer with more than 500 ponies on tap, a 2.9-liter V6 exclusive to Alfa Romeo's Quadrifoglio range.
Headed by NHTSA safety defects engineer Arnaldo Torres Dia, preliminary evaluation PE24-000 reads that Alfa Romeo addressed this problem by means of a technical service bulletin. Applying to vehicles produced on and before August 30, 2017, technical service bulletin 18-001-18 instructs dealer service technicians to replace the low-pressure fuel pump.
However, a technical service bulletin is a completely different animal from a safety recall. Considering that 2017 to 2018 model year Giulia sedans can stall while driving at high speed, there's no denying that Alfa Romeo should have issued a recall instead of a service bulletin. The Office of Defects Investigation estimates that approximately 22,000 vehicles may be recalled if preliminary evaluation PE24-000 does turn into a safety recall.
If necessary, the Office of Defects Investigation may expand the scope of the subject population during the investigation. Both the 2.0-liter I4 and 2.9-liter V6 are shared with the Stelvio, which features the Giulia's rear-biased Giorgio platform.
Photo: Alfa Romeo
Designed for D- and E-segment vehicles, the Giorgio isn't exclusive to Alfa Romeo. This platform was adapted for both the Jeep and Maserati brands. In Jeep's case, the culprits are the Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L. As for Maserati, the Stelvio-twinned Grecale and the all-new GranTurismo are also based on the Giorgio.
Unfortunately, this architecture will be discontinued in favor of the STLA Large platform. Named after the Stellantis group, STLA Large will underpin the likes of the 2025 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300. Thus far, the Italian-American-French group confirmed STLA Large production at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada and at the Cassino Assembly Plant in Italy.
Turning our attention back to the Giulia, deliveries fell 32 percent in 2023 compared to 2022. The sales report for 2023 lists the Giulia with only 3,461 deliveries in the US market, down from 5,092 in 2022. By comparison, BMW 3er deliveries totaled 33,997 units in 2023 and 30,400 back in 2022.
Priced similarly to BMW's long-running 3 Series, the Giulia carries a starting price of $43,340 – sans destination charge – for model year 2024. At the other end of the spectrum, the Quadrifoglio is $82,030 (or $86,030 for the Carbon Edition).
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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