EXHAUST MANIFOLD ALERT

Defective Exhaust manifolds.

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I have just bought a 7 year old 355 GTS and it had to have a new manifold before it left the dealer.

The bit about a lot of Ferrari manifolds having problems sounds about right to me. I used to Have a Fiat Coupe 20valve Turbo and I am heavily involved with a brilliant Coupe forum. My Coupe manifold cracked and I paid to have it replaced. After joining the Coupe forum, I found several other owners had suffered too.

I decided to try to get Fiat UK to replace the manifolds, and to cut an incredibly long story (over a year) short, Fiat have been replacing all Coupe manifolds free of charge for the last year or so. At the last count, we reckon they have done about 50 cars.

I imagine Fiat and Ferrari use similar technology in their manifold design, so it is entirely feasible that the same problem is occuring.

Good luck with your attempt to get some money out of the Fiat group - I think they have a few financial problems anyway, so it will be interesting to see how you get on.