Maserati Ghibli User manual

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Owner’s manual

Ghibli
Owner's Manual

Dear Customer,
thank you for choosing a Maserati.
This vehicle represents the result of Maserati's great experience in the design and production of sports, touring and
racing vehicles.
The purpose of this manual is to provide you with an understanding of the equipment, systems and controls of the
vehicle and to explain how they work.
Consulting this manual you will acquaint yourself with the equipment and optional properties of your Maserati in order
to take best advantage of all its potential.
Before driving your vehicle for the first time, we suggest reading the printed Quick Guide carefully in order to quickly
acquaint with commands and functions of your vehicle. You can consult this Owner's Manual and the Maserati Touch
Control guide comprised in the DVD directly from the display of your vehicle or on your pc.
In a dedicated section of this manual you will also find instructions for basic maintenance procedures, in order to ensure
steady levels of performance, quality and safe driving.
In addition, keep in mind that proper maintenance is an essential factor to help preserve the value of the vehicle over
time and protect the environment.
For “Scheduled Maintenance” or any other operation, please contact the Maserati Service Network: you can trust our
trained technical staff, who is constantly updated and provided with the required equipment in order to ensure that all
service operations are performed properly and reliably.
The Quick guide and the DVD are integral part of the vehicle and should always be kept on board.
If you are the first owner of this vehicle, you can require a printed copy of the documents available on the DVD directly
at the Maserati Service Network.
Maserati is committed to protect the environment and natural resources; this is why we chose to develop Owner’s
documentation in digital format instead of printing paper, thus reducing consumption of materials deriving from wood.
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Introduction
Before Starting
Understanding the Vehicle
Dashboard Instruments and Controls
Driving
In an Emergency
Maintenance and Care
Features and Specifications
Index
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1 – Introduction
Consulting the Manual ......................... 8
Abbreviations ................................ 8
Updating .................................... 9
Service and Warranty ........................... 9
Spare Parts Service ............................ 10
Symbols .................................... 10
Warnings when driving ........................ 12
Vehicle Identification Data ...................... 13
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Consulting the Manual
This Owner's Manual illustrates
maintenance and use information
related to gasoline motorization
models, indicated as (Gasoline and/or
Gasoline-AWD), and diesel
motorization model (for markets
where provided), indicated as (Diesel).
If not otherwise specified, the
information is valid for both models.
For an easy identification of the topics,
this Manual is divided into sections
and chapters: each chapter can have
more paragraphs.
Within the text, important warnings
and notes are also easily identifiable
through icons.
WARNING!
Failure to comply with the instructions
could cause HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS
involving personal and vehicle safety.
ENVIRONMENTAL!
This note indicates the correct
behavior when using the vehicle to
protect the environment.
CAUTION!
Aimed at preventing any damage to
the vehicle and thus hazards involving
the safety of persons.
NOTE:
Additional information regarding the
subject and/or the operation
described.
• “Left” and “right” in this manual,
always refer to the driving direction.
• All indications and images in this
Manual refer to a vehicle with
left-hand drive. On right-hand drive
vehicles, some controls are ordered
differently than shown in the
illustrations.
• If not otherwise specified, the
instrument cluster shown in the
images belongs to the gasoline
motorization model – however the
indications given are also valid for
the diesel motorization model.
Abbreviations
Some descriptions and terms with
particular meanings are found in this
manual in abbreviated form.
A.C. AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKING
SYSTEM.
AFS ADVANCED FRONTLIGHTING
SYSTEM.
ALR AUTOMATIC LOCKING
RETRACTOR.
ATC AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE
CONTROL.
AWD ALL-WHEEL DRIVE.
BAS BRAKE ASSIST SYSTEM.
CAN CONTROLLER AREA
NETWORK.
DPF DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER.
DRL DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS.
EBD ELECTRONIC BRAKE-FORCE
DISTRIBUTION.
ECU ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT.
EDR EVENT DATA RECORDER.
EOBD EUROPEAN ON BOARD
DIAGNOSTICS.
EPB ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE.
Introduction
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