Gearbox warning light

When the F1 light comes on in a Maserati---it's like the grim reaper in your mirror. Hope your experience is less daunting.

 

Depending on what else is happening with the car, these warning lights can be spurious sometimes but then sometimes they're not. That's why they are warning lights. You're better off to report this to your dealer because they'll be the ones on the nut if something goes wrong later. No one here can be held responsible if we give you the wrong advice.

 

I have a 14 Cali. The transmission failure light came on at 900 miles and it was shifting in odd gears only. I had my dealer pick up the car and reboot the TCU. It has been fine ever since. I personally think the Cali needs to stay connected to the trickle charger provided with the car. I think a low battery in this car produces electronic errors.

 

Does it do it after shutting down the Cali and opening the door (restarting the computers). If so then I would disconnect the battery for a moment, hook it back up and try it again. If that works you will still need to reset your date/time.

 

Oddly enough this happened to me today riding on the interstate. I pulled off to the side, turned the engine off, opened the door, waited a few seconds, shut the door, locked the car. I made sure to sit very still as I didn't want to set the alarm off since I was still sitting in the driver's seat. I then waited about 10 seconds, unlocked the car, turned the engine back on and it disappeared. I emailed FoA a screenshot of the red gear, explained what happened and my procedure and they said "sounds like a minor Italian electrical gremlin, just keep me posted if it returns". My guess is it could be batter related but for the time being I'm must going to keep my eye on it if it returns.

 

Just had to say although I have been a Porsche Club of America member for 30 years now, having owned three 928's, the Porsche experience doesn't come close to the Ferrari Experience! They are better than the Prius experience but not by a huge amount. (Now the local PCA chapter will throw me out )

 

Same here Showoffmwn... Mine came on again on Wednesday so I brought it in. Dealer took codes sent them to Ferrari North America. It wasn't a "hard" code (meaning it's not there when the car goes off and then on again). Ferrari North America is now asking the technician to drive my car with diagnostic equipment hooked up both in a cold start and warm start scenario to see if they can get the warning light to come on while hooked up to the equipment. Since this has only happened twice ever to my car I'm doubtful of the odds.

May be a software thing but who knows at this point...

 

PS. What dealer is your car with? Maybe our techs can compare notes? Mine is Ferrari of Atlanta.

 

Never had these issues with my Skate Board Either !