I remember reading threads on here months ago about people taking their Italian cars to some gearbox shop in Sharjah and thinking there's absolutely no way I'm letting anyone outside of the dealer network touch my 2015 Ghibli S especially when it started doing that harsh downshift from third to second that made the whole car lurch like I'd been rear ended at low speeds, but after Al Tayer quoted me a number that started with a five and involved replacing the entire mechatronic unit I figured I had nothing to lose by at least checking out the alternatives and that's how I found myself scrolling through https://gearboxrepairsharjah.ae/brands/maserati/ at two in the morning while my wife was asleep and the car was parked outside taunting me with its beautiful exhaust note and its very broken transmission behavior. I called them the next morning expecting to get some guy who barely spoke English but the person on the phone actually walked me through the common failure points on the ZF 8HP in the Ghibli and explained how they test the solenoids and rebuild the valve body with upgraded components instead of just swapping the whole thing, so I booked an appointment and dropped the car off on a Sunday and by Wednesday evening they sent me a video of the rebuilt mechatronic going back in and the car shifting smoothly on the lift. I've had it back for two weeks now and I've done the Dubai to Abu Dhabi run twice just to feel the shifts and they're genuinely better than when I bought the car two years ago, no more lurch no more hesitation and the best part is the final bill was less than a third of what the dealer wanted, so yeah just wanted to add my two fils for anyone else with a Maserati that's starting to act up and is scared of the dealer quote like I was.