siswati

I have a 2015 GT3, 12,000 trouble free miles, never tracked. Last week the display threw up some warnings, but indicated driving was OK. Took it to the dealer. Just been advised that the vacuum lines have failed. Chargine me $1600 to replace them..... WTF!!!!!

I queried it and the response I go was - "This is normal, vacuum lines time out in Florida due to excessive heat".

Personally I find this hard to understand. I have several cars that have way more miles, and have lived their entire lives in Florida and I have never had to replace vacuum lines. One of them is also a Porsche!

Anybody out there with GT3's and vacuum line issues?? Would love to know

GrantG

Which vacuum lines? There are probably a multitude of different ones (the most obvious and accessible ones are the ones that control the valves for the Sport Exhaust (and are not worth much in parts or labor to replace).

95BlackZ28

This is intersting... I have a 2015 GT3 also, and have had the same warning pop up.

I took it to the dealer, and they gave me same song and dance, vacuum lines fail etc.
It didn't sit well with me so before I actually left the car, I looked underneath and noticed that one of the tubes connecting my Sport exhaust was disconnected.
I literally re-attched it and the code went away, never came back.

95BlackZ28

For the record Vacuum lines don't fail this soon, maybe like 15 years out but NOT 5 years.

Turbodan

did the dealer give you the old replaced lines and did you inspect them? these cars run in Dubai heat as well.

D1ESEL

With how affordable service contracts are for these cars I don't know why everyone doesn't have one.

siswati

Picking up the car later today - will be asking for everything

siswati

How affordable is a service contract on a 991 GT3????

Marv

Yeah, I live in Florida and I think mine are toast, too. But I have 140K miles on a 16-year old GT3. Local shop said that starts to happen at about 100K miles.

12K sounds wrong, but it's possible one has gone bad (torn?) and the dealer figures its best to replace all of them. Not sure I buy that strategy on a new car.

Mike in CA

The only problem I've had with a vacuum line on my 2014 GT3 is the one on the FAL unit that was chewed through by a rodent! Other than that, no issues. I can't recall having a failed vacuum line in any vehicle I've owned, Porsche or otherwise. Failed lines on a 4 year old 12K mile car does seem fishy.

D1ESEL

On my 2016 that I just purchased in January that had 3 months of remaining warranty for a 5yr/60k bumper to bumper I paid $4800.

FLACHT6_pilot

Who did you get the warranty through? I may need to do something similar soon.

Thanks,

John

D1ESEL

Mine was from Audi actually they have a bunch of products they provide now called Pure Protection.

It really was a great deal. PM me if you have any questions.

neanicu

Did they offer you a wallet flush at the same time?

Perimeter

It may be the dealer's bank account that has really failed!