I thought the group might find a recent part failure on my Touring shifter humorous and a little insightful.

While out driving last weekend, I thought I heard a rattle or hollow sound coming from the shifter whenever I'd shift into 2nd or 4th gear. At first I thought it was my imagination but when I returned home I took a few minutes with the engine off to cycle through the gates to see if I could replicate the sound. And sure enough, there was a rattle coming from the silver shift pattern piece incorporated into the shaft.

I poked at it for a moment or two and realized it was lose - I applied a little upward pressure on the shaft where the plate and shaft meet and the damn thing just popped off! Besides the surprise, I was heartbroken you learn that the shift pattern piece is an incredibly delicate piece of plastic, the likes of which you'd get in a model car kit. I had always assumed that it was this amazing piece of milled aluminum! As you can see, there should be two semi-triangular pieces connecting to the shifter but one broke and is still in the shaft.

Suffice it to say, I stopped by the dealership yesterday and aside from the SA and my salesman being as entertained as I was to realize the primary touchpoint of the most engaging part of the car was PLASTIC, we looked into the repair. Apparently, Porsche won't replace this $1.99 piece of plastic... Oh no, the proper repair is a full replacement of the shaft and boot! HA! I love Porsche's quality standards, but the price delta is just amazing - the full repair will run approximately $1200 (the part is approx $700.00) but it's obviously covered under warranty.

FYI, this is the first and only unscheduled warranty item in 3 years of ownership.

 

I had the exact same failure on my 991.2.

 

Yep, me too.

 

time for a “concerned owners group”?

 

Wow you know whats funny. Was at my Cars & Coffee today and was shifting and that plastic piece def feels loose all of sudden. Feels like any min its gonna pop off. This is covered under warranty?

 

Yeah, Scotty. Definitely covered by warranty. And if it feels loose, that small plastic tab is probably broken.

Part doesn’t seem hard to come by - mine will be delivered to the dealer on Tuesday.

 

Had mine replaced

 

Ok good to know. Thanks!

 

I put the carbon fiber shifter from the R in my Touring. It is available on Suncoast. So far, so good.

 

Mine had this one too. Felt very sturdy and looked great.

 

That piece on my GT4 never came off, but would sometimes make noise and feel like it was going to come off.

 

Time to upgrade to a quality shifter. Function First.

 

If you want, I don't care either way. It's just a shifter ****.

 

So they said $700 for the part, then the $500 remainder to get to the $1200 was labor? That sounds like a lot for labor.

 

same here: