Stealth,

I read your saga. If it were me, I’d be on pills by now. I don’t hold out hope with Porsche on this. There are plenty of complaints over the years and these guys don’t want to admit that there is an “issue”. They know it’s a flaw that can be corrected, or maybe it can’t be permanently corrected within a limited prescribe cost to Porsche. I thought by going to the local dealer and perhaps later going to the selling dealer I could establish that I recognized the problem and took appropriate steps. If later on, someone somehow turns an arbitration complaint into a class action, I’ll have a place holder so I can join the class. Chances are I’ll win the lottery twice before that happens.

The thing that frosts me is, it’s partially my fault for not performing due diligence in researching this before I traded my 997. After all, you guys were well into it before I put my money down. That coupled with the thought that Porsche must have known this was occurring but apparently took no steps to prevent it going forward,

Porsche experience. Where’s the dam Christophorus reporter when you want him?

i read that you had replaced it out of pocket but by then the car was throwing codes. I thought you posted later that had cleared the stumble substantially but not totally. No? The thread was so long I can’t remember.

My car is back from the dealership. In summary, the car remained at the dealership for 8 days. The service manager and tech all danced around admitting they could feel the surging vs. just seeing the tach fluctuate. They would not call it a “problem” or “issue”. One service writer off the record admitted that to call it an “issue”, “defect” or “fault” could lead to warranty car replacement demands if the issue cannot be resolved to the customer’s satisfaction so they err on the side of protecting the dealership and Porsche. No kidding?

The service tech (supervisor) test drove the car several times. The service manager drove it as well, first admitting that he could feel the surge, then reversing himself and saying that he couldn’t feel it so much as see a slight movement of the tach. They sent the car’s “values” to PCNA in Atlanta who replied after 3 days that the values were “normal.” They then reflashed the PDK and also reflashed the DME. They test drove another 991.1 for comparison. They admitted the comparison car had the same issue only not as “pronounced.”

They say since the car is running “normally,” according to Porsche, there’s nothing else they can do. Wonderful.

It’s been too hot and humid to muck around with the car. However, on my way home from the dealership I did noticed a barely perceptible stumble around 1900-2000, and to be honest, I really had to search for it and couldn’t produce it in consecutive tries. Perhaps the reflash straightened it out...until it learns how I drive.

When’s the next support group meeting?

^^^ It’s an issue Porsche doesn’t want to touch, especially since no codes were thrown.