View Poll Results: DME FAILURE POLL
Had your DME fail and ended up walking?
7
5.22%
Had your DME fail and had a new one in your glove box?
24
17.91%
Never had your DME fail?
100
74.63%
Don't have a clue to what a DME is?
3
2.24%
Voters: 134. You may not vote on this poll
DME RELAY FAILURE POLL
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DME RELAY FAILURE POLL
I'm curious to see what the DME relay failure rate is among 993 Rennlist members.
Then I can determine if I really need to put one in the glove box or I can wait for the sky to fall.
Your participation is greatly appreciated......ZP44
Then I can determine if I really need to put one in the glove box or I can wait for the sky to fall.
Your participation is greatly appreciated......ZP44
Last edited by ZombiePorsche44; Sep 11, 2005 at 04:58 PM.
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i haven't had a failure but i do have an extra with the car at all times. you can get one on ebay for pretty cheap. i'd rather have a $35 part laying around when i need it than to have to get towed in to a shop and reamed for a few hundred.
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If you need to poll to determine if you should buy a $25 part that can leave your car totally disabled, which has failed numerous times in the past, I vote you wait to find out.
Why would you even question whether you need one when others have shared their unfortunate experiences with this part and the misery it can cause when it does go bad?
Just chalk it up as one of the "charms" of owning a 993, buy a spare (or don't) and move on.
Good luck
Why would you even question whether you need one when others have shared their unfortunate experiences with this part and the misery it can cause when it does go bad?
Just chalk it up as one of the "charms" of owning a 993, buy a spare (or don't) and move on.
Good luck
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I didn't need the poll Kelly, I wanted to do it. Is there something else you wanted to know?
You might also want to check to poll results with almost 80% of 993 owners responding never having a failure....."Just the Facts" nothing more
ZP44
You might also want to check to poll results with almost 80% of 993 owners responding never having a failure....."Just the Facts" nothing more
ZP44
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Originally Posted by ZombiePorsche44
I didn't need the poll Kelly, I wanted to do it. Is there something else you wanted to know?
You might also want to check to poll results with almost 80% of 993 owners responding never having a failure....."Just the Facts" nothing more
ZP44
You might also want to check to poll results with almost 80% of 993 owners responding never having a failure....."Just the Facts" nothing more
ZP44
Don't know about you, but with my luck I would be the one in five that would be stranded from a bad relay if I failed to have a spare.
Like I said, good luck.
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I'm with Kelly on this...result of any poll is irrelevant for practical purposes IMHO. Even if you conclude that 98% of the respondents never had a DME relay failure, when and if it ever happens to you, you will not care that the probability was "only2%". Instead you will be pissed that you could have avoided being stranded at the side of the road had you had ponied up and just bought a spare.
For $25-35 why bother taking any chances?
For $25-35 why bother taking any chances?