View Poll Results: Has YOUR car suffered an IMS failure
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IMS bearing failure for your 996, Y or N? tell us (yr, 996 Mk1 or MK2 failure mode)
#107
Fake posts are an issue for sure, although it's debatable which way they'd swing the numbers. Otherwise, this isn't really such a bad poll. Given the 95/5 split, and assuming ownership is the only criterion for sample design, the MOE should only be 3 or 4 percentage points on a population of a couple hundred thousand owners. I actually find it kind of interesting.
#109
Fake posts are an issue for sure, although it's debatable which way they'd swing the numbers. Otherwise, this isn't really such a bad poll. Given the 95/5 split, and assuming ownership is the only criterion for sample design, the MOE should only be 3 or 4 percentage points on a population of a couple hundred thousand owners. I actually find it kind of interesting.
#110
Bit the bullet and replaced the IMS (and RMS) with the clutch repair. IMS was spotless and functional, but I now never have to worry that it won't be, since I now have an LN engineering IMS in its place, and the original IMS sitting on my desk as a very expensive paperweight....
#112
Captain Obvious
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#113
#114
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Bit the bullet and replaced the IMS (and RMS) with the clutch repair. IMS was spotless and functional, but I now never have to worry that it won't be, since I now have an LN engineering IMS in its place, and the original IMS sitting on my desk as a very expensive paperweight....
#115
Rocky Mountain High
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It has failed. It's a design issue, not just a materials issue. That's why LN now offers The Solution, which eliminates the IMSB.
#116
Burning Brakes
#117
Captain Obvious
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#118
IIRC, the official advice is that the LN retrofit is a wear item and should be replaced at regular intervals. 50,000 miles, maybe... something like that.
#119
Drifting
At the risk of not derailing this survey and not technical discussion, IIRC the above is only true for the single row IMSB, hence the new IMSB Solution is only offered for the single row IMSB and not the dual-row IMSB.
#120
Still plays with cars.
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Folks, check out the posts in 996 and 986, a class action suit against Porsche for IMS faults has been won. It applies to model years 2001 through 2005. See the post entitled IMS Class Action Suit.