Drksaint

After reading through a few threads on here regarding catastrophic PDK failure, and the cost to repair at somewhere between $18k and $24k, I listed my car for sale here (https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1175421). I have a 2009 997.2 PDK in mint condition. Runs perfectly.

But I have no warranty. And as random as PDK failure is (and the chances of failure very low), I really don't want to risk a $20k+ repair bill. I can see spending that on a car valued over $100k...but not one worth less than half that.

Am I overreacting? I do love this car. Thinking of replacing it with a Lotus Exige or a manual 997.2.

cwheeler

Overreacting. As most of us PCar owners seem to do time to time. There is a guy doing some awesome work on these PDKs and how they can be fixed pretty cheaply. If you are not a DIYer and don't have a shop willing to help and work with you, and your only option is a dealer, perhaps a Porsche with no warranty, third party or otherwise, perhaps, isn't the car for you.

Cw

caitov

Way overreacting...

Bxstr

If your unit actually failed, I would find a used one on eBay, install it and then sell the car. But selling it now if you otherwise like the car I would not do.

cosm3os

On this forum, the answer is always "you are over reacting"

jamesinger

I like that you think an Exige would be the answer. Don't they just total those when they get door dings?

Doug H

Everyone’s risk tolerance is different, but I have no reservations about having a pdk and I have had 6 cars with pdk, not counting a couple I flipped, since 2011, put a ton of miles on them, tracked them, abused them and never had any problems with them. My local Independent shop has only seen 1 failure in a Oanamera and the local dealership said he saw a 991.1 failure only. A couple guys I know that have been service managers for 20 plus years have seen a grand total of 1 997 pdk failure between the both of them.

All of the above told me not to purchase a NA 997.1 so it’s not like they will just sing praises because it a Porsche and they work for Porsche.

Time will tell more, but I think they are a very robust transmission and transmission failure in other high end sports cars happen at perhaps a similar rate.

People do seek out sites like these when they experience such a failure so not surprising we hear about them from time to time.

Doug H

Lol, I purchased a Lotus Elise new and killed 3 transmissions all within the warranty period. That car had 3 transmissions and an engine fail all covered by warranty. The warranty repairs exceeded the price of the car new.

A Porsche 997.2 is light years more reliable than a Lotus.

voiceprint1

two words, aftermarket warranty, then you can get that good nights rest you have been missing.

Doug H

I purchased a Fidelity power train warranty for $2k on a couple of 997.2s with pdks and never used it for anything. $4k wasted INO.

PV997

Agree with way overreacting, particularly if you love the car.

Mumbles

If you were like the other 98% of 997.2 owners who do not read these forums, you'd be as happy as a lark !

ThomasCarreraGTS

Wow. So you found the only 996.2’s in the world with PDK. What’s your secret?

Drksaint

Wow...Not sure how you killed 3 Toyota Aisin transmissions and an engine....Toyota transmissions (and engines) are bullet proof. Agreed the 997.2 is probably more reliable, overall, as an Exige has known issues with AC, power windows....smaller inexpensive issues. The biggest issue I’ve heard is the clutch (farely common) which runs about $6k-$7k to replace....and only because the entire top of the car has to be removed. Engine and transmission actually have excellent reliability and are much easier to source and work on, if needed, than a PDK.

Drksaint

Fidelity (and others) won’t issue a warranty on cars over 10 years old. If anyone has any recommendations on this, please chime in.