Mspeedster

o WP0AA29905S715077-WP0AA29905S717475
o WP0AB299X5S740081-WP0AB29955S742109
o WP0CA29935S755064-WP0CA29935S755209
o WP0CB29915S765072-WP0CB29925S765212
o WP0ZZZ99Z5S731099
o WP0ZZZ99Z5S701444

In studying the VINs more closely, it seems only a small percentage of MY05 997s are included in the VIN range in the lawsuit. I believe far less than the total number of '05s built up until Feb. 20th 2005.

2398 - Non-S (base) Coupes
2028 - S Coupes
145 - Non-S Cabs
140 - S Cabs
2 - Cars from Europe

Very interesting that only these MY05 997 cars are called out. But it adds weight to those who may speculate that Porsche knows exactly which cars have a greater chance of IMSB failure due to either a specific supplier or something specific to the design/manufacturing of the IMS bearing in question for the given VIN numbers. Either that or perhaps Porsche is just trying to limit the number to as low as possible to avoid paying more.

zer026T

Looks like I'm on the list of affected 997 VINs... 25k miles, 10 months remaining of CPO warranty. The LN upgrade is the first thing on my to-do list once the CPO warranty runs out.

JW911

Hmm, well based on the guidance above, it would seem my car falls just outside the range by 12. Car was first delivered in April of 2005 so that seems feasible that it was one of the first with the new IMSB. Good to know.

MUSSBERGER

My old 997 vin is included in the C/A settlement. It was a launch car that I bought CPO'd. The big reason I sold it was it was going out of warranty and I was concerned about the IMS issue outside of warranty. The person that bought it was aware of the situation as well and used that as bargaining point. Had I known that Porsche was going to step up perhaps I would have kept it or been able to command a better selling price.

Was a nice car. Probably still is

mikemdd

I'm thinking the aftermarket warranty companies are feeling pretty good that they won't have to cover claims in the future that fall under this case. Many owners bought the extended warranties just for this purpose.

spiderv6

Same situation. I had an '03 that had a weeping IMS during the PPI when I was selling....ended up dropping the price $1,500 to close the deal.

I'm not seeing any of that back.......

csorrows

That lawsuit only talks about up to model year 2005 911's, but I thought some model year 2006 911's also had the IMS problem?

Mspeedster

Posrche upgraded the IMS bearing for later model MY05 cars. All MY06-08 have the updgrading bearing, which can still fail, but failures on '06-'08 are rare compared to early MY05.

matthewreed1

My VIN is in the range for the '05 997's. And yes, my engine needs replaced. I was wondering how I would be able to afford this... $21K ain't easy to come up with for an engine replacement (including labor). I'll keep watching for your update!

blib

M 05 had 16k on it when I bought. Porche dealer did all service on car, May 2012 49k ims went, 1 year out of warantee, service guy say's "we had no reason to think your IMS would FAIL"! First repair cost $6000. engines (boat anchor) is on garage floor, awaiting parts list. Had I known, I would have replaced with LN IMS .