Iceter

Well, that's good advice and I may do that. The problem is now in the permanent record as far as the maintenance history is concerned but it's not a bad idea to start being a squeaky wheel if it keeps up.

I've got a year and a half of CPO and 71k miles left.

The fact that a restart immediately clears the fault and that the car drives perfectly fine solidifies my theory that the problem is an electrical gremlin--perhaps in the ignition or gear selector switch(es). It has never occurred while driving.

As for which dealer it is, I will leave some amount of ambiguity out there just in case they're lurking and looking for reasons to deny MORE repairs.

iammulva

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I disagree because I believe your service record probably includes something like this:

"Customer states dash light lights up. Response: could not duplicate at this time."

In effect, that can be interpreted as "he complained about something happening so something must have happened" OR it can be read as "we have confirmed that his car is fine - no evidence whatsoever that anything happened".


I've gotten in this spot before and so a little extra documentation won't hurt because your letter plus picture (within the warranty period) is better proof, in my opinion, than your initial trip to the dealer by itself.

Kids growing up, aging after turning 30, and auto warranty periods are proven to be the shortest durations known to man. Fact.

You may be right, but if you let this pass and it happens again outside of warranty, you will find that the electrical gremlin is in a part that is made of platinum and dealer wants $39,453 for it (plus installation).

Ok - done preaching.

Iceter

True, true and true. Time to film some of this next time it happens.

Thanks, Iceter.

Little Green

+997 on filming. Use the video recorder on your smart phone. The whole thing sounds like a 20 second video. Email it to the service manager and the general manager next time it happens and tell them it occurred again and what would their suggestion be as it fixes itself as they can clearly see.

Thank God for my dealership. Pcar loaners and great service

GSIRM3

Same here. I have been dealing with Leith dealerships for 25+ years and had good experiences. I will have to say that if the service tech can't duplicate a problem described by the owner, it is difficult to fix.

GSIRM3

I guess the term "area" is relative, but there are two Porsche dealerships within 25 miles of Raleigh, Leith in Cary and Performance in Chapel Hill.

Bruce R

You live near Regency? Seen me around? Think I saw you earlier this week.