rave426

Why Porsche wont pay to retrofit this is beyond annoying to me. I just purchased my car and I need to get the retrofit handled. Why am I paying $3k+ to ensure my 100k+ German engineered car doesn't leave me stranded, cause my engine to overheat, or put me into a wall? Ridiculous.

Gofishracing

yep.

rosenbergendo

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/13/n...coolant-leaks/

Tim Kay

deleted - mis-read and mis-stated.

FFaust

63 complaints; investigation started after 10.

Gofishracing

K- All concerned parties have proactively repaired. There will be more failures to be aware of for uninformed drivers. Porsche has Bigger problems now. Even when you get the new GT3's back there may be centerlock issues and replacement guidelines but it's still a great sports car. Owners beware- you are responsible for your car maintainance. Including your fittings. et al. I'm surprised how few. It seemed real serious to me. Go figure. I'm not up to speed I guess. Drive Safe

mooty

3/13/2014
07 7.1 GT3
45000 miles or so
coolant hose blew

Spyerx

Ugh, at TH event? All OK? Confirmation it was fitting or an old pipe bust?

entityx

Yes, at TH yesterday (it was my car). Fortunately there was no one directly behind me, but they had to shut down the track for ~30 mins for clean up.

I had a friend tow it to a local dealership, but won't know what failed until early next week.

996FLT6

Yeah saw it billowing white smoke in the rear on the main straight at th. Mike

F1CrazyDriver

What are you guys talking about... I'm a Porsche spokeman and I was at thill yesterday and this never happened.

ChrisF

Were you the one in the black suit with that small chrome pen with the red LED at the top?

Tim Kay

That's because nobody noticed it until it was parked....

Gofishracing

They are all going to fail. We all know that. Fix the fittings and replace the hoses etc. Remember though- Porsche says not an issue.

F1CrazyDriver

LOL!


Correct Tim. I saw the white car in questioned, parked and the owner with the decklid open. The owner was poking around with his race helmet on which led to the water coolant hose to leak. It is obvious the owner is at fault.

He was distracted by wearing a helmet.