alex911s

Took the car to Carlsen this morning,

We'll see what they find out... still no "!"

btw thanks for the avatar Lewis, haha

Kooser

Alex,

I am sorry to hear your recent troubles.
Did you flash back to stock prior to bringing your truck in?
I hope that they do not give you any issues with the mods that you have done on your Cayenne.
I have been struggling on a daily basis as to whether or not I should alter my stock CTT by adding the new evo v-flow intakes, change the blow-offs, get the cat bypass pipes, and of course the GIAC tuning. I have an extended warranty (from Porsche not Hawaii !) for a full 100,000K and I am at 39,000K now. I am sure that I will go with the same changes you have on your vehicle after I go in for my 40K service interval. But there is a little voice inside warning me not to. This voice is not quite as bold as the one that is saying "'F' that, crank up the HP, and screw PCNA's warranty concerns!"
Would you be able to let us know if your dealer gives you a hard time and what the final verdict is?

Thanks

ltc

Since you're not 'naked' like some of us, I'm sure you'll be just fine.
Please let us know what they find.

alex911s

Thanks Kooser..
Yes I switch the ECU back to stock, using the switcher.. I dont really have hardcore mods, just secondary cat bypass and the flash.. So you chould be able to do it, unless there are some overrevs that they find, i see this a lot in the 996 forums, but none on the Cayenne's yet.. I dont really drive that crazy

alex911s

the seals are the problems, i brought it in early enough before the "!" showed up Now were waiting on parts, so it looks like it's the second line from the TSB you posted.. but my vin is not in the range, could it be because it was an eary build 04? i checked carfax he ordered this CTT on ealry '03...
thanks for the infos lewis

Now I'm waiting and driving around with my Porsche Taurus, haha..
Ran out of loaners lucky me

ltc

Very glad to hear it's just a seal.
Once the new/improved seal is installed, you should be all set.
(Sorry about the Taurus loaner...when my Porsche dealership ran out of Cayenne loaners, they gave me a new BMW 530i for a couple of days).

Love my Porsche dealer

alex911s

Ok my car is fixed now, leaking seal at the torque converter

these were replaced

Radial Shaft seal, 2Xcheese-hd. screw 10X, hexagon nut, clamping sleeve, 1 liter of transmission oil

Also i didnt even know that my Seats are not behaving properly, to my surprise the control unit was replaced, now it gracefully moves out of the way after opening the door when the key are removed,didnt even know it backs up that much.LOL

GJB(Glenn Bayliss) was in town, so I picked him up with my newly fixed CTT and took him to the Cayman preview Nice meeting you Glenn?

Then this weekend I noticed I have 19K miles, so I have to take it for oil change
maybe I'll wait till 20K OH i'll make an appointment now before they give me another PT, Porsche Taurus

thanks for the info Lewis, never got the paper back, they're probably still figuring out where I got the Logo,

ltc

Glad to hear it was only the seal.
The affected VIN range is a guess as to when the affected parts were received, how many and when they actually went into a car, so it's not uncommon to find you're "outside the range".
Of course, PAG/PCNA does not want to make the range so wide as to assure they catch ALL the suspected/affected vehicles, since that would be spending $ on vehicles they don't have to, so it's always sort of shrunk down to the "minimum acceptable size/VIN range"

ltc

Oh, I'm sure they know who it is and where you got it......fairly recent events have caused PCNA to "monitor" the Cayenne forum for "ltc' activity.

a.irani

My car is leaking tranny fluid...it's not coming from the pan...looks like the transfer case per the technical bulletin/recall:
http://www.lemonauto.com/complaints/porsche/cayenne.htm

and

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov using NHTSA Campaign ID number : 04V071000


I called both local San Diego Dealers (Hoehn and Pioneer) and either want to honor the recall...but say the vehicle is not within the VIN Range. the manufacturer date on it is: 06/2003

WTF, can these guys get away with this?!? VIN is: WP1AC29P44LA91378

Just last month I coughed up $$$ to the dealer to repair the coolant leak problem. That set my back $1,300 while the dealer covered the cost on the parts.

EnigmaWmn

Leaking? Amber lamps. Get dem. (c)

porsche52

The fact that the transfer case is leaking has nothing to do with service action W411 or NHTSA Campaign Number: 04V071000. This is what the issue was on the transfer cases that fell under the scope of the W411 service action.

"Porsche AG, has decided that a defect relating to motor vehicle safety exists in certain model year
2004 Cayenne (V6), Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo vehicles. The affected vehicles were unfortunately,
fitted with a transfer gearbox on which, due to deformed casting, the oil pump can rotate inside the
housing. The consequence of this is that the supply of oil to the transfer gearbox is interrupted. This in
turn leads to noises from the transfer gearbox.
If the vehicle continues to be driven in this condition, it can result in the transfer gearbox housing
breaking. This condition could result in a crash without warning."

Nothing to do with leaking fluid!! And plus, the Transfer Case fluid is blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT RED!!!!!!!!! So yes, based on what you have said, the service departments at Hoehn and Pioneer can say " Were sorry sir, but your vehicle does not apply to this service action." and be 100% correct. Take your car to a indy or dealer and get it diagnosed. My guess is that the torque converter pump seal is leaking. They have been known to fail soon after the coolant pipes were replaced. If you really want to make sure that your transfer case is not affected by the W411 service action. Have a tech or you, look at the batch casting number on the tranasfer case. If it is 1.1 or 5.5 it is ok. If it is 2.2 then it needs to be replaced. Your VIN is NOT in the VIN list for the W411. The first turbo effected was WP1ACxxPx4LA92009 the last 8 of your VIN is 4LA91378. Your pig was built prior to the bad batch of transfer cases being installed. Nice try

alex911s

wow this thread came back from the dead... that was 5 cayenne's ago..haha

i'm glad our Cayenne Grief Counselor is on board..

user 83838290

bringing this thread back from the dead. again

have same problem on a 06 CTTS, my local dealer and indy both say it's a 2 to 3 day job (wtf ?!?!?!) and both say that they also have to replace transmission fluid. I'd be okay with tranny fluid, BUT why should it take 3 days to replace one F.. seal???

so the question is - are they both trying to screw me over a couple of grand or is it really that time consuming to replace faulty shaft seal?

alex911s

I sent an email with the parts etc, and asked how much the labor was..

waiting for response..