Fuel Pumps Woe
10-12-2009, 06:43 PM
#1
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Fuel Pumps Woe
Wife was driving the Cayenne S last night and the pepper died on her a couple of times. Started OK but died after less than half a minute. Luckily she was not on a highway and was able to safely get parked. Had it flat bedded to the dealer (Napleton) and was told the driver side fuel pump was bad. $1150 to fix, and recommended the passenger side fuel pump be changed too ($350) as there would be no added labor and service writer had seen several passenger side pumps fail too. Anyone else have this problem? Car has 90K miles. Other than coils, driveshaft, and front CV joints the Cayenne has been pretty good. I am naked (no warranty) but so far the repairs have been cheaper than the cost I was quoted for the extended warranty. That will change if anything major fails.
10-12-2009, 07:27 PM
#2
Just call me Pops
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My fuel pump failed this March with 81.6k miles. Dealer charged $1k. It failed less than a month later. Dealer said it was "defective", and it was replaced at no charge.
10-13-2009, 12:15 AM
#3
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Still not as bad as the BMW x35 HighPressureFuelPump (HPFP) problem BMW has been having. Reported some are on their 3rd pump. BMW is warranting the HPFP's until 100k mi. though.