Bill Lucas

Coils went at 96,700 miles. Took it in to ASG in Northern Virginia and had the coils replaced. I had the car back for a little less than two weeks and at 97,040 miles I hear bang, bang, bang right underneath the armrest. Yep, cardan shaft. The rubber in the middle was disintegrated.

$2100 total for both repairs and my shop which is in the middle of track season got me in and out in a day both times.

Fortunately, I have a regular Cayenne so new coolant pipes aren't in my future.

Whiplash_89

Ah thats a bummer.

User 4221

That's your Cayenne letting you know who is really in charge of your finances...... Just like a gold-digger girlfriend..... Fun to drive but will cost you money.

ArneeA

that's what makes it exciting to drive...

CayenneS2006

Get a Ferrari if you get bored...

Renn 951

That's actually pretty good mileage if that's the first time for each. Cardan shaft rubber failure likely can be a non-surprise with periodic inspections. ASG may not work regularly on Cayenne's however and may not have looked everything over the first time.

Did you replace the shaft with the stock part or use the Vertex "improvement?"

Bill Lucas

I believe they used the stock part. The replacement shaft was over nighted from California on Monday. The first trip in was a rush job as it's my DD so I'm not unhappy with ASG for missing the cardan shaft.

The only bummer is that I was going to have my 944S2 towed in next week to get it sorted out and between the Cayenne repairs and the 50' tree limb that fell in my pool during the storm last Friday I've exhausted my Porsche repair fund for now. Looks like the S2 will go in late August or early September now.

If I get 100k out of the next set of coils and shaft I'll be happy.

Renn 951

I understand, and since they were doing you a favor by getting the coils done in a day while also very busy with other customer cars that didn't really give them a chance to inspect the car more completely. I know they are a good shop. Can I ask what they charged for the work? I've still got 13 months left on my CPO but I'm thinking they'd be a lot less expensive than the dealer once the warranty runs out.

Very sorry about your bad luck in the storm! We were quite lucky this time - two trees down across the street from us while nothing but small branches in our yard, and the power wasn't out for more than five minutes Friday night.

Bill Lucas

$1420 installed for the cardan shaft and $675 installed for the coils. Coil packs were about $50 each. They are pretty good about parts pricing. Well, they do their best to be competitive.

jej3

FWIW (and it sounds like you got reasonable repairs), my 13 year old and I replaced the Cardan Shaft on our 2006 Cayenne V6 in about 1.5 hours. We sourced the replacement from Vertex and used one of their "beefier"??? units that cost $399 once core was refunded.

You sound like you're into multiple P-Cars like many of us. Since Rennlist is SUCH a good resource, you might want to try turning a wrench or two on your cars if your schedule allows. It's pretty rewarding to save $1000 here and there. In fact, I bought a 924 for about the same amount as the money I've saved in the last few months servicing my own Cayenne and 928.

Hope you have another great 100K miles on your P!G.

Bill Lucas

Thanks for the input Trey. I appreciate it. I own a business and coach AAU basketball on the weekends so time is at a premium for me. I have turned a wrench or two on the S2 and I did enjoy doing my own repairs. If I could only find the spare time to do it.