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I took my 2017 Cayenne to the dealer today for an oil change. I picked up the car and drove straight home parking the car in my garage. I came into the garage 3 hrs later and found this puddle of green liquid
that had dripped down from under the car, next to the passenger side front tire. Anyone have any thoughts on what this is? I will call the dealer when they open tomorrow but it would be good to have some insight before then.
The only green liquid there is in that area would be the windshield washer fluid. Perhaps they topped it off for you and spilled some over? Loose cap? Crashed washer fluid tank?
if not windshield fluid and it is soapy/waxy water ? after a car wash specially if car was tilted forward as in going down an underground parking ..etc
if that is the case i would suggest to check/clean cowl drains soonest.
It was close to Halloween, you sure you didn’t run over the wicked witch of the west on your way home?
Seriously though, I can’t think what fluid in these vehicles is that particular color. Only thing close is windshield washer fluid as others have mentioned, but the fluid in your picture has an odd hue and looks a little thicker than water? Does it have an odor? Does it feel greasy?
There was a Gatorade container, but it was orange so that's not it. I soaked up some fluid w/ a white paper towel and it was blue. I think the grey concrete distorted the visual of the color. I spoke w/ the dealer and he said it's windshield washer fluid from topping it off. He stated, "That it pretty typical when we top off the washer fluid during a service. I get a few calls regularly - design flaw."
There was a Gatorade container, but it was orange so that's not it. I soaked up some fluid w/ a white paper towel and it was blue. I think the grey concrete distorted the visual of the color. I spoke w/ the dealer and he said it's windshield washer fluid from topping it off. He stated, "That it pretty typical when we top off the washer fluid during a service. I get a few calls regularly - design flaw."
Cool, glad to hear it was nothing serious! Thanks for following up with the outcome.
He stated, "That it pretty typical when we top off the washer fluid during a service. I get a few calls regularly - design flaw."
Um, 'a few calls regularly' probably means they should stop over-filling the tank. Design or not, having customers calling back because of leaks on their floors is not something to have happening repeatedly.
That’s not good.....
i have 4 dealers within that distance and I still do all my own maintenance. I don’t trust them to torque things to spec etc. had too many issues with dealers before(not Porsche though, never taken anything to Porsche before).
Id follow us with the service manager about that. If they can’t be trusted to do a simple washer refill.....
While a good thought Kayaknfly, there are only 2 guys in the Service Dept (and 1 is the manager). I already had a bad experience w/ him w/ my 911 and had to go to Porsche NA Cust.Svc with that issue.
11-01-2018, 10:48 PM
Green liquid after oil change
