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Old 12-16-2016, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by GTgears
3.2 valve guides.
964 overheating dizzy and cylinder sealing
996 ims
Originally Posted by mooty
first 2 year or so of 964 had self destructing clutch too.

so... WHY DO WE BUY PORSCHE AGAIN?
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993 emission failure air injection.
Early 964s didn't have a head gasket . Another engerinerg milestone to reduce cost .
Oil return tube seals on all the air cooled cars..
And don't forget those lovely uncoated dilavar head studs in the 3.0s...

But as Mooty implies, for a low volume performance car manufacturer, Porsche is the best of the bunch...
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Old 12-16-2016, 07:17 PM
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^ magnesium cases of the mid years cars
man, poscshe is junk
we should all buy hyundai








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Old 12-16-2016, 07:22 PM
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Old 12-16-2016, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by moveswiftly
My issue is that there is no indication that the issue that caused the third gear to fail has been rectified by the supplier. Therefore, it is very possible that this could happen again ... For someone who intends to keep this car for the long run, that bothers me. Either fix the issue itself instead of providing the same faulty transmission or provide assurance that any failures in the future will be covered by PCNA. I don't think it's greedy to ask for a longer warranty limited to the transmission if this happens again...
yes it WILL happen again, in fact i know some ppl had that happen AGAIN.
and it may happen 3-4x on the same car with several trans.
but at some point in future, it will get "fixed" gears.
how long will it take, i dont know.
is that good? hell no.
but i dont know how to fix it. i dont have enough money to buy VAG/PAG public. else i would just fix it.

if you only want warranty extended on trans, sure, it's not too much to ask.
but it's very hard for a large company to do that from accounting and recording point of view alone.

but in my own limited experience. if it was document that they fixed your gear box under warranty and at 60,000 miles it tanked again for same reason, they have always courtesy fixed it for me.

i dont have a good solution, but i have always found porsche to be "fair", not perfect, but fair.
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Old 12-16-2016, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mgerber
And don't forget those lovely uncoated dilavar head studs in the 3.0s...

But as Mooty implies, for a low volume performance car manufacturer, Porsche is the best of the bunch...
The one thing i will say is my old 87 911 was a simple car. No cooling system no hydraulics no 25 control modules . The old saying was a Porsche was a VW wiith lock nuts.
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Old 12-17-2016, 11:07 AM
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Thanks for taking the time to put this together for the group.
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Old 12-17-2016, 11:14 AM
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steve0827 said he'd get the database updated sometime today.
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Old 12-17-2016, 07:56 PM
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Database has been updated. Thank you okie981 for the help.
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Old 12-17-2016, 08:59 PM
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Database has been updated. Thank you okie981 for the help.
Excellent, thanks Steve
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Old 12-23-2016, 10:36 AM
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I'm officially past the 1 month mark still parked and waiting for a transmission. It was supposed to come in this week but nothing arrived, and no new ETA from Porsche.
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Old 12-23-2016, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mech33
I'm officially past the 1 month mark still parked and waiting for a transmission. It was supposed to come in this week but nothing arrived, and no new ETA from Porsche.
Totally sucks. Makes me wonder how many are failing in rest of the world outside of North America.
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Old 12-23-2016, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mech33
I'm officially past the 1 month mark still parked and waiting for a transmission. It was supposed to come in this week but nothing arrived, and no new ETA from Porsche.
Makes you wonder if they are abandoning the welded gear and refitting the previous version. Also wonder how you would know what is in the replacement box.
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Old 12-23-2016, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mech33
I'm officially past the 1 month mark still parked and waiting for a transmission. It was supposed to come in this week but nothing arrived, and no new ETA from Porsche.
Bummer.

Curious: What did they put you in as a loaner, if they offered one?
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Old 12-23-2016, 03:35 PM
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GT4 has been down since 10/17/16. 1st replacement trans was damaged in shipping, 2nd replacement trans was just installed today. Have had Macan loaner since 10/17... racked up over 2k miles on the Macan. Really impressive car, even w/ the base 2.0t motor. I'm planning to pick up the GT4 next week.
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Old 12-23-2016, 05:02 PM
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Provost- glad to hear you have replacement.
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