mooty

10 or so gearboxes arrived usa last week all
spoken for

next batch no eta

Rick-A-Shay

^ Nice to see family participating in setting up man cave

Santa must have promised them something big for Xmas.........
OR, they've finished their homework for the holiday and help out daddy.

mooty

^ santa gave the each a broom.
i was showing them how to use it.
now they are baking cookies for santa.
i told them santa like toffee cookies

gene.will

Not sure if this is still the thread to log failures, but another one for those keeping the database. Houston/my car. Delivered May 2016 so I assume fairly late build. Exact scenario as reported-- no warning, brake, turn, downshift to third and nothing there. Other gears work. 3000 total miles only a few light (i.e. wet) track days. Waiting to hear from dealer on timing, but when mine was dropped the service adviser said they had another that had been there for a few weeks.

okie981

I assume your car isn't one of the two Houston area cars reported in rows 13 or 14 of the database found here:

https://rennlist.com/forums/gt4/9614...-database.html

If you send your info for the columns of the spreadsheet to Steve0827, he'll add it. He's the database owner.

gene.will

No, mine is brand new, just happen last Thursday. I have provided Steve the info he needs to get mine in the database. When mine was dropped at Porsche North Houston last Friday my service advisor told me there was one that had been there for two weeks so it may be one of the two Houston cars previously reported. Mine is an April 2016 build so right in the window that seems to be the issue. thx

okie981

Ok, sorry you've suffered the failure, but thanks for providing the info.

jslee225

add me to the list. All I had was a more consistent 2nd to 3rd gear grind. Brought it to dealer, they told porsche the symptoms and porsche said to replace. I have no idea in terms of timing, but my dealer will call me tomorrow with some kind of ETA.

Car info-
1) Feb 16 delivery
2) 11 total track days
3) mileage - 5300

I do have a question. My SA said if the transmission takes a long time to get in they want me to bring my loaner back and for me to take back my car. He said as long as I don't go crazy I should be fine. However, i want to keep the loaner if something is indeed wrong with the car. Seems like something I can argue?

Alan C.

I'd ask if they are accepting any and all consequences of your driving a car with a known defective transmission.

Buteo

and I'd make sure to get that in writing.

jslee225

BOOM! Perfect, I will do just that.

This is my 2nd major failure in less than a year. If this takes 2 months to fix, Porsche will have had my car for 4 months out of 13

okie981

If you haven't already, send your info for the columns of the spreadsheet to Steve0827, he'll add it. He's the database owner.

The database is in the first post of this thread: https://rennlist.com/forums/gt4/9614...-database.html

Mech33

Sounds like his replacement is just for a 2nd-3rd gear grind, not a 3rd gear failure.

needmoregarage

I would NOT drive a car with a known defect.

What if it breaks in traffic and the defect causes YOU to cause an accident, and someone is hurt (or worse), or you are hurt?

I'm not an attorney - but from a liability perspective it seems to me it would be disastrous to accept the risk of driving a car with a known defect that is waiting for a repair, because the dealer wanted their loaner back until the part arrived.

And I doubt Porsche will give you "carte Blanche" in writing - but even if they did and then the worst happened....can you live with yourself?

I know this is a worst case scenario and maybe very unlikely - but I'd be uncomfortable with that possibility.

okie981

You're right. There is a column in the sheet for failure mode and it could say 2/3 grind, but then we'd head down a path of a mix of failure modes in the list.