Zeus993

Hey there - just now a month into our nice pre-owned 2018 Macan GTS. Loving it and getting used to it's size, speed etc... Overall happy with purchase.

Took it into my local Porsche dealership yesterday for a good inspection and discovered it's got a Pre-owned Warranty that's good until Jan 2025! SCORE!

On inspection:
1. BRAKES: A bit mushy and not super stoppy. Disocover after market rotars and pads (??) that need replacing, fluid is dark and needs flushing (Not covered by Ext. warranty)
2. SUSPENSION: Right AS sensor needing replaced (Covered by Ext. warranty)
3. INTERIOR: Dashboard leather liffting up (Covered by Ext. warranty)
4. ENGINE: Oil leak - valve cover gasket? (Covered by Ext. warranty)
5. TIRES: Very good
6. WINDSHIELD: needs replacing (Not covered by Ext. warranty - GEICO insurance may cover it.)

Parts for AS, dash etc... all order - 4 weeks for delivery.

Bottom line? My friend did an excellent job on pre-inspection. Official PPI discovered numerous things, most covered by Ext Warranty. Whew. Super fortunate to discover it has the remaider of Ext. Warranty to cover these.

Looking at out of pocket about $3800* for brakes and +/- $1800 for winshield (IF Geico does not cover it). I'm OK with this.

ADVICE FOR THOSE PURCHASING A PRE-OWNED
1. Know before you go - have it taken to a Porsche Dealership and get a good PPI, scan the VIN for any pre-owned warranty. It might cost you $500 but I think looking back it's money well spent.
2. Enquire has to any remaining Pre-owned Warranty - I was SUPER lucky on this.
3. If not purchase an Extended Warranty as stuff can happen on these cars.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Again, happy with purchase as she's fun to drive but eyes open as to her needs.

JP

P.s. Porsche Clearwater, FL, service department? EXCELLENT. 5-stars.

* Correction

NickS

That's why I recommend that at a minimum you buy a CPO Macan to avoid all this BS and gives you the peace of mind to buy and enjoy the vehicle until such time as you get to know what maintenance is needed. A lot of your list would have been covered in a CPO inspection.

Zeus993

I think that's good advice, Nick. Just too expensive to fix without some sort of warrenty. I was fortunate with mine as I really liked the model and build. It's perfect for me, but finding a few flaws.

jmoney99

$5K for brakes? Are they replacing the calipers? Rotors and pads should be $1500 or less. I shopped mine around to different indies and was quoted anywhere from $1400 to 3000. 2018 S. Parts can even be bought for $600 online for everything but I’d probably screw up the install if I did it myself.

john981

brakes on most porsches are super easy to do as DIY. It gets more complicated if you have to do the brake fluids. In the past I have done pads and rotors myself and had my indy do the fluids.

Zeus993

How to you get to the Indy with no brake fluid? Do you not have to crack the bleed to relieve the pressure to removed the calipers, pads etc...?

sivikvtec

Unless the Macan is different from every other car I’ve ever worked on, pads and rotor replacement does not involve any actions that would allow air to enter the brake fluid and therefore bleeding is not required.

You open the cap of the brake fluid reservoir only, and make sure it does not overflow when the pistons are pressed back in.

PorSHErookie

Hi… new owner of 2017 Porsche Macan. I’ve only had her about 3 weeks. I’ve also never owned a Porsche before at all. So I’m a total newbie.

Your post had me scratching my head a bit…meaning all of the items you mentioned that the dealership found, does the Porsche in all its intelligence not tell you these things needed attention? I owned a 2011 BMW in the past and always found some solace in the fact that it always let me know when something needed maintenance and/or something was needing repair (via a plethora of indicator lights). I guess I assumed that Porsche, in all its German fineness would do the same. Now I’m nervous! I know, I know I need to read the manual…which is on my to-do list!

Excellent news on your warranty! I’m definitely going to check that out for mine so thank for the tip!

DHL

BMWs are not that intelligent. I have owned them for years, and they certainly cannot warn you of soft brake pedals, when to flush brake fluid, lifting dash leather, etc. Most of these thing are common sense and I am surprised they were not found by the PPI. Of course, a Porsche dealer is going to flag aftermarket rotors and pads, as they are officially "verboten" because they only recommend OEM Porsche parts. As to worry about Porsche service recommendations, compared to BMW they don't have "lifetime" coolant or trans and diff fluids. If anything, they are overkill on most service items compared to BMW if you go by the book.