texasviany

Has this problem occurred on any '18s yet?

Ryan Wong

misstated info, sorry guys

worf928

You could post in the Panamera forum also and see what they have to say.

wwahl

I would summarize what you have to date and send this plus your pictures to the Attorney General of the state you are located in with a copy to PCNA.

Ryan Wong

misstated info, sorry guys

worf928

That? No.

You need pictures from underneath. Put it on a lift, remove the undertray and then look for liquid oil.

Oneday997

Just posted this on the Cayenne forum, but my '16 GTS was diagnosed with the broken timing cover bolt this morning. Dealer has so many Macans and Cayennes in with it right now that they are 4 weeks out on repairs and are ordering another table (I believe the SA said the 4th table) to be able to drop the engine/drivetrain and do the repair. SA peaked under the hood with a flashlight and knew right away what it was. I just squeeked in under warranty - @ 41K miles and hit 4 years in March '20.

audipwr1

Just happened to mine

17 GTS 42k miles

PCARNTHZST

My 2016 Macan Turbo with 52K on it is in right now having the front timing case cover leak repaired under warranty. I heard the repair if I had to pay would have been $10K (are you kidding me!). The only other issue was a bad transfer case which was also replaced under warranty.

RussWill

I have a 2015 Macan with 24,600 miles (two months out of warranty) with now both a transfer case defect and a seal oil engine leak. My suggested repair cost is $8500 for the oil leak alone.


houstonbuckeye

I have a 2016 Macan S and the transfer case replacement was a campaign (formerly know as a recall). My service advisor told me about it when I called to schedule routine maintenance. The timing cover repair involved fitment of longer bolts and torquing to the proper spec (whatever that was). The leak has stopped.
Both were covered under warranty. The car went out of warranty in December (4 years, but under 30k miles), but my SA told me to bring it back if the car started to leak oil. I am not sure how long that offer will stand.
I would take it back to the dealer and ask for some relief on both items. Our's had a stash of transfer cases and had it changed in half a day. Likewise the oil leak was fixed in a couple hours.
Best of luck.

RussWill

Mechanic is transfer case defect and oil engine leak.

I did called Porsche of North America and told him about my disappointment and frustration of their manufacturing defect presenting two months after the warranty has expired. I mention that this is untenable given that the car only has 24,000 miles. The customer representative emphasize that I should’ve bought the extended warranty. I have made phone calls to my local dealership service manager but they are currently unavailable. I am not sure how this will all play out but it’s not looking very promising.

MattK1

Same issue on my recently purchased -- luckily CPO'd -- 2016 Macan S. Bought it with 32K miles. No indication of the issue at that time. Had a coil replaced at about 37K miles, no report from the dealer's shop. Took the car to a local indy mechanic for the 40K service and they pointed out the leak as part of their inspection. Took the car to another dealer and they're now working on the repair. The service writer seemed familiar with the issue. I told him the leak was around the cam shaft and he corrected me, "it's the timing chain cover," he said. Good news, it's covered under the extended warranty. Service writer told me it would cost between $4K-$5K to fix otherwise. Need to drop the engine. In the shop for a week.

Given the amount of activity on this thread, it sure seems like this is worthy of a bulletin if not a full-on recall.

RussWill

I have posted a couple times on my frustration with my 24,000 mile four year old Macan s needing more than $10,000 worth of work on the transfer case replacement and an oil leak seal. As you all know from the above threads, this all occurring after warranty had expired.

I thought I would mention something else that is problematic with the design of this car and that is the back up camera. If you get in the car turn it on and put it in reverse and happen to bump any of the buttons controlling the radio the back up camera doesn’t work. Are you see in the backing up process is the radio settings. I believe the fix would be to have to turn off the car then turn it back on, put it in reverse and make sure you don’t bump into any of the steering wheel ***** controlling the radio. Just a sideline perspective on something that I have to work through, unique to this car.

PGas32

Has anyone had this done at an Indy out of warranty? Can’t say I know exactly what’s involved in the the job, but seems absurd that the motor needs to be dropped