Porsche 911 Complaints (2007)

50 consumer complaints on file.

#10509200April 22, 2013
ENGINE
I HAD A KNOWN ISSUE OF COOLANT LEAK WITH A HOSING/FITTING FAIL ON MY ENGINE. THE FITTING OR GLUE/EPOXY CAME LOSE CAUSING A MASSIVE LEAK OF COOLANT. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AN EXTENSIVE DISTANCE FOR REPAIRS AND REPAIR WAS VERY COSTLY FOR A PART THAT WAS ONLY $300. TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, I HAD THE DEALER PIN THE FITTINGS SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T COME LOSE AGAIN. FOR A CAR WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES AND THE NUMBER OF FOLKS HAVING THIS ISSUE, I WANTED TO SUBMIT MY CLAIM. THE FOLLOWING IS THE PART THAT FAILED 997-106-039-72 AS WATER NECK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508950April 20, 2013
ENGINE
COOLANT LEAKING FROM A FLANGE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE (REAR ENGINED CAR) CAUSED REAR TIRES TO GET WET AND LOSE GRIP WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET. PORSCHE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2002-2012 PORSCHE TURBO, GT2, AND GT3 CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508623April 17, 2013
ENGINE
I APPROACHED MY PORSCHE 911 TURBO IN MY GARAGE AND NOTICED A SLIGHT BIT OF LIQUID WITH A PINK HUE (COOLANT) THAT HAD APPEARED TO HAVE LEAKED FROM UNDER MY CAR. I LOOKED AT THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WHICH WAS ~1.5-2 INCHES BELOW THE MAX FILL LINE. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO NEW GERMAN PERFORMANCE TO GET CHECKED OUT. I CALLED AND CONFIRMED THEY HAD AN AVAILABILITY. I TURNED ON MY CAR AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER A WARNING POPPED UP STATING "CHECK COOLANT". THE DRIVE WAS ROUGHLY 20 MILES. THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE NEVER WENT ABOVE 175 DEGREES (NORMAL OPERATING TEMP) AND THE OIL NEVER WENT ABOVE THE 190S (AGAIN, TOTALLY NORMAL). I PARKED AND WENT INSIDE, HANDED OVER THE KEYS, AND 5 MINUTES LATER THE CAR HAD PUKED COOLANT OUT THE BACK. NGP RE-PINNED THE HOSE TO THE RADIATOR AND TOPPED OFF THE TANK. 2 MONTHS LATER (13APR2013) I WENT TO MY GARAGE AND AGAIN NOTICED A SMALL AMOUNT OF COOLANT ON THE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED NGP, CONFIRMED AVAILABILITY, AND TOOK THE CAR IN AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THE COOLANT HOSES WERE EPOXIED IN AND HAD BLOWN OUT. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE AND THE HOSES MUST BE EITHER RE-EPOXIED, PINNED IN, OR WELDED (THE SAFEST OPTION). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492868January 14, 2013
ENGINE
A COOLANT HOSE PRESS FITTING WHICH IS APPARENTLY GLUED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK LOST ADHESION AND DISCONNECTED. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND A CORRESPONDING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HOT, SLIPPERY COOLANT COATING THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR AND ROAD SURFACE. CAR SPUN AND LEFT THE ROAD BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AND COOLANT SPILL DID NOT IMPACT ANY OTHER MOTORISTS. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON, SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL ENGINE AND APPEARS TO BE A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE ENGINE CONSTRUCTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492870January 14, 2013
ENGINE
A COOLANT HOSE PRESS FITTING WHICH IS APPARENTLY GLUED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK LOST ADHESION AND DISCONNECTED. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND A CORRESPONDING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HOT, SLIPPERY COOLANT COATING THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR AND ROAD SURFACE. CAR SPUN AND LEFT THE ROAD BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AND COOLANT SPILL DID NOT IMPACT ANY OTHER MOTORISTS. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON, SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL ENGINE AND APPEARS TO BE A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE ENGINE CONSTRUCTION. *TR COMPLAINANT STATES AT TIME OF INCIDENT IT HAD BEEN DRIZZILING RAIN AND THAT HE LOST SOME GRIP ON THE REAR TIRES BUT DID NOT LEAVE THE PAVEMENT *SMCH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10416818August 3, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
DRIVING A 2007 PORSCHE GT3 WHEN A HOSE FITTING CAME LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF COOLANT FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE CAN OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHER OWNERS OF 996 AND 997 MODEL PORSCHE 911 MODEL VARIANTS. OCCURS IN ALL MODELS (CARRERA, TURBO, GT3, GT3RS) AS NOTED HERE: HTTP://FORUMS.RENNLIST.COM/RENNFORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=592328&GOTO=NEWPOST. CONSEQUENCES ARE DUMPING OF ANTIFREEZE ON THE ROADWAY WHICH HAS A POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. MY CAR WAS FIXED BY PORSCHE UNDER WARRANTY. PORSCHE REPLACED FITTINGS IN THE BLOCK WHICH WERE EPOXIED IN AS WERE THE ORIGINAL FITTINGS. A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION SHOULD BE REQUIRED, SUCH AS WELDING OR PINNING OF THE FITTINGS INTO THE ENGINE CASE. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AS PORSCHE WILL NOT TURN OVER ANY PARTS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381417February 10, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO A COOLING SYSTEM FITTING COMING UNGLUED FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE COOLANT FITTING IS PRESS FITTED INTO PLACE USING AN ADHESIVE THAT FAILED. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE COOLING SYSTEM RELEASED ONTO THE REAR TIRES CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372521December 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 PORSCHE TURBO IS THAT WHEN I GO TO FILL UP GAS THE TANK WILL NOT FILL PASS 2/3 OF THE TANK. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIMES THAT I FILL UP GAS AND PORSCHE HAS TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO FIX TO THE PROBLEM. I AM SURE THAT IT IS NOT ONLY MY CAR THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. OUT OF THE MANY TIMES I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ONE TIME THEY CHANGE THE GAS TANK AND RELATING PARTS BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372203December 23, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
COOLANT FITTING ADHESIVE FAILED, SPRAYING COOLANT ON REAR TIRES, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. FITTING WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE SAME PROBLEMATIC ADHESIVE. MULTIPLE FAILURES HAVE BEEN NOTED IN PORSCHE FORUMS AND A RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN A GLOBAL MAGAZINE NOTED THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH THIS ENGINE TYPE, WITH NO RESOLUTION FROM PORSCHE. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10223489April 6, 2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE
THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT OF A VEHICLE I OWN BUT A COMPLAINT I BELIEVE TO BE SAFETY RELATED. SOME PORSCHE MODELS LIKE 911 AND BOXTER HAVE A SIDE MARKER LIGHT THAT IS LOCATED AT THE WHEEL OPENING. AT NIGHT THERE IS A BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT THAT SHINES BACK AT VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND THE PORSCHE IN THE LANE NEXT TO THEM. THIS EITHER MAKES IT HARD FOR THE OTHER DRIVING TO SEE AS THIS LIGHT HAS A BLINDING EFFECT OR WILL GIVE THE DRIVER THE IMPRESSION THAT AN ON COMING CAR IS APPROACHING IN THEIR LANE. I BELIEVE THE FIX TO BE SIMPLE BUT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS UNSAFE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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