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Complaint Review: Porsche Cars North America - Internet

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  • Reported By: Chris — Summit New Jersey USA
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I bought a 2002 911 C4 Porsche used from my best friend in late 2007.  My friend had only driven the car 27,000 miles.  I bought the car from him knowing that he had the car serviced by the dealer, and was never in any accidents.  After I bought the car, I had it serviced regularly by a local Porsche mechanic.

 

The car started to lose radiator fluid, and not being a car expert, i simply added more radiator fluid.  Once i hit 44,000 miles on the car, the engine seized up.  seems that due to an engine/cylinder design flaw, the radiator fluid was leaking into the engine and mixing with the oil, and as you can guess, my engine seized up.

 

I now need a new $20,000 engine after only 44,000 miles?  I did call Porsche and logged a complaint.  They said there was nothing they could do, since i was out of warranty, did not buy the car from Porsche and did not have the car serviced by Porsche.  However, when you look on the web, seems there is a common defect on these engines as it looks pretty common that the Porsche engines blow out from any point after 20,000 miles.  Hard to believe that you buy a $100k car and the engine has a shorter life span than an American car?

 

Any Porsche expert you speak to claims that everyone including Porsche is aware of the problem, but everyone is afraid to take on Porsche.

 

Is there anyone that can help?

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#2 Consumer Comment

Chris, I talked to our Porsche mechanic and he said....

AUTHOR: Karl - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, January 15, 2010

that he has seen cracked blocks on the 996 series 911's. He said that he would only recommend buying the 996 turbo, and to stay away from the naturally aspirated 996 series 911's.


He believes that the 993 series (1995 to 1998), along with the 1984 to 1989 911's are the best way to go if you're looking for a pre-owned 911. I had a 1991 964 series 911 C2 cab and it was a 'leaker'. Some of the early 964 series 911's had a defective main case seal that Porsche became aware of, and they did fix the problem for owners who were under warranty. (The 964 series 911 was from 1990 to 1994.) Don't buy any of the C4's if you decide on a 964 series. Only get a C2. (Two-wheel drive, not 4-wheel drive.) Also stay away from tiptronic transmissions.

Another thing to think about is this- starting with the 964 series 911 in 1990, the computer systems became much more sophisticated in Porsches. To me, the best way to go is a 911 from 1984 to 1989. They are 'pure' 911's. The 3.2 litre engine is 'bullet proof'. And the 1987 to 1989 911's have the G-50 transmission, which makes shifting much smoother.

Not all 996's are bad, but why take a chance, as you are well aware. Another thing that the mechanic said is that the 911's need to be driven. Too many 911 owners keep them in the garage and they don't drive them enough. Not driving them actually does more harm than good.

Get a 1984 to 1989 911. (Not a turbo.)

Don't buy any 911's prior to 1984 because they did not have oil-fed chain tensioners. These 911's will cost you an arm & a leg to maintain! 

In my opinion, the 1984 to 1989 911's are the best! They're actually more fun to drive and they sound much better than a 996 or a 997 series.

Good luck!


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*You can do what a Toyota owner did. He put....

AUTHOR: Karl - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, December 29, 2009

VINYL LEMONS all over his 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid and parked it outside the Toyota dealership (off of their property) and passed out fliers, explaining that his engine was defective. He did this after the Toyota dealership & Toyota corporation would not help him.


IT WORKED!

The dealership finally caved-in when he resorted to doing this. You can do the same thing. Imagine someone going into a Porsche dealership to buy a 911 like yours, or even a new one, and they saw that there are potential problems with the engines?!

You can probably 'Google' this- RIP OFF REPORT TOYOTA VOIDED WARRANTY ON 2007 CAMRY HYBRID, and Jerry's Ripoff Report should come up. His 'Update' to his Ripoff Report states that he put the VINYL LEMONS on his Camry & passed out fliers.

Good luck!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DEFECT ALERT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

*Make sure to 'Google' the following two articles-

FOUR DEAD DUE TO TOYOTA STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL

FOUR DEAD AFTER CAR PLUNGES INTO SOUTHLAKE POND

(I believe that these are separate incidents!)
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