Porsche reliability
Hi guys. I haven't post lately cause didn't have the spirit for it. My 996 3.4l engine blown 25 days ago. Car had 50.000Km and was always assisted at Porsche dealer.
To be sincere this was not a total surprise to me, the number of 3.4L and 3.6L engines blow off is much more than you can imagine.
Dealer found sleeves on the oil so recon engine is on it's way from Germany. Wrote a letter to PAG trying to get a fair deal, but they deny any financial help cause my car is out of warranty period long ago. Anyway this a known problem inside Porsche, and they are even making a special price for recon engines. The bill will be round about 10.000 euros with a recon including labour and taxes.
I've made some research, and the number of blown engines on this cars is amazing, I personaly know some 996 guys and even friends who had their engines blown too, that's why this was not a surprise to me. I hope this wont affect Porsche image in a near future, but it will afect for sure the 996 reliability image. Several people in Porsche cars business and many other used car dealers know already that the 3.4l and 3.6L (non GT3 or Turbo) engines have serious reliability issues but soon this will spread among possible buyers. I still love my car but the fact of having a blown engine with 50000Km on the speedo is shocking for a Porsche lover like me.
During all this process of sending letters to Porsche and trying to get a fair deal for both parts I was always treated with respect and I'm sure if my problem was a single case, maybe I would have got some financial help from them, but unfortunetly this was not the case and I will have to suport all the costs alone wish I think it's not fair. By reading the ECU with PST, dealer saw the running hours engine had and if there was any over rev situation ever since car was bought. There has never been any over reved situation since day one, and the engine hours matched the kilometers on the speedo, even so they didn't assume anything which is a shame.
PS - I would like to thank couple members of this forum who tried to help me on my case with their knowledge, no need to tell names, they know who they are
J.Seven
To be sincere this was not a total surprise to me, the number of 3.4L and 3.6L engines blow off is much more than you can imagine.
Dealer found sleeves on the oil so recon engine is on it's way from Germany. Wrote a letter to PAG trying to get a fair deal, but they deny any financial help cause my car is out of warranty period long ago. Anyway this a known problem inside Porsche, and they are even making a special price for recon engines. The bill will be round about 10.000 euros with a recon including labour and taxes.
I've made some research, and the number of blown engines on this cars is amazing, I personaly know some 996 guys and even friends who had their engines blown too, that's why this was not a surprise to me. I hope this wont affect Porsche image in a near future, but it will afect for sure the 996 reliability image. Several people in Porsche cars business and many other used car dealers know already that the 3.4l and 3.6L (non GT3 or Turbo) engines have serious reliability issues but soon this will spread among possible buyers. I still love my car but the fact of having a blown engine with 50000Km on the speedo is shocking for a Porsche lover like me.
During all this process of sending letters to Porsche and trying to get a fair deal for both parts I was always treated with respect and I'm sure if my problem was a single case, maybe I would have got some financial help from them, but unfortunetly this was not the case and I will have to suport all the costs alone wish I think it's not fair. By reading the ECU with PST, dealer saw the running hours engine had and if there was any over rev situation ever since car was bought. There has never been any over reved situation since day one, and the engine hours matched the kilometers on the speedo, even so they didn't assume anything which is a shame.
PS - I would like to thank couple members of this forum who tried to help me on my case with their knowledge, no need to tell names, they know who they are
J.Seven
What do you mean with blown engine? I mean, what is the failure? And since the 997 engine is basically the same, do you guys think these problems are not solved? Correct me if I'm wrong but the RMS stuff hasn't been solved yet I believe...
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