I agree with these guys , go to sharky he will take care of you

 

Guys, just came back from the dealer. They are pointing to the accumulator as being the faulty item that needs to be replaced. Cost wise (I might have misheard initially), is $1000 +/-.

Although my car is out of warranty, they are going to run it up the flag pole to see if they can have Porsche some part of the repair. I tried to arm myself with some information when I spoke with the advise this morning, but they would not have any of it. I tried to convey that my research has shown that many have had this problem before (from what I gather on forum searches) and that it should have been a recall not so much treated as a normal wear and tear item.

Will see where this ends up.

 

Well, I did receive good news today. Seems a regional PCNA director has agreed to my dealerships plea to help in my case. They will cover this fix free of charge (I am out of warranty). I cannot express how grateful I am to the brand.

Though because they are adamant that the cause is a damaged accumulator, it does not sound like they will change out the slave cylinder.

It almost seems precautionary to replace that unit as well since it is just as faulty or even more so than the accumulator. However I don't want to press my luck and start asking for this and that.

In any case, I love the brand and always will.

 

I'm glad that everything has worked out for you in this scenario.

 

If we ended up getting a 997 Turbo as the family car when the kids are in boosters, the first thing I would do is rip out that overassisted POS clutch system and replace it with the one in the GT2.

Chuck has done this mod on the 996, and it made the Turbo so much more enjoyable. Porsche carried the same crappy clutch design over into the 997 Turbo.

 

Yea I was thinking of going the GT2 route if Porsche didn't cover it. However this is also my DD so not sure if I would tire of a stiffer clutch pedal over the long haul.

 

Hi, I am glad to hear that you got this taken care of and that the factory covered this for you. This is a pretty common fault and what most people are doing is scrapping this setup all together and going back to the GT2 setup.

Erik