Anyone else had an airbag problem? My car has been held up for more than a week waiting for a part from Germany because of an "air bag deployment" warning that came in in the course of pre-delivery inspection (I actually took delivery in Germany and then Porsche shipped it here). The air bag part is still days away and I'm pretty frustrated that it is taking so long to (1) get the part from Germany, and (2) that the part is not stocked in North America.

It is especially annoying because I dropped the car off in Stuttgart 10 weeks ago. It arrived in California three weeks ago, and I still don't have it.

Anyway, I haven't seen references to air bag problems, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had one and if they had a similar delay in getting the part.

 

No airbag issues but waited 2+ weeks to get a window seal.
Wasn't in stock in the US or Germany, and the part was apparently eventually taken from the production line.

Had a decent loaner that made up for it..

 

I think Just In Time inventory, and Lean Manufacturing in a really good idea, but waiting 2 weeks, or one week, to get a small part is unacceptable. I hope that Porsche improves this in the future, the near future.

 

Having designed "managed spares" programs for Airlines, Global telecoms carriers etc, I feel your pain.

MTBF is one thing, but high runners and low cost parts availability is another issue all together.

They probably work with an algorithm that only triggers parts to be stocked at their regional distribution centers when "x" number of occurrences are reached - such as the infamous rattling sunroof clips.

Hang in there. It'll be worth the wait.