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First, understand the lemon law and second, be sure you have complied with its provisions. You don't need to be a lawyer to take advantage of this procedure. The text of the Colorado Lemon Law is at this link: http://www.carlemon.com/lemon/CO_law.html
You might now qualify to lemon the car if you have followed the notice to the manufacturer requirement in the law. You can also research the proceedings of other lemon law returns in CO to get an idea of how this process works and what is considered to satisfy the law, either by the owner or the manufacturer.

 

My experience is to also work with your salesman. He/she should know that when they Lemon your car, it's not money out of their own pocket + an extra car sale!

 

new car needs time to work the bugs off. i'm not surprised.

 

To quote Yogi...It's deja vu all over again.

I was one of the first to take delivery of a 996 C2 in Charlotte, NC when the new model was introduced. I had read all the good stuff about it and plunked down my deposit and waited almost a year (ah the good old days when Porsches were made more exotic by perceived limited availability). I custom ordered it just the way I wanted it and couldn't have picked a more appropriate color...Speed Yellow!

My friends and family called it the lemon from the first month of ownership. In the 19 months I owned it, I calculated that it spent over 2 months in the shop for any number of defects. I really began to believe that we early adapters were part of the "beta testing" by design. If you name a common early 996 defect, my car had it. Like the Rennlist guy, I began to hate even looking at the car.

Limited list of defects:

1. Airbag warning light....7-8 visits before permanent fix (Ultimately, the fix was discovered on a forum by Eric, The Bumper Plug Guy and promulgated to our local dealer service dept. resulting in success.)
2. Earsplitting screeching noise from AC valve behind the dash....2 visits and a one week wait for parts
3. Radio/Amp failure...2 visits
4. Intermittent unexplained battery drain (no mods were ever done to this car)
5. Ferry's Ghost...Driver's window would lower itself mysteriously about halfway when the car was locked up, unattended in the parking lot...happened 3 times before permanent fix, once during a rainstorm!

For my troubles, Porsche gifted me a fully installed set of Litronic headlights (These were not yet available when I ordered the car). That was great, but they could never get the self-levelling function to work, resulting in my blinding everyone coming toward me at night.

Ultimately, I traded for an M5 and didn't even look back when I handed over the keys to that little yellow bas)*&^.

It took me 5 years to cave and go back to a brand that I ultimately love. My '03 TT has been FLAWLESS in 12,000 miles of pure driving exhilaration and it is currently in the midst of a long list of mods (pics and descriptions coming soon).

Bottom line....Porsche DOES or CAN eventually get it right, but they really need to stop using their most prized customers (faithful, early adapting enthusiasts) as beta testers!

 

Not all the early ones are lemons.

I took delivery of my 996 in April '98, first one the dealer delivered. My problems were very minor (window seal, etc) and small in number. Great car. Just sold it a few months ago.