members,

I received a letter in the mail from corporate about a recall concerning the Rear axle wheel hubs and a more stringent maintenance schedule.
There is also an attachment that states that all components of the central wheel lock must now be inspected AFTER EVERY RACE TRACK use.

1: has anyone else received this recall notice?
2: what does this actually pertain to?
3: Are members with this model now actually having their cars inspected after every race track outing?
4: what if I dont track my car...do I need to be concerned?
5: What kind of inspection are they talking about? just a visual inspection or do we have to take the car in to have them look at it after every race track event?

a bit alarmed,

moe.

 

1: has anyone else received this recall notice?
Yes

2: what does this actually pertain to?
Exactly what the notice says, 2010 GT3 center lock hubs

3: Are members with this model now actually having their cars inspected after every race track outing?
I usually use track support and even with experienced support and proper torque the old design can fail.. spectacularly. I would inspect after every event (see below).

4: what if I dont track my car...do I need to be concerned?
I suspect not, as long as you have always follow the CL procedure. It is a real procedure you have to follow not just sort of follow. The system is designed to work with proper grease and torque which basically prevents any movement of the wheel on the hub.

5: What kind of inspection are they talking about? just a visual inspection or do we have to take the car in to have them look at it after every race track event?
The inspection is outlined in a porsche document, you can likely find it somewhere on the net. It is a very specific multi-page document and one would not be able to properly inspection CL hubs without knowledge of it.

Note, if your car is not recalled, I should already have the later model CL hubs. There is some expectation that Porsche will release track inspection criteria for all CL cars at some point in the future.

Hope this helps.

 

Got the letter. Appointment for recall on Tuesday. Past history, track or not, recall in place. I'm told 11 hours of service time needed. New maintanice schedule for track use is of real significance.

 

Got a letter in the mail as well, plan on taking the car in the next week or so to have it done and annual service.

 

Got my letter in December
Had the update done last week
Starting log book for track days to follow new guidelines

 

Got my letter last week, so finally Porsche has started the recall here too. I already knew about it thx to this forum and have mine checked in for Feb.