Complaint filed today.

I had coolant pipe failure in March of this year. The car is under CPO warranty, so the dealer replaced the cooling system.

Hopefully NHTSA will make Porsche implement a permanent solution for these engines.

 

Did they pin, weld or epoxy the fittings as part of the repair?
What does replace cooling system mean?

 

They did an OEM repair and replaced many components of the cooling system, but nothing different than what it came with from the factory.

It is epoxy, my dealer does not weld or pin.

I am not looking to get in a debate about the merits of the various approaches. If it was not under CPO warranty, I probably would have taken it to Kelly Moss and followed their recommendation on a fix.

I certainly don't believe the epoxy OEM solution is going to last forever, but since it was under warranty and on their dime that is what I got.

 

Thanks. Did they even offer to do a more permanent fix? Were they aware of the epoxy failure issues?

 

We discussed the problems and the various OEM and aftermarket solutions. They did not recommend nor would they perform a weld or pinning of the coolant pipes.

Their view is that epoxy represents the least worst option. I don't claim to know all of their reasons, but as I understand it they prefer for the coolant pipes to fail rather than having another mode of failure if the pipes are welded or pinned.

 

Filed mine today. No incident yet (knock on wood), but occasional faint coolant smell from what I'm assuming is a weeping line/lines has me a bit on edge from time to time.

 

That makes me lose faith! Will send to a friend with mezger engine.

 

Hans likes us to spell his name correctly - Mezger.

 

Sorry for the typo. Meant that.

 

I haven't had this problem yet, and neither has my bud on his Turbo. That being said, we both filled out complaints

 

Who are you filling with? Dealer?

 

Links at the beginning of this thread. File with the NHTSA

 

So you can file if you're just worried?

 

Cross post from Rennlist - pretty good info and looks like it may be a few months before any more decision is make, so file your reports ASAP!

Attached NHTSA demand letter to Porsche.

 

Coincidentally came across this article today after reading this thread.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/04/auto...html?hpt=hp_c2