Sounds like its falling apart

Ok is it just me or does your Cayman now sounds like it is falling apart? I have put about 8,500 miles on the CS and when I drive through the streets of LA with the music off, it sounds like every plastic piece is buzzing, hatch is thumping, car is creaking & rattling etc. It doesn't seem to be the tight and precise sounding and feeling car it was a few months back. Is this the consensus?

Buzzes, Squeaks and Rattles - Keep at it with the dealer. I have 13k miles and the rear hatch continues to be a problem. No thump - just BSRs.

After 1 year, 11,000 miles and 20 plus track days my 2.7 was as tight as new. To early to tell on my 3.4. Maybe you should move to where the roads are better? I take my SUV when I head to the Bay Area to do battle with ruts, holes, and washing machine parts.

No issues here, other than brake squeal (which is my fault).

I have an S that is an 06 with 9000 miles and I have a squeak in the headliner that I can not get rid of. But it is lowered on H& R springs and a B&B exhuast that resonates like crazy. I am of the opinion that it is the nature of the car and I just have to work with the dealer to get rid of the noise. They are reluctant to tear the headliner apart for fear they make things worse but the way it is now I have to turn the radio really high to drown out the squeak.

6,000 miles and no real issue here. 12,000 miles on a 2005 Boxster with no real issues with it either.

yeah, if I drive on the freeway or nice roads it rides and sounds wonderful. However, 99% of my driving is on the horrible streets of LA. Potholes, bumps, gaps rough pavement and more holes!!!!! it like sitting inside a kick drum and someone wailing on it from all angles

My car also squeaks like a rattle snake, everything inside... my question is, is this something the dealer should take care of?? Is it something covered under warranty??

i almost hit 10000 miles, everything starts to rattle today on my way home from work. i am p*ssoff! and please don't tell me that i have to live with all the noises because it is a sport car not a lexus , blah blah blah......

My car has about 8000 miles on it, and about 1000 miles ago I got a squeaking (like plastic on plastic) sound coming from behind my left shoulder. I read a few threads and fixed it myself. It turned out to be a loose bolt at the bottom of the B pillar. I followed the seat belt install article and removed the plastic piece around my seat belt and tightened a 14mm nut located at the bottom of the B pillar. All sounds are now gone.

boxsters will have a few more squeaks and rattles than caymans . a lot of it has to do with it being a convertible as opposed to a fixed roof coupe . i get a squeak where the drivers window meets the top on mine .

My car has 5,600 miles on it and it's been rock solid with acception of one very tiny vibration that comes and goes. It's very minor. I wonder if this is the same problem you had. I must say though, that besides this very minor intermitent buzz, my car feels like it was carved out of stone.

19,000 for me and solid as new.

17,000 miles and solid as a rock.

I had a really annoying buzz in the back area which turned out to be a loose rear speaker cover. Apparently it is just held in by a couple of plastic clips. Very quick fix. (I think they used hot glue to hold it in tighter.)

my 2.7 rattles & squeak all over the place after 6500 miles

Small variations in the quality of individual products collectively impact the experience I guess. my VIN is 2002, mine is a daily driver, 34K mi. very pleasent engine noise is the only thing in the car; except in very cold days, you can hear the plastics rattling for the first few miles of the journey, then they go away.

I've got a few rattles and such. While the dealership fixed a few of them (not all), they said it's normal because of the stiff suspension. Personally, I worry about creating more rattles by them constantly removing panels to fix the original problem. -Moto

I think we should all specify our suspension type. I am riding on PASM . I am guessing that the cars with Standard Suspension are the ones that are developping more rattles.

Standard suspension, 19in wheels, 33,500 miles, 9 track days, and no rattles.

IMO there is nothing normal about squeaks and rattles. There should not be any.

I am on H& R springs with stock shocks, however I had the same thumps, clunks and rattles before the install

2006 CS with 11,000+ mi. I had a rattle from the 3rd brake light and dealer fixed, no other issues.

I recently brought my Cayman in for its annual maintenance and had a list of issues related to squeaks(from the driver B pillar) and noises (tapping sound from engine). However, once I did a test drive with a technician(not a service manager) all of the squeaks and noises disappeared. It was significantly warmer in temperature when I did do the test drive. Maybe, that's why all the ailments disappeared. Also, I asked the technician about squeaks in the Cayman and he promptly started to place his hands on the headlinder, the pillars, and the rear hatch declaring that these are all plastic and squeaks would be normal. He stated that you cannot compare a Porsche with a Benz or Lexus for build quality. In addition he stated that if you have a Porshce convertible, "expect" to have squeaks. Given these explanations I still think it is annoying when I hear squeaks.

10500 miles and I've had 2 squeaks- the B-pillar nut and my rear hatch bumpers. Tightening both made the rattles evaporate completely. I suggest anyone who has rattles to demand these two things be checked for tightness before going another mile or doing anything else. They really made the car sound like it was falling apart until they were fixed -easily.

30,000+ miles, around 30 track days, at least 10 spins off the track and my girlfriend refuses to drive in the CS in San Francisco due to the harsh ride and noise. in her words "it's a bucket of nuts and bolts". and i love it! i have pounded this car the way any naughty girl likes it

Rattles and squeaks are standard, everything else is optional.

i am so sick of my car, i am very close to drive the car off a cliff! it is complete BS that all porsche rattles and buzz. i was in my freiend's carerra S yerterday and nothing but engine sound. the only difference here is 20k and the Cayman s is a piece of **** cheaply put together in Finland.

I suggest you sell it and buy something that pleases you. My base Cayman ,2007 with 9000 miles, has been nothing but a dream and pleasure to drive.

6K miles and other than the B window rattle (fixed) no issues. Standard suspension but 19's...and I get in some pot marked roads.

Porsches w/ hatchbacks have had problems with rattles, it's fact. My wife's 08 Boxster S has no rattles whatsoever, I've had some B pillar rattles that eventually I tracked down to loose plastic and a window bolt. The hatch clunk was solved at the dealer. It's not Finland, and it's not the 987 chasis. It's the design. Porsche did quite a bit of testing prior to the Cayman launch , but evidently not enough to make the car rattle free. The 911 has not been immune to rattles. The 993 Targa was also a rattler and there have been complaints about the 996 Targa having rattles. If the Cayman rattles induce buyer's remorse it may be time to get another car. Some people on this board seem to believe that the old air cooled Porsches were built to a standard never before achieved and never to be seen again. There have always been model year specific issues, some major. My father had a 1977 911S with oil leaks so bad as to make the car undrivable. Excellence says to avoid the 77 911S in their used car surveys. Tell that to the people who bought them new. Traditionally buyers felt that the positives Porsches offer outweigh the negatives. As the price of the cars continues to increase, perhaps the equation is more difficult to balance for some folks.

I had the headliner replaced: it definitely helped, bu I would be hesitant unless it is a major issue: that's some major surgery to be done on your car, and it will never be the same as new.