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YOUR RESEARCH1999 986 tiptronic trans replace - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

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Use transmission

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Can not find auto trip used transmission for my 1998 Boxster.
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I just took in for annual service to dealer and received a clean bill of health on the engine but the dealer said they found the transmission to be defective.
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Leading evidence: 'Use transmission' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Clean bill of health' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Suggestion · Original poster
I just took in for annual service to dealer and received a clean bill of health on the engine but the dealer said they found the transmission to be defective.
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1999 986 tiptronic trans replace - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Recommend transmission replacement

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Suggestion · Original poster
The dealer has recommended transmission replacement.
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Replace with a donor transmission or

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Suggestion · Original poster
I am trying to decide if it is worth the cost to track someone down to rebuild it to replace with a donor transmission or to just scrap the car for parts.
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Clean bill of health

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Suggestion · Original poster
I just took in for annual service to dealer and received a clean bill of health on the engine but the dealer said they found the transmission to be defective.
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1999 986 tiptronic trans replace - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Recommend transmission replacement

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Suggestion · Original poster
The dealer has recommended transmission replacement.
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1999 986 tiptronic trans replace - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Replace with a donor transmission or

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Reported fixes: 0
Unsuccessful attempts: 1
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Discussions that contain suggestions: 1

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Suggestion · Original poster
I am trying to decide if it is worth the cost to track someone down to rebuild it to replace with a donor transmission or to just scrap the car for parts.
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1999 986 tiptronic trans replace - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Use transmission

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed
Can not find auto trip used transmission for my 1998 Boxster.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I have a 1999 Boxster 986 base model with tip Tronic transmission 60k miles. I just took in for annual service to dealer and received a clean bill of health on the engine but the dealer said they found the transmission to be defective. The dealer has recommended transmission replacement. I am in the central Indiana area, and I am trying to find someone who installs replacements or does rebuilds so far I have had no luck other than a dealership I am trying to decide if it is worth the cost to track someone down to rebuild it to replace with a donor transmission or to just scrap the car for parts. I am being told by most local shops that Porsche has a proprietary software that needs to be used to program the automatic transmission. Once it is installed and that makes it cost prohibitive for most shops to work on it? does anyone have any suggestions on someone in my area that would be interested & could either do the work or maybe even purchase the car off of me to do the work themselves? Porsche dealer is quoting somewhere between $8000 and $20,000 which is cause prohibitive, considering the car is probably only worth about $10,000 looking for advice or help. Thanks in advance.

POST 2Original post

indydj1...did you ever get any replies to your Sept 2023 post regarding trip transmission? i am faced with same question. Can not find auto trip used transmission for my 1998 Boxster. I need to know if it can be re-built. Plse share what you have done since your post. Thank you

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