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YOUR RESEARCHpoll: transmission failure
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Bought mine '99 pre-owned and according to its service history, the transmission was also replaced (somewhere around 14k miles).
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The person I sold my 1999 996 to also recently had a transmission replaced (the dealers aren't allowed to repair them).
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Funny, both tranny's were replaced before my car ever saw the track.
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My 2000 Cab is awaiting go/nogo to have the gearbox replaced under the PUK goodwill scheme.
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i dropped my car off at the dealer for a noisy transmission. they called this morning to say it was terminal and being replaced under warranty. the car has 45.5k miles. they couldn't say what the exact problem was, it'll be sent back to porsche for the post mortem. who else has had the same problem, and did it reoccur?
A large batch of late 2002 cars and a handful of 2003's had a manufacturing defect that caused problems. These were handled by Porsche through a TSB. Mine was among them. The replacement unit was DOA with a bad bearing. The third unit has worked like a charm though. A 0-1000 mile failure is typical for a defect. 45k miles is alot rarer. I'd try to follow up and find out what the problem was.
The person I sold my 1999 996 to also recently had a transmission replaced (the dealers aren't allowed to repair them). I think his symptoms were different, he couldn't get into certain gears.
Karl
hah!
i've tracked bimmers for years and would like to think i'm easy on my equipment. i rely on this car as a daily driver, i wouldn't abuse it even though it's under warranty.
actually, the problem was abrupt. it happened when i started the car and began to roll, it sounded like small bearings rolling around. then it popped out of gear when launching from 1st. and later, when i limped it into the dealers it made a distinct "clunk" "clunk" which made every mechanic turn their head...
btw, my Gt3 on order is
sans
ceramic brakes. i opted for the standard 6-pot 'big reds'.
Funny, both tranny's were replaced before my car ever saw the track. The problem was probably the LACK of track. Once it got its needs satisfied, she's been happy ever since ;-)
My 2000 Cab is awaiting go/nogo to have the gearbox replaced under the PUK goodwill scheme. Just had the RMS and coolent header done under the same scheme.
Mine is wining quite badly in 1st and a bit in 2nd. But no problems getting into gear. The car has never been tracked.
I must say it is a bit daunting that a car in this class should need such major surgery at only 30k miles and its been serviced by the book!
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