YOUR RESEARCHAdvice on cracking noises in 996
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The dealer had it fixed under warranty.
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I bought a 996 1 month ago at a official dealership in Holand. Sattisfied and its loaded with extras. Only i have trouble with annoying cracking in the car near the doors and windows and pcm disc system is this an normal porsche thing or not?? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
Its just the spot welds on the body shell failing, once they reach a critical level, the car will disintegrate at high speed, but its covered by warranty
Can you define cracking? P-cars do have a tendency to creak/rattle but it's not obtrusive. Regards. Mike
It does not sound normal. Bring it back to the dealer. I had some noises in the cab, and it turned nothing more then broken clamps. On the lighter side; it could be money hidden behind door plastic <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />
I would suggest this. I had similar problems with my '99 996 C2. The dealer had it fixed under warranty. The dealer sent me to a body shop. The body shop removed the headliner and applied new adhesive foam to the area near the rear windshield. I was told that the adhesive foam that Porsche used was defective. This solved the problem. I sounds like it is coming from areas other than the headliner area because of the acoustics and size of the cabin.
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