Boxsters with reliable engines

[turbo23dog]

2000 S 3.2L 6speed

36,000 miles

At 30K besides the normal service items, also needed to replace front motor mount, both inner CV joint boots and battery. Also fixed "oddments tray" (armrest) hinge and the hose for the windshield washer had to be reaffixed to its fitting (washer fluid was pumping out the bottom of the car when activated) which was an easy fix.

[Bob O]

01, base model, manual tranny, 65+K miles. No engine issues at all. No leaks, no weird sounds, knocks, hiccups or whatever. I track it at least twice a year and drive it almost daily. I've replaced brake pads and rotors, the ignition switch and .......that's all I can think of. (oh,, the driver's seat heater isn't working but I haven't had the time to do anything about it yet. oh well) It's been 100% reliable and trouble free so far. (Knock on wood, which seems to be a common thing to do on this thread!)

Bob

[70Sixter]

25,000 miles and no problems. 3.2 986S with 6 spd bought new in April 04.

[gerrygug]

2000 Boxster S
Engine history
No problems until 46K
46K replace drive belt tensioner pully
46k power steering hose replaced
77K O2 sensor
79K DME replaced
79K Oil separator
79K Air Mas Sensor
79K Right Cam Cover Seal
82K Water Pump
82K Left Cam Cover Seal
88K Vacuum Reservoir and Change over Valve
Current mileage 95K

I have a 2001 BMW 3 series with 135K and the Boxster maintenance is comparable.

These problems are about average in my experience with German cars.

[j.fro]

I'll DEFINITELY be knocking on some wood after this post...
2000 S with 114xxx miles.
Headers + modified cats + modified muffler (CEL, 1117, reset every 200mi)
EVO intake. No MAF CEL since replacing oiled filter with AEM Dryflow
Suspension mods, brake mods, short shifter, but those things have nothing to do with the motor
2 years of regional PCA autocross success, plus plenty of spirited touring
Almost daily driven, and she's running great. It's a long-time dream come true.

Awesome car!

- 2006 987S
- Just over 25,000 miles
- Driven about once per week, April-October, at least 300 miles when taken out
- 4 Oil Changes
- 1 brake fluid flush
- 1 air filter
- 4 new tires
- 1 alignment
- gallons of wax, leather conditioner, window cleaner and tire dressing!


I will forever be a Porsche owner.

[Stunin_Stud]

I have a 2001 3.2L S with 31,000 miles no problems. did the 30k maintenance myself. seems to have some kind of oil under it but no leak yet. I am a student so got no money for repairs thats why I hope nothing goes wrong.

my buddy has a 99 996 with 190k on the 3.4L and that gives me hope.

[Grizzly]

54,000 as of today. Never any major issues...ever.

[blue2000s]

In other words, this is the jinx thread

[tnoice]

2004 boxster S 19,500 miles. No problems thus far (knock on wood). Mainly street driving however I purchased from a gentleman that enjoyed it in his garage far more than on the road. Had a slight oil seepage around the RMS (no drips on the floor), but went away after I drove it home from Arizona. Amazing car, absolutely love it!!

[Boxtaboy]

Awesome! Unless I missed something, 56 Boxster owners and only one engine failure among us...due to supercharging. Now those odds I like!

Keep these stories comin!

[John99Boxster]

1999 Boxster (2.5L) 62,000 miles..just changed plugs and cleaned out the radiators. In the process of doing the 60k maintainance.

Purchased 1 month ago......nice car...no issues.

[fdunphy]

1997 Boxster 2.5L 126,000 kms and no troubles. Had it up on the rack and the engine is bone dry. no leaks whatsoever. just did the waterpump et al. I should add that I purchased the car last April 2011 and have put on 12km since. I can't stop driving it. It is my daily driver. I've heard from Porsche mechanics that driving these things everyday and maintaining them is better than letting them sit for months in a garage. Low miles on a boxster is not always a good thing. My goal is to get it perfectly maintained and when I can afford an '09 pull the trigger.

[Steve Tinker]

2001 Boxster S six speed manual, 65,000 km (41,000 miles).

Porsche Centre replaced 4 x driveshaft rubber boots (only one split but others starting to crack), AOS bellows and front engine mount @ 60,000 km service (all under warranty).
No other problems, no oil usage, no squeaks or rattles. Very happy camper apart from the engine is very noisy on startup from cold which, I believe, is the timing chains rattling before the tensioners pump up with oil. Sounds awful though!!

[stateofidleness]

majority of these are VERY low mileage cars...

where's the 80k+ crowd? probably in the shop

[rd400rz]

1998 boxster made in Fin 86000 miles no motor problems ,not even a water pump ,I heard 98 was a good year ,drive it pretty hard sometimes

[cvhs18472]

1998 Boxster with Tip, 58K of which I put on over 30K in the last two years ( and it gets put away on the winter) Besides maintenance all I did get was a CEl which was because of a loose wire. I drive hard and fast. Ed

[E Kaplan]

Bought a 2.7 2000 Boxster about 10 months ago. Not by DD, but already put about 9,000 miles on the car. No problems at all. Love the car! Had a 928S in the past and this car is a totally different Porsche experience.

[edevlin]

I have had a number of issues with my 2000 base boxster, which now has 84K on the clock. But almost all of them were a result of me mucking around with the car, ECU chip, exhaust, intake that sort of thing.

The only thing that comes to mind was that comes under the heading of a reliability issue is that a bolt fell off the transmission housing and I started spilling tranny fluid. I noticed this black trail of fluid that followed me down the street into my driveway.

I thought my tranny was toast and took the car to the shop and saw the bolt was missing and was still sitting on the plastic undertray, they topped off the fluid and put the bolt back in, no problems since. So I would say no issues with engine or drivetrain for 84K and the sucker runs like a top. BTW, I change plugs, oil, and clean the air filter very regularly.

Ed