IMS settlement follow up

[southernstar]

The failure rate, based upon statistics obtained by the plaintiffs in the class-action suit, was much less than 1% for cars with a dual-row IMS bearing and 8-10% for those with the single-row bearing. It should be noted that this is an underestimate as it is based upon failures reported to Porsche (either because the car was brought into a dealership after failure, or because after diagnosis a claim for warranty/extended warranty/post warranty coverage was made to Porsche. It stands to reason that certain people who suffered a failure after the expiry of the warranty didn't even bother to contact Porsche and hence would not be included in the failure rate percentages.

Brad

[Homeboy981]

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[soucorp]

Porsche's IMS bearing explained Intelligently: MUST SEE

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by soucorp

Porsche's IMS bearing explained Intelligently: MUST SEE

I thought the LNE Rretrofit included the DOF?

[2003S]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

I thought the LNE Rretrofit included the DOF?

No it does not.

[seawind]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

I thought the LNE Rretrofit included the DOF?

Relative to the LNE and DOF, how did Porsche correct the issue in the new (post 2009) engines?

[southernstar]

In the latest engines, Porsche eliminated the IMS - no IMS, no IMS bearing to worry about.

Brad

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by southernstar

In the latest engines, Porsche eliminated the IMS - no IMS, no IMS bearing to worry about.

Brad

Yeah. Lets see how that works out. We've been inside the 09 and later engines for over 3.5 years now.

A Porsche overhead cam engine has utilized an "IMS (aka layshaft) since the mid 1950s, beginning with the 547/1 and that was done for a reason.