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Originally Posted by mikefocke
The only problem with using the figures from the class action lawsuit is that those figures were out of date the day after they were written, more so by the time they were submitted to the judge, more so by the time they were published. Not to mention that they were even wrong when compiled because Porsche didn't see all the failures via their dealers as people were swapping engines from wrecks in via indies or by themselves long before the IMS publicity that lead to the class action lawsuit. Many of the cars were out of warranty so lots of folks abandoned the dealer network especially since they were less than helpful on the issue of engines with ground up bits of metal in them.
Since the time of the compilation of the figures by the lawyers for Porsche, the long time to settle the lawsuit has elapsed plus more years and miles on the cars since then so even via normal wear the figures would be higher by now. Which is why I try to answer the question in terms of per car/per year estimates.
As for if the problem is real, I know of several cars which had a failure and then a failure in the replacement engine. And of course lots of cars which never had the problem.
It isn't real until you are the one writing the big check.
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