Vibrations through gas pedal + looser steering feel?
 

Hey everyone - I've been having a little bit of trouble with my 986S recently. About two weeks ago I started to notice a bit of vibration coming through the accelerator, along with my car feeling a bit looser with regards to handling. I thought it might be the motor mount or the shocks, but I brought it to my Porsche specialist and he said everything looked pretty good. Neither thing is major, but I definitely feel it and the car was feeling super tight just the week before.

Any ideas?

All the time? At certain RPMs or speeds? Simple thing like tires for inflation pressure or cupping?

Mostly in low speed settings, but not all the time. I hear the vibrations mostly through the little lexan wind deflector behind my head. Shifting is a little clunky too - sometimes it doesn't want to go into 2nd, but it's like one out of every 20 shifts into 2nd. Tires are inflated to spec and relatively new.

Check the motor mount

Loose steering, check tie rod assemblies. The inner's on these cars have a tendency to go early. You should not be feeling vibrations, check your motor and trans mounts. If they have not been done, change them out. The originals were not very good from the factory.
regards

Also check your front strut mounts. Mine were worn badly and when replaced, my steering tightened up a bit.