My engine is done as well. (2004 2.7L)

[23109VC]

these are the threads that make me lose sleep at night...

i cringe to think what this will cost to fix.

for what it's worth, I am VERY sorry...I am only imaginging this happening to me and it makes me get shivers....

Let us know what happens with your situation... and GOOD LUCK!

[coreseller]

Another member here expressing commiseration. Sorry to hear your news Ekam.

[mts]

Man, I am very sorry to hear this. I am supposed to pick up my 2004 (3.2L) next week which experienced an IMS failure a couple months ago.

When my IMS failed I started looking into posts on various forums about other failures and I found (what seemed to me at least) and unusally high number of failures in the 2004 cars. It makes me wonder if Porsche got an inferior batch of IMS parts in some of those cars.

Feel free to PM mail if you want any info into what I looked into for my repair. Good luck with your next steps.

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by mts

Man, I am very sorry to hear this. I am supposed to pick up my 2004 (3.2L) next week which experienced an IMS failure a couple months ago.

When my IMS failed I started looking into posts on various forums about other failures and I found (what seemed to me at least) and unusally high number of failures in the 2004 cars. It makes me wonder if Porsche got an inferior batch of IMS parts in some of those cars.

Feel free to PM mail if you want any info into what I looked into for my repair. Good luck with your next steps.

I noticed that too...that upon reading about all these failures on the net, that the majority or them were 04 model cars. Perhaps as you say, a bad batch that year.

ekam, sorry to hear about it. Hope Porsche helps you with this.

[ekam]

Spoke to Porsche Canada, they want me to tow it to a dealer to do a detail assessment. No promises from them but there is still hope!!!!

[mts]

Good luck with that. I had success with Porsche on mine. A few things that I think helped me were:

1) I had some 3rd party documentation on the IMS problems (if that ends up being your problem). I used 2 of the 3 Excellence Magazine articles on the M96 motor issues.

2) I tried to build a case on why it made business sense for them to help me. Luckily my age and income put me squarely in Porsche's target demographic for new vehicle sales. I also serve on some local BOD's and have a lot of local contacts with others in their target demographic that I beleive worked in my favor.

3) I had terrific maintenance records I could share with them.

I'd say be prepared to build a case on why they should help you. I think that's best shot at getting some goodwill assistance.

Good luck

[Bobiam]

Your misfortune makes me both sad and angry. Best of luck to you and please keep us posted.
Bob

[Frodo]

Add me to the list...that's just so disheartening to hear. Sorry for your misfortune, and good luck with its resolution. Keep us posted---when it comes to engine failure, we've ALL become curious (and a bit nervous) onlookers around here...