IMS facebook webpage against Porsche failure

[WhipE350]

Let me change the channel and see what fear GB is stirring up. At 20% I think I'm going to hire a couple of great mechanics and make my million in the first year. Not doubting there is a flaw and I will check my filter regularly...but let's see if I can service 10% of 40,000 or 15 cars a day at $250.00 a car I would get my million. Really all kidding aside, hope I'm not in the %2. Cheers!!

[Paul]

The reality is that if it happens to a 986 it is basically totaled from a financial view point.

I've told customers to avoid cars in the 80,000 to 120,000 mile range for years, once again I should have followed my own advice and traded my 01 in for a new car. I just don't want to part with a car that Peter Porsche autographed.

Jake puts up with a lot of comments from owners like me and others, but in the end, he is one of the few guys that actually cares enough about this problem to develop a fix.

For me, my very successful years owning and beating Porsches without an engine failure made me delay doing what I knew I should do. That and being way too busy....

[Perfectlap]

^ can you really call it a fix though? That might be misleading. I think it may be better viewed as reducing an already low probability to an even lower likelyhood but you are still in the woods.

at any rate even if is 2% that's some pretty ****************ty engineering. or I should say ****************ty engineering for consecutive years. I guess some don't like to admit error.

[dmatz]

I have an 04 Boxster that had confirmed IMS failure last week at 58K miles. Dealer employees, including service managers, have admitted to me that they have a significant number of IMS failures in this engine, and didn’t deny that it should have been a recall. I didn’t know of this defect until it (probably) happened to me, and feel angry that Porsche sold me a car without revealing a fatal design flaw (sealed bearing with seal that fails in normal use, then relying on inadequate lubrication from crankcase oil splash).
When I called Porsche (1-800 Porsche), I was told there was no recall for the IMS defect because “the government orders recalls and they didn’t order a recall” for the IMS issue. Recalls are triggered by complaints to the NHTSA – not very many complaints, no recall. NHTSA complaints and investigations can be researched at their website: http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Owners . Between MY 2000 and 2005 there were only 6 IMS failures reported withe std or S Boxsters. Brief internet searches reveal that the actual failure rate is certainly much higher than these numbers would suggest. Complaints can easily be filed at the NHTSA website. If everyone with IMS failures went to the NHTSA website and filed a complaint, perhaps an investigation and thus a recall might be triggered. I’m not sure if a recall could be ordered for cars this old, but at least the relevant government agency should adequately notified. If the government took action, Porsche would be forced to respond.

[WhipE350]

Originally Posted by dmatz

Between MY 2000 and 2005 there were only 6 IMS failures reported withe std or S Boxsters.

Probably because they weren't starting to fail yet, or folks just don't know to report it. Do those 6 cover the all reports up to today? Sorry it happened to you, is your car motor shot?

[dmatz]

My count from the NHTSA database was as of last week. I think people simply don't know about the complaint mechanism. I didn't untill I hit the internet. Yes, my motor is shot. I'm choosing to actually spend the money to resurrect my car by putting a crate engine in - about $18K. My advice: never name your car.

[Jager]

Originally Posted by dmatz

My count from the NHTSA database was as of last week. I think people simply don't know about the complaint mechanism. I didn't untill I hit the internet. Yes, my motor is shot. I'm choosing to actually spend the money to resurrect my car by putting a crate engine in - about $18K. My advice: never name your car.

How often did you change your oil? What brand of oil and wieght? How far did you drive on average after startup?

Thanks
Jager