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tonycarreon 07-24-2013 05:17 AM

*knock on wood* so far, the car has 105k miles and is 12 years old.

it has never actually left me stranded on the side of the road. it's always made it "somewhere" that i can repair or replace a broken part. most were at home.

the alternator failed on the way from nowhere texas to nothing texas on the highway, but the car kept going to a small town with a parts store. the water pump started failing in nebraska, but made it to denver without a complete failure. ignition switch had issues for a while before i finally replaced it. those were the closest to stranded. cracked coolant tank was replaced at home.

thom4782 07-24-2013 06:28 AM

Wow, it's looking like I may be the record holder on this one....and that's not a good thing. Thank goodness for AAA.

bar10dah 07-24-2013 06:42 AM

Small sampling size, so the numbers won't mean too much. However, I do believe the data will be skewed just a bit, as appears most folks here are enthusiasts who mostly DIY and perform routine maintenance. They're less likely to "break down" as compared to someone who just owns a Boxster and only puts gas in it.

It's still cool to see the common failures that'll leave one stranded somewhere. Good thread!

bar10dah 07-24-2013 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmike (Post 353459)
Once.

2nd ignition switch failure (The ignition switch had already been replaced). Drained battery in the airport parking lot. I couldn't even open the trunk to jump start the car. (spectacular car design flaw).

So I had to do the whole plug a portable battery into the cigarette lighter dance... The problem is my portable battery is at my house (not at the airport after flight).




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The dead battery procedure in the owner's manual didn't help you figure out how to open the hood?

fatmike 07-24-2013 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bar10dah (Post 353477)
The dead battery procedure in the owner's manual didn't help you figure out how to open the hood?

Ignition switch drained battery. Alarm left on. Manually (physically) opened car with key which sets off a dying car alarm sounds. Jump start procedure (touch to frame and special spot to open hood) would not work when alarm is going off. BTW - you can't open the trunk either when the alarm is going off.

This is the Porsche circle of stupidity. Can't get to battery, I am stranded...

Just give me a manual frunk release and none of this would ever happen.



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jsceash 07-24-2013 03:35 PM

Not yet a few mile off 30,000 for me, and the car has 56500

tortoise944 07-24-2013 03:44 PM

Never
 
Never in the 4+ years of owning my '98 986 and never in my 3 months of owning my 981 S.

I did have a 944 blow its timing belt and break some valves around 12 years ago. That was my only Porsche let down. And it was my fault as I put off replacing the timing belt by 6 months.

Lesson learned on Porsches: always be preventative and they are solid. Ignore servicing them at your peril.

porscheinthewoods 07-24-2013 04:20 PM

Never since I bought my 2000 at 76K km and now at 198k km. Keeping my fingers crossed.

clickman 10-13-2013 09:43 AM

Once. And if I had half a brain I would have paid attention to the warning signs.

The car wouldn't start - dead battery - due to the voltage regulator being shot.

The warning signs were slow top operation with the engine off and slow window action.

Bmod986 10-13-2013 01:44 PM

Once I ran out of gas. My gauge was a bit off and I was pushing her on third gear for a while. It was the weirdest feeling, first off never felt a car run out of gas before and secondly i was just downshifting thinking that I was losing power but then I realized that it was a gas shortage. So I lost a good amount of roll time meaning more pushing. Luckily my friends were behind me so they pushed me to an empty lot and we went to get some gas.

The one positive thing that came out of this is that my friend quit smoking cigarets after feeling like S*** after pushing my car. A negative for a positive.

fusionist 10-14-2013 10:49 AM

Never once.

san rensho 10-14-2013 11:33 AM

Once. Dead battery, due to age. I don't really consider it a Porsche failure. A dead battery will kill any car.

bglz42 10-14-2013 11:52 AM

Neither my Cayman, nor my Boxster, have left me stranded...

Brockmeister 10-14-2013 12:20 PM

I've owned mine for 2 1/2 years. Started at 66k, now has 88k. has not left me stranded. Even when a deer hit me in 2011.


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