Never Buy A Gm Jack/scissor's Jack!!!!!! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

blinkwatt · 11-02-2006, 01:33 PM

So I went to change my plastic flap in front of the driver wheel well in front of the tire. I was a tight squeeze to fit a screwdriver underneath so I went to use the spare scissor's jack that I had bought to leave in garage for who knows what reason. Let's make this clear,ITS A GM GOODWRENCH 1.5 TON SCISSOR JACK! The top of the scissor jack is the perfect size to fit the jack pad underneath the car. I go to extend the jack to its height(It lifted the car about 3-4 inches off the ground).....IT SLOWLY TILTED AND SNAPPED!!!!!! It was wedged undernearth the jack pad!!!I grabbed the jack in the cabinet,lifted the car up enough to get it out and put it back down.......WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WAS AN EMERGENCY???????? KEEP IN MIND THE CAR WAS LIFTED BY ITS LIFTING POINTS,AND WEIGHTS ALOT LESS THEN THE WEIGHT LIMIT!!!!!!

This is ridiculous,I'm trying to contact GM about this,I keep getting the run around from employees though.

11-02-2006, 01:38 PM

Hopefully you did not damage your car, or get hurt. Don't count on any assistance from GM...they are about bankrupt!

Travis · 11-02-2006, 02:50 PM

Dude . . . .

I think your Porsche got pissed that it was being lifted by a GM product and crushed the damn jack

But seriously good thing you did not get hurt, might be a case for Ralph Nadar

11-02-2006, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Travis

Dude . . . .

I think your Porsche got pissed that it was being lifted by a GM product and crushed the damn jack

But seriously good thing you did not get hurt, might be a case for Ralph Nadar

Is Nader still alive?? What is he, like...103!

Tool Pants · 11-02-2006, 05:07 PM

I will not put any part of my body under any car supported by that style of jack, and that includes the Boxster jack.

binaryc · 11-02-2006, 08:24 PM

1.5 tons = 3 000 pounds
Boxster = 2 855 pounds
Difference = 145 pounds

The jack's barely strong enough to hold the car even in the best of conditions. If you breathed on it funny it would collapse. I wouldn't use anything less than a 2 ton jack.

MNBoxster · 11-02-2006, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tool Pants

I will not put any part of my body under any car supported by that style of jack, and that includes the Boxster jack.

Hi,

Agreed. My practice it to raise the car on a Floor Jack and place the Jack Stands. Then, I give it a pretty fair sideways shove before I will get under it. I had a Jack Stand collapse on me while I was under an MGBGT once, so the Trust is gone...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99