2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE Complaints

THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, CAR DROVE WITH VERY LITTLE ABILITY TO SPEED UP. IT SPUTTERS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT WON'T START RIGHT AWAY, BUILDING UP FUEL PRESSURE. I WAS DRIVING AND IT JUST BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO THE GAS PEDDLE. I SLOWED AND STOPPED, RESTARTED AND JUST HAD A VERY WEAK CAR. IT TAKES SOME TIME TO REACH 50MPH. DANGEROUS IF ON THE HWY.

ON JUNE 3, 2017, I HAD A WARNING LITE FOR LOW AIR PRESSURE EMIT ON MY DASHBOARD. I PULLED OVER TO THE NEXT SERVICE STATION AND APPLIED AIR TO MY TIRE. ONLY UNTIL THEN DID I NOTICE THE SEVERE CRACKING AND ROTTING OF THESE TIRES THESE TIRES HANKOOK VENTOUS S1 WERE PURCHASED ON APRIL 1, 2016 AND HAVE LESS THAN 10K MILES ON THEM. IN FACT, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THE DRY ROT AND CRACKING IS EXPERIENCED ON ALL 4 TIRES CAUSING SEVERE SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE TIRE ITSELF.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. ACCELERATING AS I WAS MERGING INTO THE HIGHWAY. I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT THE BACK. CHECK COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I STOPPED I SAW COOLANT EVERYWHERE UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE GLUE FROM THE COOLANT TUBES FAILED AND NEEDS TO INSTALL NEW COOLANT PIPES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSATION DRAIN LINE WAS PLUGGED, WHICH CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,340.

THE DISTRIBUTOR COLLECTOR COOLANT SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE PIPES HAS FAILED. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE PORSCHE CORPORATE OFFICE THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS OR RECALLS ON FILE. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE COOLANT LIGHT APPEARED (NO OTHER SYMPTOMS), I DID NOT HIT A BUMP, IT WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AS IF IT WAS ON FIRE.

WHILE LEAVING MY HOME IN MY 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO, THE CAR STARTED HESITATING AND THEN STALLED OUT WITH A PDC ERROR. AFTER TAKING IT IN TO THE LOCAL PORSCHE DEALERSHIP THEY REPORTED FINDING NOTHING. THE ISSUE WOULD OCCUR 2 MORE TIMES AND I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SPECIALIZING IN PORSCHES WHO STATED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THE ISSUE IS REOCCURRING WITH SUPPLEMENT ERRORS SUCH AS CHASSIS AND CHECK ENGINE. MY ISSUE ISN'T UNCOMMON PLEASE SEE PROVIDED LINKS WHERE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR PDCC SYSTEM. HTTP://WWW.6SPEEDONLINE.COM/FORUMS/CAYENNE-955-957/200781-3RD-REPAIR-ATTEMPT-WARNING-CHASSIS-SYSTEM.HTML HTTP://RENNLIST.COM/FORUMS/PORSCHE-CAYENNE-FORUM/699011-PDCC-MAJOR-PROBLEMS.HTML HTTP://WWW.RENNTECH.ORG/FORUMS/TOPIC/45581-WARNING-CHASSIS-SYSTEM-ON-2008-CAYENNE-TURBO/

I'M WRITING THIS COMPLAINT TO YOUR AGENCY AND URGING YOU TO INVESTIGATE 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNES THE SAFETY QUALITY OF CARDAN DRIVE SHAFT. ON MAY 9, 2015, IN THE EVENING, I WAS DRIVING MY CAYENNE HEADING HOME AT THE SPEED OF LESS THAN 55 MILES PER HOUR AS I JUST GOT ON THE HIGHWAY. I SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS AN EXPLOSION FROM THE UNDERNEATH OF MY CAR. THEN, I HEARD THE METAL GRINDING NOISE. I WAS SO SCARED. I DIDNT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR. THE CAR WAS STILL DRIVING FINE, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE DASHBOARD THAT MY CAR WAS IN TROUBLE. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, SO I REDUCED MY SPEED TO LESS THAN 30 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND GOT OFF THE NEXT EXIT. I STOPPED BY AT THE NEAREST GAS STATION. I WAS CHECKING THE UNDERNEATH OF MY SUV. I THOUGHT PERHAPS, THE MUFFLER WAS FALLING OFF. WELL, NOTHING WAS FALLING OFF MY CAR. SO, I DROVE IT VERY SLOWLY TO HOME BECAUSE AS THE CAR CLIMBING THE HILL, THE METAL GRINDING NOISE WAS GETTING LOUDER. NEXT DAY, I HAD AN AUTO MECHANIC TO CHECK MY CAR, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE CENTER BEARING TO THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS LOOSENING. HE TOLD ME THAT I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IN ANY MINUTE THE BEARING COULD BE SNAPPED. HE ADVISED ME TO TOW MY CAR TO A PORSCHE DEALER'S SERVICES SHOP. AND, I DID IT. AT A PORSCHE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CARDAN DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN. I COULDNT BELIEVE THAT MY CAR ONLY HAD 51,871 MILES, AND THE CENTER BEARING WAS BROKEN ON THE HIGHWAY SUDDENLY. PER INTERNET RESEARCH, THE AVERAGE DRIVE SHIFT COULD BE LAST FOR 160,000 MILES. I REALLY DIDNT EXPECT THIS KIND OF POOR SAFETY QUALITY FROM A PORSCHE CAYENNE. IF YOU SEARCH THE CENTER BEARING ISSUE OF PORSCHE CAYENNE ON THE INTERNET, YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF SIMILAR STORIES POSTED ONLINE. PORSCHE CAYENNE HAS A POWERFUL ENGINE. HOWEVER, FROM MY INCIDENT, I BELIEVE THE CENTER BEARING IS THE WEAKEST LINK OF THE SUV.

UNDER MODERATE ACCELERATION A COOLANT DISTRIBUTOR PIPE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND SPRAYED/LEAKED COOLANT ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY AND UNDERNEATH THE CAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THE BACK OF THE ENGINE WHERE A PRESSED IN PIPE FITTING CAME LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE CASTING. REPAIR REQUIRED REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE AT A COST IN EXCESS OF $3.500. ALL THE COOLANT WAS LOST FROM THE ENGINE AND LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE STREET AND NOT THE HIGHWAY. *TR

IN 2010, I BOUGHT A '08 CAYENNE TURBO AT 40K MILES. PRIOR TO DELIVERY, I HAD PORSCHE DEALERSHIP RUN A SYSTEM CHECK TO CONFIRM THE VEHICLE WAS MECHANICALLY SOLID & FREE OF DEFECTS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY PERFORMED A REPAIR ON THE COOLANT PIPES (STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY) AND ASSURED ME IT WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION TO PURCHASE. 105K MILES: CAYENNE'S STARTER WAS MAKING NOISES AND NOT FUNCTIONING 100% OF TIME, SO I BROUGHT VEHICLE TO THE SAME PORSCHE DEALERSHIP WHO HAD BEEN SERVICING IT SINCE 2010. THE STARTER WAS IMMERSED IN COOLANT. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY (PREVIOUSLY "REPAIRED") COOLANT PIPES HAD A LEAK & REQUIRED REPAIR. I REVIEWED MY PREVIOUS INVOICE FROM ORIGINAL "REPAIR" UNDER WARRANTY AT 40K MILES & IT APPEARED TO BE THE SAME ISSUE, SAME PART #S, ETC. I RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL A FEW DAYS LATER INFORMING ME THAT MY CAYENNE NOW HAD A SECOND COOLANT LEAK AT THE CROSSOVER PIPE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE ENGINE NEAR FIREWALL (REQUIRED REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO REPAIR). THE SERVICE GUY & PORSCHE TECH TOLD ME THE SECOND LEAK OCCURRED BECAUSE THE "FIRST" REPAIR (ACTUALLY THE SECOND, IF YOU CONSIDER IT WAS ALREADY REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AT 40K MILES) THEN PROPERLY PRESSURIZED MY COOLANT SYSTEM, CAUSING THE NEXT LEAK, REQUIRING THE "NEXT" REPAIR. APPARENTLY THE INITIAL REPAIR DONE AT 40K MILES WAS ONLY ENOUGH TO HOLD OUT UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. PORSCHE MADE THE REPAIRS & REPLACED PLASTIC PIPES WITH ALUMINUM ONES THIS TIME, ON MY DOLLAR. I HAD TO PAY FOR TWO COOLANT REPAIRS, + A NEW STARTER, SOLENOID, & BATTERY, ALL COLLATERAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE PIPE LEAKS. '03-'06 CAYENNES HAVE WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED COOLANT PIPE DEFECTS RESULTING IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST PCNA (SEE: CAYENNECLASSACTION.COM). '08S + ARE SURE TO FOLLOW. I CONFIRMED DUPLICATE PART #S/LABOR FOR WARRANTY REPAIR (NO COST) AND THIS REPAIR ($$$). $5,000.00+ REPAIR. NOT A TYPO. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, ALL OF THE SUDDEN FELT A STRONG COOLANT SMELL, SLOWED DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND DROVE HOME. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COUPLING PIPE THAT INSERTS INTO THE WATER DISTRIBUTOR WAS COMING OUT. THE GLUE THAT HELD THE PIPE IN PLACE FAILED AND THE PIPE WAS 60% OUT! I STOPPED IN TIME BEFORE THE PIPE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT AND SUDDEN LOSS OF COOLANT OCCURRED, THE PIPE WAS LITERALLY FINGER TIGHT, NOTHING HELD IT IN PLACE ANYMORE. PORSCHE QUOTES $3500 TO REPAIR!!!! THIS NEEDS TO BE A SERVICE ACTION CLEAR AS DAY. *JS