Transmission Stuck in 3rd 997.1 6MT
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03-29-2010, 10:12 AM
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I am looking at Easy Care, I am not sure if this is available on your side of the 49th. I spoke to the dealer and an independent about the coverage and both say they are great to deal with. The key is getting an inspection by the dealer and making sure that PCNA fixes anything that needs to be dealt with before the factory warranty expires.
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03-29-2010, 10:23 AM
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Rep Power: 110 I am looking at Easy Care, I am not sure if this is available on your side of the 49th. I spoke to the dealer and an independent about the coverage and both say they are great to deal with. The key is getting an inspection by the dealer and making sure that PCNA fixes anything that needs to be dealt with before the factory warranty expires.
Sorry to change the subject on the thread Ed. Hope the issue with your car is resolved soon!
#18
03-29-2010, 10:32 AM
I had a problem Thursday, shifting into 2nd and 4th felt odd. I took it to local dealer on Friday, the mechanic said it felt OK to him, I took it to The independent shop I deal with and they agreed it wasn't right. On a morning PCA drive leaving we were leaving they turn around meeting point and I shifted from 2nd to 3rd it felt really weird, tried to shift into 4th and nothing.
The shifter moves between 3 and 4 without the transmission changing, it does this with or without the clutch in. The car can do 150km/h or 90mph in third, and I was able to make it home without stopping (mostly highway, and got lucky on the 4 traffic lights between my home and the highway. I called called the dealer and they don't accept cars dropped off on weekends, and I have to leave it in front of my house till Monday. I would trailer it myself, but I won't be able to get it on and off the trailer, so I will let Porsche road side assistance take it to the dealer. The good news is my warranty expires in about 1 month! The bad news is, I can't claim I never needed to make a warranty claim on this car.
Has anyone else come across this problem? Or know what has gone wrong? It is not the shift linkage, it seems fine.
The shifter moves between 3 and 4 without the transmission changing, it does this with or without the clutch in. The car can do 150km/h or 90mph in third, and I was able to make it home without stopping (mostly highway, and got lucky on the 4 traffic lights between my home and the highway. I called called the dealer and they don't accept cars dropped off on weekends, and I have to leave it in front of my house till Monday. I would trailer it myself, but I won't be able to get it on and off the trailer, so I will let Porsche road side assistance take it to the dealer. The good news is my warranty expires in about 1 month! The bad news is, I can't claim I never needed to make a warranty claim on this car.
Has anyone else come across this problem? Or know what has gone wrong? It is not the shift linkage, it seems fine.
Definitely a broken shifter cable. They're notorious for breaking right at the back of the cable near the gearbox - this is far more common than a breakage of the plastic shifter mechanism under the gearlever. From what my indie tells me, it appears to be yet another design fault (the cables are too narrow/weak for the job). I'm on my 3rd set of cables already.....!
Thankfully, replacement cables aren't too expensive and the job to replace them isn't too serious either.
#19
03-29-2010, 10:41 AM
Definitely a broken shifter cable. They're notorious for breaking right at the back of the cable near the gearbox - this is far more common than a breakage of the plastic shifter mechanism under the gearlever. From what my indie tells me, it appears to be yet another design fault (the cables are too narrow/weak for the job). I'm on my 3rd set of cables already.....!
Thankfully, replacement cables aren't too expensive and the job to replace them isn't too serious either.
Thankfully, replacement cables aren't too expensive and the job to replace them isn't too serious either.
#20
03-29-2010, 10:44 AM
Hmmmm.... more like trying to ram the bloody thing into first (out of sheer frustration) when it's cold! 
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03-29-2010, 11:27 AM
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Rep Power: 682 Definitely a broken shifter cable. They're notorious for breaking right at the back of the cable near the gearbox - this is far more common than a breakage of the plastic shifter mechanism under the gearlever. From what my indie tells me, it appears to be yet another design fault (the cables are too narrow/weak for the job). I'm on my 3rd set of cables already.....!
Thankfully, replacement cables aren't too expensive and the job to replace them isn't too serious either.
Thankfully, replacement cables aren't too expensive and the job to replace them isn't too serious either.
#22
03-29-2010, 11:29 AM
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Rep Power: 682 Yes, they are available here as well. I had spoke with a rep. from Easy Care recently, but have heard conflicting opinions on whether to get an extended non-CPO warranty. I plan on having an inspection done at the dealer before my warranty expires which is in June.
Sorry to change the subject on the thread Ed. Hope the issue with your car is resolved soon!
Sorry to change the subject on the thread Ed. Hope the issue with your car is resolved soon!
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03-29-2010, 11:52 AM
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That's what I told Ed during breakfast that am.
Yes, get EasyCare for peace of mind. Good thing about EasyCare is that Porsche dealer is endorsing it, so no headache with dealing with claims yourself.
Yes, get EasyCare for peace of mind. Good thing about EasyCare is that Porsche dealer is endorsing it, so no headache with dealing with claims yourself.
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#25
03-30-2010, 09:24 PM
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Got a call from the dealer, and it was in fact the shifter cable. Rep Points for those that had figured out what the problem was.
BTW, my car also passed the easy car warranty inspection, they need to fix a slightly leaky transmission seal and noisey throw out bearing under warranty.
BTW, my car also passed the easy car warranty inspection, they need to fix a slightly leaky transmission seal and noisey throw out bearing under warranty.
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03-30-2010, 09:30 PM
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Rep Power: 193 Got a call from the dealer, and it was in fact the shifter cable. Rep Points for those that had figured out what the problem was.
BTW, my car also passed the easy car warranty inspection, they need to fix a slightly leaky transmission seal and noisey throw out bearing under warranty.
BTW, my car also passed the easy car warranty inspection, they need to fix a slightly leaky transmission seal and noisey throw out bearing under warranty.
#27
05-16-2010, 12:15 AM
I got stuck in first today... 
I was going to get the car serviced next week, so I will get everything done at the same time. I have almost 14,000 miles on the clock and since I track the car I think I should get the fluids replaced more often than suggested. The car will be ready for next weeks track event!
Hopefully warranty will cover the cost of the shifter...
I was going to get the car serviced next week, so I will get everything done at the same time. I have almost 14,000 miles on the clock and since I track the car I think I should get the fluids replaced more often than suggested. The car will be ready for next weeks track event!
Hopefully warranty will cover the cost of the shifter...
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