Porsche Boxster S Engine problems by year

to be addressed but overall that the car was in excellent condition. I took ownership of the car and within 2,000 miles of my ownership, the intermediate shaft bearing bolt failed destroying the engine. I have been in contact with other porsche boxster owners and this problem is very common, even on engines with 20,000 miles on them. At the moment, the only fix for this issue is an engine replacement from the dealership at a cost of $8,000-$13,000. *Tr

problem and it shows some of the research conducted by their engineer, http://www.Lnengineering.Com/ims.Html. Their research indicates that porsche knows of the problem and thinks it has to do with particular vin number cars (one of which is mine) and fixes it when it happens during warranty. I asked them to help cover the cost and they said no, as my car was out of warranty. It is my opinion that a car (porsche or not) should not fail like this especially with no warning. As an fyi, it appears porsche finally redesigned this part in 2006. I hope you can help me capture some of my out of pocket expense as well as make other users aware with a possible recall. *Tr

in the day while we were driving at highway speed on curving roads, we believe we would have been involved in a serious accident. Property damage was limited to loss of the engine itself - installation of a remanufactured engine is estimated at $14,000 to $15,000. We purchased the vehicle this past january for $20,000 so that this engine failure represents a near total, uninsured loss. The engine failure has been diagnosed as an intermediate engine shaft (ims) failure by a local mechanic specializing in porsche maintenance and repair (the closest porsche dealership is over 100 miles away). Our subsequent internet research indicates that ims failure is a common problem for porsche automobiles with the m96 engine, with some estimates that greater than 25% of these vehicles will suffer engine failure prior to reaching 100,000 miles. Unfortunately, the true statistics are not available to consumers. Porsche has not admitted that this failure mode results from a bearing design flaw, however that is the generally accepted root cause. Porsche cars north america declines to assist with repair. We recommend that you open an investigation into the failure rate and safety aspects of the porsche m96 engine. We further suggest that it is likely that fatal accidents involving porsches with these engines have been improperly assigned to driver error. We believe that porsche should be held responsible for ims failures of m96 engines through a safety recall. *Tr

dealer has agreed to replace the engine with a new (remanufactured) unit. I contacted porsche for good will assistance regarding the original premature engine failure. They declined to give any support because the failure occurred "more than 1 year after the original warranty expired" (the dealer claimed the in-service date was 10/2001). However, the maintenance manual shows a stamp from the original porsche dealer, clearly indicating the in-service date is 2/27/2002. Since the failure occurred on 1/22/2007, this is less than one year after the original warranty expired...

wear and cost is $1700. The vehilce has 19000 miles. The incident date below is date I picked up the vehilce from mckenna. I have had problems with the vehicle starting with the first day I picked up the vehicle from mckenna.