Craked Coolant Reservoir

[chadchad10]

Howdy all,

Noticed the infamous coolant leak on my 99 Cab Carrera this past weekend on the driver's side exhaust pipe. Thought about purchasing the part and doing it myself, but also read (from this board) that this has been a long standing issue. So rather than spend the $230+ dollars on the part, I took it into the dealer to have them take a look. I also mentioned that while the car was out of warranty, the problem is well documented for these cars and I thought the repair/replacement should be done under warranty. They agreed to check with the regional rep for PCNA, but couldn't do so until today. Called this morning and they will cover it ($580+ for part and install).

Wanted to say thanks for the info on the board. It also probably helped that I have taken the car there since it was bought (oil changes included) and they replaced the engine on the car a couple of years back.

Thanks again.

Chad

Los Angeles

[LVDell]

Good for you. I just had the same problem and my car just elapsed from the warranty to the extended warranty 2 months ago which DOES NOT cover the coolant reservoir (not sure I understadn that one). I did the same thing as you, told them that this is a documented problem and that my warranty just moved from full to exteneded. They met me halfway. They paid for parts and I paid for the labor (roughly 450 for labor--4.5 hrs at 95/hr)). Needless to say I am not impressed, but it could have been worse. They could have totally denied it and made me pay the whole thing.

[Loren]

It also probably helped that I have taken the car there since it was bought (oil changes included) and they replaced the engine on the car a couple of years back.

Hmm... perhaps the dealer should have read TSB 8/99 1940 Coolant Expansion Tank (dated 10-22-99) - "Concern: Replacing the coolant expansion tank when an engine is replaced" that instructs them to change the coolant tank to the newer version whenever an engine is replaced. They might have saved you this trouble.

[Tool Pants]

When I started out Boxstering almost 5 years ago everyone still had the factory warranty. Now that the cars are falling out of warranty this is what I have seen on the message boards as a general solution to getting your car back on the road.

Porsche may pay for the part and the customer pays for the labor if it is a known problem. If you have an aftermarket warranty then some times the company will pick up the labor.

Just a very general rule of thumb.

[umn]

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Porsche may pay for the part and the customer pays for the labor if it is a known problem.

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Which is not very helpful in case of an RMS failure (part 10$, labour 500$) :soapbox:

Gruss

Uwe