Anyone regret buying a used Cayenne?

[BoxyLady]

Hi folks,

we bought an '04 CS two weeks ago, 45k miles, Porsche certified, with the 2 year, 100k warranty. two days after we got it, check engine light came on, several entry/drive items were not working right, and we had the "check headlight alignment" message. took back to the dealer for 3 days and they replaced a couple of modules and sensors.

had it back two days, and the Bose system stopped working-no sound from any input. a couple of engine cycles later, and we had sound back, out of the blue.

We purchased an '02 Boxster S in 2006, also certiied, and it has been rock solid. not a hint of a hiccup.

I guess I am really feeling bit a little, wondering if I'm going to have nagging electrical problems forever......anyone else expereienced this? just wondering if I'm expecting too much for the Cayenne to be bug free, as it is the most over-engineered, technology-laden vehicle I have ever seen..

love driving the vehicle. we drove every lux. SUV, and nothing came close to the Cayenne experience........

thanks for your input.

[mudman2]

The 04's are fine IF they were updated by the dealer during their life so far, if not the niggles will kill you. Everything you describe is covered by one TSB or another. If its under extended warranty they should fix.

Hi folks,

we bought an '04 CS two weeks ago, 45k miles, Porsche certified, with the 2 year, 100k warranty. two days after we got it, check engine light came on, several entry/drive items were not working right, and we had the "check headlight alignment" message. took back to the dealer for 3 days and they replaced a couple of modules and sensors.

had it back two days, and the Bose system stopped working-no sound from any input. a couple of engine cycles later, and we had sound back, out of the blue.

We purchased an '02 Boxster S in 2006, also certiied, and it has been rock solid. not a hint of a hiccup.

I guess I am really feeling bit a little, wondering if I'm going to have nagging electrical problems forever......anyone else expereienced this? just wondering if I'm expecting too much for the Cayenne to be bug free, as it is the most over-engineered, technology-laden vehicle I have ever seen..

love driving the vehicle. we drove every lux. SUV, and nothing came close to the Cayenne experience........

thanks for your input.

[OCNYPORSCHE]

Did you do a Carfax? The reason I ask is that there are a good amount of flood damaged cars that will have recurring electrical problems. It seems that all of the problems you have are electrical. Some of these cars are cleaned up (dried out) and then re-sold. Just a thought.

Hi folks,

we bought an '04 CS two weeks ago, 45k miles, Porsche certified, with the 2 year, 100k warranty. two days after we got it, check engine light came on, several entry/drive items were not working right, and we had the "check headlight alignment" message. took back to the dealer for 3 days and they replaced a couple of modules and sensors.

had it back two days, and the Bose system stopped working-no sound from any input. a couple of engine cycles later, and we had sound back, out of the blue.

We purchased an '02 Boxster S in 2006, also certiied, and it has been rock solid. not a hint of a hiccup.

I guess I am really feeling bit a little, wondering if I'm going to have nagging electrical problems forever......anyone else expereienced this? just wondering if I'm expecting too much for the Cayenne to be bug free, as it is the most over-engineered, technology-laden vehicle I have ever seen..

love driving the vehicle. we drove every lux. SUV, and nothing came close to the Cayenne experience........

thanks for your input.

[BoxyLady]

Did you do a Carfax? The reason I ask is that there are a good amount of flood damaged cars that will have recurring electrical problems. It seems that all of the problems you have are electrical. Some of these cars are cleaned up (dried out) and then re-sold. Just a thought.

Oh yea, the dealer had pulled the entire CarFax history for us while we were there. totally clean. we also pulled the complete service history for it. It was into Porsche 4 times in 4 years, all routine service items......except one warranty claim for a seat belt retractor........\

Car was purchased at a dealer just north of us in Cleveland, and the last license registration for the previous owner was in the glove box, and they still lived in Cleveland, so I think the vehicle lived in northern Ohio it's entire life...

thanks for the heads up though....never hurts to ensure we are all being careful!