IMS failure 2005 Boxster 44,352 miles

[Peterthegreat]

I live in Seattle washington and bought a used 2005 Boxster with 33,000 miles on it and it failed at a stop light while not moving and destroyed itself. Intermediate Shaft failure..the engine was frozen up. New reman costs 18K to redo. Car is worth 21K. Am looking to start a class action suite against Porsche. Anyone who is affected please call me I have a very good class action attorney.

Peter

[phillipj]

You should get plenty of responses on this one..... I'm sorry to hear what happened to your engine

[JFP in PA]

I live in Seattle washington and bought a used 2005 Boxster with 33,000 miles on it and it failed at a stop light while not moving and destroyed itself. Intermediate Shaft failure..the engine was frozen up. New reman costs 18K to redo. Car is worth 21K. Am looking to start a class action suite against Porsche. Anyone who is affected please call me I have a very good class action attorney.

Peter

Good luck...................

[03BoxsterS]

Sorry for your loss. :o I've got an '03 Boxster S with about 23,000 miles; everything fine so far, but I'll be watching this thread. I know another fellow that had a failure around 40k miles......Keep us posted.

What can you tell us about how the car was driven or maintained?

[txhokie4life]

I live in Seattle washington and bought a used 2005 Boxster with 33,000 miles on it and it failed at a stop light while not moving and destroyed itself. Intermediate Shaft failure..the engine was frozen up. New reman costs 18K to redo. Car is worth 21K. Am looking to start a class action suite against Porsche. Anyone who is affected please call me I have a very good class action attorney.

Peter

I've heard Porsche has been replacing engines with IMS issues with 2005's even out of warranty.

Check with your dealership.

mike

[jmdubbua]

I have a 2002 Boxster that had an IMS failure, 2 weeks after the company that carried my extended warranty filed for bankruptcy. I am trying to figure out what to do, I have a loan on the car and a quote for 19K to fix.

[Beelzy]

Manual Transmission or Tiptronic??

This is probably the most important to certain folks.

My '04 is closing in on 40k. :eek:

[Gerry K]

I have a 2004 Boxster S with 74,000 miles on it which just had IMS failure. I am the original owner and have had all maintenance performed on schedule. Porsche so far is unwilling to share in the cost to replace the engine (quoted at $17,000). Any advice on where to go or how to handle?

[phillipj]

You can get it rebuilt for much less than a new engine. Porsche will not pay for a new engine so you can forget about that. If you were in So Call I can recommend a a couple places that are great. Sorry to hear about your plight... I have been there....:censored:

There are quite a few folks here from Northern CA that should be able to point you in the right direction.

Edited January 18, 2011 by phillipj