2015 Porsche Panamérica with a blown engine after 33k miles
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2015 Porsche Panamérica with a blown engine after 33k miles
has any of you had that experience? My 2015 Porsche Panamera engine is blown just after 33k miles. I was told by Porsche to pay them to tell me what went wrong and after I agreed to pay, they told me they couldn’t do it anymore due to timing. I had another mechanic looked at it and he told me that “ upon inspection found large amount of oil on rock panel, found pieces of block loose and can see connecting rod through hole on right side of block.”
full disclosure: that happened 90 days after the warranty has expired. I’m extremely disappointed in Porsche.
Any one in the the same boat or can any of you offer any advice.
full disclosure: that happened 90 days after the warranty has expired. I’m extremely disappointed in Porsche.
Any one in the the same boat or can any of you offer any advice.
#3
I wish it was under other circumstances, but I must call spade a spade, in this case lemon a lemon. The sad part is the fact that I had so much faith in the brand and the vehicle did not even alert me. Furthermore, the way I was played like a ping-pong ball with the Porsche experience as a company.
#4
Rennlist Member
I'm unaware of any other Panamera engines that have blown up like yours apparently did. The original 996's had IMS/RMS issues that could lead to catastrophic failure, but this is the first I've heard of a V8 going bad (assuming yours is a V8). Are you the original owner and know the complete maintenance history of your car?
#5
Three Wheelin'
When you say "Porsche" are you referring to your local dealer ? and if so escalate the issue to Porsche America they have a 1-800 #
#6
Burning Brakes
yeah, the local dealer isn't "Porsche" they are independent and only after the almighty dollar
Porsche tried to get rid of them in the '80's, naturally they threatened to sue/sued Porsche and stopped that from happening
Porsche tried to get rid of them in the '80's, naturally they threatened to sue/sued Porsche and stopped that from happening
#7
Did you get a pre purchase inspection (PPI)?
What's the maintenance history on the car? How many owners? Accidents? Tuning?
From what you describe, short of running out of oil, or overboosting a motor, they typically don't just catastrophically fail. Porsche, even less so. The Panamera, even less yet. That doesn't mean they are perfect, no car is perfect; however, I have read zero stories like this.
What's the maintenance history on the car? How many owners? Accidents? Tuning?
From what you describe, short of running out of oil, or overboosting a motor, they typically don't just catastrophically fail. Porsche, even less so. The Panamera, even less yet. That doesn't mean they are perfect, no car is perfect; however, I have read zero stories like this.
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#9
The craziest is the fact Hennessy Porsche where I took the car after the failure asked me to pay to investigate the cause of the failure. Naturally, I asked to let me think about it because I didn't want to pay Porsche to investigate itself. After a week I reached out and agree to pay them and they told me no they were no longer have the time to move forward. They proceeded by saying the car is out of warranty since it was 2015 purchase in late 2014 there wasn't anything they could do. The car had 4 years 50k miles warranty.
My biggest issue is the fact that I don't even know why that happened.
My biggest issue is the fact that I don't even know why that happened.
#10
Burning Brakes
This must be a fake post... Who owns a Panamera and calls it a Panamerica? Akv doesn't apparently want to answer questions such as whether he bought the car new in 2014 or not, or what version of Panamera it is...
#11
thought I answered the question in the previous post. I bought the Panamera with 14k miles and it’s a 3.6 engine. I spoke with Porsche USA and they gave me a claim number just to tell me in 72 hours they couldn’t help me.
This is not a fake post. I took the car to EuroFed in Duluth. Ga to help me figure out what happened. They’re very puzzled with the situation themselves and don’t believe I did anything to cause the issue
This is not a fake post. I took the car to EuroFed in Duluth. Ga to help me figure out what happened. They’re very puzzled with the situation themselves and don’t believe I did anything to cause the issue
#12
Burning Brakes
thought I answered the question in the previous post. I bought the Panamera with 14k miles and it’s a 3.6 engine. I spoke with Porsche USA and they gave me a claim number just to tell me in 72 hours they couldn’t help me.
This is not a fake post. I took the car to EuroFed in Duluth. Ga to help me figure out what happened. They’re very puzzled with the situation themselves and don’t believe I did anything to cause the issue
This is not a fake post. I took the car to EuroFed in Duluth. Ga to help me figure out what happened. They’re very puzzled with the situation themselves and don’t believe I did anything to cause the issue
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Rennlist Member
I know it’s its too late now sorry to hear what happened but I guess the rest of us should buy extended warrantee if our warrantee is running out