Consumer Complaint Detail

PORSCHE / 968 / 1994

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003225258 Incident Date: Jul, 15 2003
Consumer's City: FAIRHAVEN Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Model Name: 968 Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:axle assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 16 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Known pinion bearing issue has been ignored by porsche for years. there are hundreds of known cases of this bearing failure yet porsche outright denies a problem. with less than 12,780 units produced worldwide over four years, the ratio of failed units of quite high by any standard. there exists the potential of causualties should this failure be ignored and occur while driving in traffic. while there typically is warning that the bearing is failing, many people continue to drive the vehicle not knowing the potential risk. porsche should issue a model wide recall and address this issue in all 968 produced over the four year production run as the failure has been reported in units from each year of manufacture. please visist www.968.net for a discussion on this matter. you will hear the nightmare stories from many 968 owners - from the failure itself, to trying to get porsche to step up and take responsibility. you will also find that porsche does, in fact, know about this issue and continues to ignore it and dismiss any claims for repairs from owners.*ak