Recall Detail

PORSCHE / BOXSTER / 1997

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 14341 Vehicale/Equipment Name: PORSCHE
Recalled Component Id: 000008650000077331000000182 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: BOXSTER Model Year: 1997
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V112000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) Manufacturer That Filed Report: PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.
Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 22 1996 End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 31 1997
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 738
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 08 1998 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Report Received Date: May, 22 1998
Record Creation date : May, 27 1998 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with tiptronic transmissions. the bearing sleeves can seize in the intermediate selector levers. Consequence Summary: The transmission selector lever becomes increasingly difficult to move resulting in failure to activate the selector lever.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the affected bearing sleeves of the lever with bearing sleeves of an improved design. Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin june 8, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact porsche at 1-800-545-8039.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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