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[steve]

Any bad reports on the Cayenn

[Fred Aston]

I sold Porsches for a couple of years. No longer do, but the Cayenne is the
most awesome 4X4 i've had the pleasure to drive. The one persistant problem
I've seen was the rear hatch indicator light would stay on. I'm quite sure
this was fixed within the first year of production. Option list can be a
little confusing also.

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[Michael Mc]

Steve - Taken from www.honestjohn.co.uk
What's Good
Porsche's BMW X5 and Range Rover rival 4x4 launched UK November 2002.
4,782mm x 1,928mm x 2,855mm. Same structure and four wheel drive system as
VW Touareg but with Porsche look. Originally two models: 4.5 litre 340bhp S,
which does 0-60 in 7 seconds and gets to 150mph for £45,000; and 450bhp
Turbo which does 0-60 in 5.4 seconds and goes on to 165mph for £69,000.
250bhp 3.2 V6 (basically a Touareg V6)came August 2003 at £35,000. High
spec. Five 3-point seatbelts. Strong residual values.


Club at www.porscheclubgb.com
What's Bad
Another tarmac crunching, fuel guzzling big 4x4. Uneven front tyre wear with
inside edge of tread scrubbing off first. Patchy build quality, including
badly fitting doors and carpets. Controlled supply ensures that demand
exceeds it.
What to Watch Out For
Check front tyres regularly. Can wear to illegal in 9,000 miles.
Recalls
February 2004: Joint Cayenne/Touareg recall because spring in parking brake
mechanism may damage wiring beneath leading to a fire risk. May 2004:
100,000 Cayenns and Touaregs recalled because pin linking rear seatbelt to
its anchorage may separate.

[Holden McThynge]

"steve" <costellosteve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: Any bad reports on the Cayenn

you asked for reports...

my opinion iz: geez they're big. is Porsche becoming a brand with ever
increasingly bloated automobiles? will Porsche release their own version of
the Bulgemobile? what am I talking about? well, our 2002 911 Cabrio is
longer and wider than our 1989 Jeep Cherokee Limited...

for the cost of a Porsche 4X4 you can get an automobile that performs like
a *real* Porsche..

http://www.bowler-offroad.com/NAV1.htm

[Don.]

Holden McThynge wrote:

[Holden McThynge]

<Don.> wrote in message news:42127fe1$1_1@127.0.0.1...
:
: Oh, Take me back to the...days of my '64 356 Super 90 that is. :-)
:
: I'll take the overstear any day to yellow interior and purple piping.
: To the days when people owned Porsche's because they loved the Mark, not
the
: money it represented. :-( In those days we were refered to a "Porsche
: owners" not as "Owners of a Porsche." Sigh....
:

first P-Car I rode in didn't have interior door panels

[PatrickB]

When it takes a $150k a year factory trained computer tech to fix your
beloved behemoth, you may change your mind about the Cayenne... My
wonderful '85 Carrera still has only 1 computer, thank god!!!! My '70
911T has no computer, even better! My independent mechanic told me the
other day, that the Cayenne has over 45 different computers, that tie into
each other. The new BMW 745 supposedly has over 70... We can only pray
that they are not running on a Microsoft platform!! When was the last
time your home computer crashed? OK, line up at the dealership, as our
tech has an opening next month.... It will be interesting to see how
they hold up after 3-4 years and a 100k miles...

[BFMartin]

Most environmentalists dislike SUVs in general...

And speaking as someone who drives a Boxster, I don't like having to
crane my neck to see around them. :-)

BFMartin


--
Byron F. Martin

[Martin²]

I have had a email from UK owner, see bellow, all I could say that I
recognize the attitude and arrogance of Porsche management:

Dear Martin,

I have been surfing the net in desperation. Please forgive me for contacting
you on different matter, however it still relates to Porsche AG displaying
there high handed and arrogant attitude towards their customers.

I am the owner of a Porsche Cayenne S 2004 model. The car has been
defective since new. Porsche have the nerve to tell me the vehicle functions
correctly and the problem displayed is "state of the art". What a joke, in
bad taste I might add.

The car makes a clunking noise, when driving in traffic. At speeds around
10mph, one accelerates to move forward and then touches the brake to slow
down, as you do in traffic, CLUNK! This varies in intensity from audible to
loud to severe, with accompanying vibration.

After six months of having no success with the dealer, Porsche decided to
return the car to Stuttgart. The factory engineers finally diagnosed the
fault as the action of the longitudinal clutch opening and closing. However
this is caused by an interaction of electronic control units, which they
describe as state of the art. They have no fix and are not able to offer any
solution at the present time. My reasonable requests are to fix the problem
or give me a new vehicle without the noise.

This does not happen on all cars of that model, they do not know why. They
tell me on some cars it is very noticeable on others not so. The worst part
is, they maintain it only happens under certain driving conditions. Yes
indeed TRAFFIC, most unusual, I think not.

What an attitude and they think it reasonable for a customer to accept this
as final. Do they not realise that the continued existence of Porsche AG,
depends solely on it's customers. I thought that you may be able to assist
me in advising me as to how to further my campaign, to obtain satisfaction.
Surely only embarrassment and bad publicity will bring them to heel.

Regards,

Myer Bennett

[PatrickB]

There you go!! I'm certain that more problems like this will surface in
the future....
I'm not sure if it's Federal or State law, but in California we at least
have the "Lemon Law." Where if a new car goes back to the dealer 6 times
for the same problen in a 12 month period, and they are still not able to
repair it, the dealer is obligated by law to buy the car back for the
original purchase price....

[Jim Keenan]

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