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I have a 1999 boxster and have not missed an oil change or service
checkup. At 47K miles the engine seized up. 12K replacement.
Apparently there is a heat sleeve on the manifold (to draw heat from
the engine), that gets sucked into the engine if it comes loose. i
asked why this was not checked at the 45K mile check if this was a
known problem. The result is that Porsche is willing to give me 4K
off the repair.

I am thinking of suing. Has anyone else had similar experience with
this or any other major part that has pre-maturely fail when the
vehicle was maintained?

All experiences with problems are welcome

thanks

[Martin²]

rifco:

[Jan Mikkelsen via CarKB.]

Had a 1999 boxster (bought 2nd hand in 2001) where the engine blew up after
just 8K (only had 6K on the clock when I bought it). This happend in
Houston, Texas and they installed a new engine free of charge (first time I
ever used a car warranty). Was told that there's a problem with 1% of the
1999 2,5 engines. Didn't follow up on this any further. A friend bought the
car in 2003 and it now has done 60K with no more problems.

[G. Patricks]

You sure it wasn't the well known cylinder liner failure that I just
read about in the latest Panarama Magazine? PCNA replaced a LOT of
engines from what I hear, would think they would continue to do so as
it is a manufacturing defect.