Have I got a gearbox problem?
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I do notice that moving off initially can sometimes be a touch smoother when in normal/economy mode, as opposed to Sport or Sport Plus.
Simon
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VanB, perhaps it's the extra 400 or so Kgs causing the slightly Snatchy take up? As you say, the 981 never exhibited this. I'm not unduly worried, just thought someone may have come back and said, the solenoid needs changing/common problem or similar? Had the solenoid changed on the 981 after it stopped changing gear and was stuck in 2nd, luckily only about 1 mile from home! Cleared itself next day, but diagnosis showed it to be faulty.
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It’s not something that concerns be apart from having to ensure that I stay at least half a cars length away from the car in front when moving off.
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As it happens, I do have a gearbox problem, but not to do with any of the symptoms mentioned so far on this thread.
When I had my PCM software upgraded a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I could occasionally hear a very faint whistling noise at at around 70mph, would they care to investigate?
So the OPC recorded the sounds with the car on a ramp, sends them off to Porsche and a week later I got a call saying Porsche would like to change the gearbox as a precaution. So the Macan is booked in mid Jan for a week to do the swap.
Seems strange that you can have all sorts of obvious glitches and the OPC says there's nothing wrong (transfer box etc), yet mention what seems a very minor thing and they are all over it ...
When I had my PCM software upgraded a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I could occasionally hear a very faint whistling noise at at around 70mph, would they care to investigate?
So the OPC recorded the sounds with the car on a ramp, sends them off to Porsche and a week later I got a call saying Porsche would like to change the gearbox as a precaution. So the Macan is booked in mid Jan for a week to do the swap.
Seems strange that you can have all sorts of obvious glitches and the OPC says there's nothing wrong (transfer box etc), yet mention what seems a very minor thing and they are all over it ...
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jk88 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:00 pm So the OPC recorded the sounds with the car on a ramp, sends them off to Porsche and a week later I got a call saying Porsche would like to change the gearbox as a precaution. So the Macan is booked in mid Jan for a week to do the swap.
Seems strange that you can have all sorts of obvious glitches and the OPC says there's nothing wrong (transfer box etc), yet mention what seems a very minor thing and they are all over it ...
Blimey!
That's a big/expensive job for Porsche! Sounds like them (sensibly) being very cautious, rather than risking you having a catastrophic mechanical failure at a dangerous speed.
Simon
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Sold: 2013 Platinum Silver 911 (991.1) C2
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Mine: 991.2 Carrera T Racing Yellow 06/04/2018
Sold: 2016 Rhodium Silver Macan 2.0
Sold: 2013 Platinum Silver 911 (991.1) C2
Sold: 2017 Carmine Red Panamera 4
Mine: 991.2 Carrera T Racing Yellow 06/04/2018
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Reminds me of the time when I reviewed reports written by engineers. One wrote ‘the fire was unsuccessfully extinguished’! Mind you, he was Scottish, so no doubt my amusement was down to my lack of understanding of the Scottish language.
Nick
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