Macan Turbo Drive Shaft

MikeUK · Post by **MikeUK** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:14 pm

Picked up my used turbo about 12 weeks ago from the local Porsche dealership (14k miles) and have recently started to notice a notchy / drive vibration when pulling away from a standstill. The notchy feeling is much more pronounced when pulling away on an incline. The notchy feeling isn't evident over 15-20 mph but this probably because its disguised by the road surface conditions when travelling over this speed. Porsche have replaced the front drive shafts but this hasn't cured the problem so it's back with them for more investigations... Interested to hear if anybody else has suffered a similar issue and if/how the problem was resolved? Thanks

Bullet · Post by **Bullet** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:34 pm

Might be worth researching transfer box, isn't a common problem, but common enough to sound like this issue

AG

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:37 pm

heard about this in the US forum -

http://www.macanforum.com/forum/engine-technical-discussion/64177-macan-turbo-drive-shaft-failure.html

http://www.macanforum.com/forum/complaints/87514-tranfer-case.html

Roy2016-01-04 21:40:52

jonmacan · Post by **jonmacan** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:44 pm

Lots of early macans suffered with transfer box issues obviously not vocally by porsche but I know of 5 instances...they typically had noticeable drivetrain lag issues ,of which my april 14 S diesel sufferd with "mysteriously"..but my new august 15 macan turbo although being petrol doesn't suffer with whatsoever...

jonmacan · Post by **jonmacan** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:49 pm

My april 14 S Diesel had a gearbox update but made no difference..

Tall Phil · Post by **Tall Phil** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:52 pm

...perhaps Porsche have upgraded the transfer box for current models.

13K / 14K mileage seems to be a consistent figure when the problem appears.

jonmacan · Post by **jonmacan** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:58 pm

Glad I'm racking the miles up..I'll hit 15k in 3-4 month's....be interested to see past that figure..

Bullet · Post by **Bullet** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:19 pm

...perhaps Porsche have upgraded the transfer box for current models. Â

13K / 14K mileage seems to be a consistent figure when the problem appears.Â

You can guarantee they wouldn't leave a big problem alone, even if they don't advertise it

AG

MikeUK · Post by **MikeUK** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:31 pm

Thanks for all the comments. I'm expecting to hear back from the dealership in the next 24-48 hrs so will provide an update after hearing back.

LVision · Post by **LVision** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:35 pm

Thanks Mike that will be useful

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