New Macan S Engine or Drive Train manufacture defect with 3 litre petrol engine??

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howardsheldon
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Post by howardsheldon »

Hi

Can any owners of the new Macan S help me with this questions.....

I have an annoying vibration between 1500 and 4000 RPM, which is even more prominent when the car is under load, ie going up a hill.. coming from the engine or drive train.

Just did a 600 mile round trip and the vibration was very noticeable even when cruising on the motorway and disappointing from the 3l engine.

I had a long term drive with the 2l Macan 2019 model and didn't have this issue..

Has anyone noticed this or is it just me expecting a smooth engine from a £66k car?

Please let me know your thoughts..

Thanks


Howard
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Fairynuff
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Post by Fairynuff »

I don't know but there is clearly a problem with the Macan transfer box, perhaps that is the reason for your issues - see below link

https://www.macanforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=5116
Macananon
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Post by Macananon »

I'd recommend you go back to your supplying OPC and discuss with them.
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Post by pmg »

My 2r019 Macan S is smooth quiet and vibration free
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Post by Duarte75 »

I’ve covered just over 8k miles with my New S since I took delivery in April, and no issues whatsoever!
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Post by Nuclear Nick »

howardsheldon wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:59 pm Hi

Can any owners of the new Macan S help me with this questions.....

I have an annoying vibration between 1500 and 4000 RPM, which is even more prominent when the car is under load, ie going up a hill.. coming from the engine or drive train.

Just did a 600 mile round trip and the vibration was very noticeable even when cruising on the motorway and disappointing from the 3l engine.

I had a long term drive with the 2l Macan 2019 model and didn't have this issue..

Has anyone noticed this or is it just me expecting a smooth engine from a £66k car?

Please let me know your thoughts..

Thanks


Howard
Suggest you take a demo car out from your/any OPC.
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Post by GMAN75 »

howardsheldon wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:59 pm Hi

Can any owners of the new Macan S help me with this questions.....

I have an annoying vibration between 1500 and 4000 RPM, which is even more prominent when the car is under load, ie going up a hill.. coming from the engine or drive train.

Just did a 600 mile round trip and the vibration was very noticeable even when cruising on the motorway and disappointing from the 3l engine.

I had a long term drive with the 2l Macan 2019 model and didn't have this issue..

Has anyone noticed this or is it just me expecting a smooth engine from a £66k car?

Please let me know your thoughts..

Thanks


Howard
There's a thread on here somewhere about a similar vibration for the older models. It's down to torque and engine mapping. The car swaps up too quickly to maintain economy. The only way out of it is a more aggressive map, ie Sport. Pretty much all of them have it.
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Post by DRSG »

I just took delivery of my Macan S 3.0 petrol(2017) abt 24K mileage.I have also noticed the gruff vibrations more like a groaning from 5th gear to 7th gear at low rpm (1200 to 1600) on automode when you just prod slightly on the pedal but not enough to initiate a kickdown to 6 yet.
It is especially replicable from 7th gear when rpm reads about 1100 and come if it reaches 1200 rpm.
I drove it using pedal shift and again same groaning comes on from 1200rpm at 7th gear.
Put it to Sports and all sound is gone when rpm hits above 1800.
I read a review by Chris Perkins "https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a25460694/2019-porsche-macan-s-first-drive-review/".
In the article he also mentioned some vibrations at low engine speed.This is a new 2019 Macan S.
ATM there is no solution from my mechanic .
The only way is to kickdown a bit more aggressively so that the tach hits pass 1200 to 1600 quickly or just press the Sports button.
I have not tested the 2.0 Macan.
Another Macan S I tested had the same problem.
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