I've had my Cayenne S Diesel since mid-2015 - bought as an ex-Porsche GB car with under 2000 miles. Since the first week the washer bottle has not retained water when brimmed, usually losing around 3 litres without any use of the washer system.
Dealer has been fantastic - they've had the bumper off numerous times, changed the headlamp washers, swapped the complete system with a demonstrator vehicle, raised the filler neck, all to no avail. In fact they've now identified that all their Cayennes appear to have the same problem. Aside from it being just plainly wrong, I don't like the smell of washer fluid penetrating the cabin. Apparently the escaping water collects in a chassis low point and then, when full, it starts leaking to ground. It appears in the wheel arch liner and at the rear of the bumper - and it's not immediately obvious since the chassis needs to fill, which only happens with the movement of driving.
The matter was referred to Germany. I collected my latest purchase today (991 GTS ??) and was told that Porsche had "closed the ticket". I think that means they're not going to do anything further. No explanation, no acknowledgment of the problem, no solution proposed.
Has anyone else noticed this? What alerted me initially was the large amount of water needed to top up the bottle even if it had not been used. I love the car but I don't like the problem being ignored.
Dealer has been fantastic - they've had the bumper off numerous times, changed the headlamp washers, swapped the complete system with a demonstrator vehicle, raised the filler neck, all to no avail. In fact they've now identified that all their Cayennes appear to have the same problem. Aside from it being just plainly wrong, I don't like the smell of washer fluid penetrating the cabin. Apparently the escaping water collects in a chassis low point and then, when full, it starts leaking to ground. It appears in the wheel arch liner and at the rear of the bumper - and it's not immediately obvious since the chassis needs to fill, which only happens with the movement of driving.
The matter was referred to Germany. I collected my latest purchase today (991 GTS ??) and was told that Porsche had "closed the ticket". I think that means they're not going to do anything further. No explanation, no acknowledgment of the problem, no solution proposed.
Has anyone else noticed this? What alerted me initially was the large amount of water needed to top up the bottle even if it had not been used. I love the car but I don't like the problem being ignored.
