kevinli4877
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Is anyone else having similar issues?
I brought my first ever Porsche (approved used) from a Porsche dealership just before Christmas and went for the 991 C2S cabriolet (2012 registration) with a PDK gearbox. When I first drive the car (typically first thing in the morning when it's cold) and it shifts gears, normally down from say 2nd to 1st, I hear this very loud crunching noise from I guess the clutch/gearbox.....basically it sounds like a bad gear change. This happens for the first 30-60 secs of driving but then disappears....I guess once the clutch/gearbox has warmed up or has been used.
The car is still under warranty so I took it into Porsche Reading (my nearest dealership) for investigation. The Porsche engineer heard the crunching noise once and did confirm this wasn't normal but wasn't able to reproduce the noise again later on that day. Porsche Reading said they couldn't look into the issue any further until they had evidence of the issue ie. apparently they need a recording of the noise. But in typical fashion since I've had the car back I can't reproduce the noise either but then again the outside temperature has increased quite a bit since Dec/Jan (when it happened most frequently) ie. from below 2 degrees in the morning to about 6+ degrees most mornings now.
Do you think I should be worried?
And do you think I should push for Porsche Reading to investigate this even though I have no recording or evidence as they say, even though one of Porsche's own engineers did hear the noise and confirmed that this wasn't normal?
Would love to hear people's thoughts.
I brought my first ever Porsche (approved used) from a Porsche dealership just before Christmas and went for the 991 C2S cabriolet (2012 registration) with a PDK gearbox. When I first drive the car (typically first thing in the morning when it's cold) and it shifts gears, normally down from say 2nd to 1st, I hear this very loud crunching noise from I guess the clutch/gearbox.....basically it sounds like a bad gear change. This happens for the first 30-60 secs of driving but then disappears....I guess once the clutch/gearbox has warmed up or has been used.
The car is still under warranty so I took it into Porsche Reading (my nearest dealership) for investigation. The Porsche engineer heard the crunching noise once and did confirm this wasn't normal but wasn't able to reproduce the noise again later on that day. Porsche Reading said they couldn't look into the issue any further until they had evidence of the issue ie. apparently they need a recording of the noise. But in typical fashion since I've had the car back I can't reproduce the noise either but then again the outside temperature has increased quite a bit since Dec/Jan (when it happened most frequently) ie. from below 2 degrees in the morning to about 6+ degrees most mornings now.
Do you think I should be worried?
And do you think I should push for Porsche Reading to investigate this even though I have no recording or evidence as they say, even though one of Porsche's own engineers did hear the noise and confirmed that this wasn't normal?
Would love to hear people's thoughts.