PCCB issues...

[DSCBoy]

Appreciate the PCCBs are pretty well debated, but buddy of mine has had a front carbon disk crack on his 996 Turbo S...
Now its just fallen out of warranty although from what I can tell, that claim would have been a tough one anyway...

Thing that worries me, as an aspiring 996 TT owner, is that his car is just 13k miles from new, his driving is by most standards pedestrian and the car has never seen the track. This has to be a manufacturing fault in my opinion??

Thoughts? Does he have anyway of avoiding shelling the 4k he's being quoted for a new one?? Clearly given the showroom condition of the car, he's not in a big rush to switch to a steel alternative but this would appear to be his soution to me...

 

[Rotorhead]

Being a 996 it will have an earlier generation of pccbs.

Might be worth getting an independent prognosis before pursuing it with Porsche.

There are three possibilities - they say yes, they say no, or they offer a contribution towards the cost.

Alternatively, some people did replace early pccbs with steels, so it might be possible to source a little used disc privately.

 

[Rintoul]

IMO if he can't get Porsche to pay substantially towards it ( and I doubt that they will as brakes are classed as consumable) I would swop to steel brakes now to avoid futher possible extortinate costs later. £10k springs to mind when ( and I am sure it will be when rather than if) they all need changing. Of course it does depend on how long he proposes to keep the car as there may be an impact on trade value if trading it in for another Porsche, but less likely elsewhere. (To me it would be an advantage and Ididn't buy an "S" for this very reason.

 

[sawood12]

I can't imagine PCCB equipped cars commanding a substantial premium over steel braked cars in the second hand market. At around about £10k a pop those who can afford to replace them will not be looking to buy second hand cars. IMHO there is no point in having them unless you are intending to track the car, and if you do track the car you will be replacing them more frequently. A visicous circle.

 

[Grant]

If he hasn't tracked the car, then I would pursue a goodwill warranty claim via your OPC to Porsche GB, they are looking to put to bed the negatives from the earlier PCCB's & ensure future confidence in the newer system.
If this fails I'd go steel for best future re-sale, but you would have to do this on all four wheels so not cheap either! Lets hope Porsche are sympathetic!

 

[DSCBoy]

Well this has been resolved, Porsche claimed it was not a manufacturing fault as we expected, therefore his lawyer argued it has to be accidental damage and his insurance company paid up for the replacement!
Would never even have thought of asking them myself, must admit...

 

[sawood12]

Has anyone ever heard of anyone who has ever had a full life out of PCCB's of any generation? Seems to me that even though there may not be a manufacturing problem but there certainly sounds like there is a fundamental design problem in that they don't seem to be fit for purpose.

 

[garyw]

I'm assuming the insurance will make it a claim, thus effecting his NCD !! ouch (for me anyhow[:'(])

To be fair this was one of my concerns on whether to have them on my current P&J ...

garyw