Porsche

Pinion Bearing Failures

List of afflicted cars / owners @ 05/05/01
  Name   Model Mileage Warranty

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1 Rob Hill AK 95 7,000 No     manandmachine@gli.net
2 Spiros   93 10,000 Yes     spiros@litepoint.com
3 Chad Austin CO 94 10,000 Yes     chads968@excite.com
4 Jill Knight UK 94 12,800 Yes* Paid in full *Used car warranty Liss, Hampshire, UK
5 Charlie Labson   94 12,900 No     charlie_labson@cohr.com
6 Oran Shapitka CD 93 16,000 Yes Paid in full Canada oran@intertechsystems.com
7 Steve Ross   94 17,000 No Paid in full ~ 2 years out of warranty slr944@aol.com
8 Simon Brenchley UK 94 17,500 No

£250

AFN Reading £1200 -2001 simon@968.net
9 C.A. London UK 94 20,000 Yes* Paid in full *Used car warranty c/o  M E Martin 
10 Dave Shaeffer   94 20,000       dshaeff@worldnet.att.net
11 Tim Arnett   95 21,000 No

50%

Feb-00

tarnett@us.ibm.com
12 Eric Beaudry   93 21,000       beaudry1@rmi.net
13 J D Bidford   94 21,789 No No Previous owner paid binfordjd@email.msn.com
14 Matt Murray   95 22,000 Yes Paid in full   mattm@optonline.net
15 Bruce Corwin   95 25,000 No Paid in full ~ year out of warranty bruce@968.net
16 Marcus Shaw HK 93 25,000 No   Not yet repaired mjshaw@shaw-group.com
17 Kent Johnson   94 25,000 No     kkjohnson555@cs.com
18 Tim Guest UK 94 26,000 No Sort of ! Made P. to buy car back c/o  M E Martin 
19 Peter Schibli CH 92 26,500 No DM750 (30%) Repair in Germany 11/99 czshl@ocag.ch
20 Gary Goelkel   94 27,000 No Paid in full Dealer pressed Porsche gary_goelkel@hp.com
21 Mark Buchanan NJ 95 27,000 No     mark@buchanantech.com
22 Greg Ward   94 27,680 No No Discount to new car gward@hp.com
23 Ron Robinson MD 94 28,000 No Parts only Dealer $1,600 10/00 ron_robinson@amtote.com
24 Clifford Smith FL 95 28,000 No No March 2000 - $1700 cesmith1@aol.com
25 Stephen Philipson CH 92 28,100 No   Not yet repaired stephen.philipson@power.alstom.com
26 David Downey   94 29,000 No Paid in full

Mar-00

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27 Dan Cashatt   95 30,000 No   Not yet repaired dananax@aol.com
28 JC Lee   94 30,000 No   Already repaired once ! jclee@erols.com
29 Dave Ehlers   94 32,000       dehlers@968.net
30 Jeff Gaynor   94 33,000 No No   jgaynor@ime.net / dak@968.net
31 M E Martin UK 93 33,500 No No   martin@gsoft.freeserve.co.uk
32 Tom Wilkinson   94 34,000 No No Repaired 12/99 $3000 tomjan@sprynet.com
33 Arndt Meyer I 94 34,000 No No Owner & mech. $800 arndt.meyer@eicon.com
34 Rainer Shardt D 92 35,650 No No Germany Rainer.Schardt@ffm.siemend.de
35 Bert Crandell MI 95 37,900 No

50%

April 2000, Gr. Rapids Mi homat@mindspring.com
36 Neil Thomas UK 94 38,000 No Not repaired Traded car for Z3 ! thomas.neil@adlittle.com
37 Chris Dixon UK 95 39,000 Yes* Paid in full *Used car warranty dixon_c@ins.com
38 Marty A F   93 39,000 No Paid for parts   maf968@aol.com
39 Jack Harmon   94 40,000 No Paid in full 1998 Even paid for rental car ! jack_harmon@msn.com
40 Craig Smith   94 40,000 No Paid in full PO works for P. dealer craigs@amgen.com
41 Bill Miles MD 95 40,500 Yes* Paid in full 10/00 *Used car warranty hooterhill@rcn.com
42 Gary Blomquist   93 41,000 No No   garyblomquist@prodigy.net
43 Eric Dean PA 93 42,000 No

60%

May 2000 PA Dealer $3K eric@mripittsburgh.com
44 Joe Hunt   94 44,000 Yes*   *Used car warranty -sold safeshot@mindspring.com
45 Arthur     44,000 No No Sold car artar@bellsouth.net
46 Robert Goldfarb   94 44,000 No No   NECSRJG@aol.com
47 S Lavi PA 94 44,000 No   $2000 lavida@cheerful.com
48 Bill Abercromby NZ 94 44,000 No   Not yet repaired gardendesign@xtra.co.nz
49 Valur Svansson   93 45,000 No Yes   valur@968.net
50 Kulu Punia CD 94 45,000 No   Not yet repaired, Calgary 996turbo@home.com
51 William Lawrence NC 94 46,000 No   Not yet repaired wlawrencejr@pol.net
52 WWLJ     46,000       www.968.net 63.20.79.212
53 Julian Westaway UK 94 48,000 No No Independent £824 julianwestaway@hotmail.com
54 Chris Canuteson   94 49,000 No No   cmc@968.net
55 Ron Cannizzaro   95 49,000 No No $2500 Independent shop r_cannizzaro@email.msn.com
56 John Heimsohn MD 93 50,000 No   Not yet repaired jonh_heimsohn@msdw.com
57 Philip Chaffa RI 93 50,000 No   Independ. $2,800 phil2556@email.msn.com
58 Doug Campbell   94 51,000 No No Not yet repaired dcampbell10@hotmail.com
59 Michael McDade MA 94 51,000 No Parts $180 Labour $2,600  06/2000 mcevy@mediaone.net
60 Nick Kotla Aus 93 52,000 No   Not yet repaired nick.kotla@hotmail.com
61 Russell Millner UK 94 56,000 No Parts only Gearbox replaced £3K 101771.460@compuserve.com
62 Lee Rock MD 94 56,000 No   Not yet repaired lee@psafinancial.com
63 Jeff Lucas OH 92 59,000 No   Not yet repaired harkinsinn@cs.com
64 Roy Salvador   92 60,000 No $400   salvador@nycap.rr.com
65 Jeff Storey   93 61,000 No No Dealer $1700 March 2000 jstorey@wolflink.net
66 Geoffroy Sejourne CA 92 61,000 No   Ken Sportstech - $1800 sejourne@netscape.com
67 R V Johnson VA 92 61,000 No   Not yet repaired rvjohnson@washgas.com
68 Daniel Waldeck SC 94 64,000 No No Feb 2000 $1600 djwaldeck@msn.com
69 Brad Schulz   94 64,000 No   Not yet repaired brads@pdcorp.com
70 Walter Fernandez FL 94 64,000 No No Feb 2000 $1400 Miami walter@isg-consulting.com
71 Deepak Kakar CA 93 64,900 No No Independ. $3,000 deepak@kakar.net
72 Bill Abney TN 92 65,000 No No Repaired 1999 $1700 avispolk@aol.com
73 Roger Kerner CA 92 67,000 No No Dealer $2300 9/00 rognjo@cdepot.net
74 Raymond Kimber PA 92 74,000 Yes* Paid in full *Used car warranty raymond.kimber@dowjones.com
75 Wayne Miller VA 95 75,000   Parts only 10/00 $2750 incl $750 voucher wayne@admine.com
76 D M   95 77,000 No     dugmard@aol.com
77 Steve Rodriguez NJ 93 83,000 No No Oct 99 $1920 Dealer ser968@yahoo.com
78 Toby Bray   93 87,000 No No Repaired by owner tbray@home.com
79 For sale CT     110,000 No     c/o mattm@optonline.net
80 Peter Silowan       No Paid in full 1 month out of warranty winsurf968@aol.com
81 Lady owner   92   No Paid in full Seized up, broke g/box c/o slr944@aol.com
82 Randy   93   Yes* Paid in full *Used car warranty www.968.net
83 Steve's friend   92     Yes Awaiting details c/o slr944@aol.com
84 Marcus D D     No No Awaiting details c/o rainer.schardt
85 Philippe   94   No   Not yet repaired philimi@sprint.ca
86 Tom Wiat   94   Yes Yes Under previous owner www.968.net
87 Jan Ehrlickman       No     por1sch@yahoo.com
88 Jeff Sonn FL 95   No   Not yet repaired jtsonn@aol.com
89 Patti   95     All but $600 Replaced g/box www.968.net
90 Jason Brua   94   No   Awaiting details jbrua@resource.com
91 James Schneider MT 95         sschneider@inet.net
92 Tim Parmerter FL 93   No     redneckjxfl@aol.com
93 Alessandro I           pdp23@libero.it
94 Jim   93   No     jimmar@ptd.net
95 Richard Gone CH         Sfr 2500 richard.gone@sulzer.com

We have many 'hearsay' reports of other cars having been repaired by Porsche dealers and independent specialists. One London, UK, dealer alone has repaired 12 cars not listed here.

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