Porsche Cayman S 2006

No recalls could be found for this vehicle. To ensure accuracy and for your safety, do a free VIN recall check here or here [USA] - UK - Canada.

Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

Traveling in a straight line on a dry road at around 65mph, the vehicle's engine expired in a huge plume of coolant/oil. Flatbedded to a porsche dealership, a technician using a boroscope found (according to the dealership) "scoring to #5 cylinder and evidence that a valve had hit the top of the piston. There was also a huge amount of metal debris in the oil filter." this was a result of something failing in the engine, rather than the cause of the failure. The porsche dealership did not care to determine the cause of the failure. I suspect intermediate main shaft (ims) failure. One year beyond certified pre-owned (cpo) warranty and $20k for a new engine. *tr

Car: 2006 cayman s with 34,150 miles on it. I don't race it (on or off the track). 90% of my commute is highway driving at 70 mph, with the occasional acceleration (no downshifting) to 80-90 mph. I bought the car as certified pre-owned with 5,000 miles on it. I put ~29,000 miles on the car over an ~8 month period of time the event i was driving into work. About 1000 yards from my house, i was casually (read: not aggressive, not racing, etc) shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear, when the shifter suddenly went limp. I could put the shifter into the slots for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th gear, but the gears weren't actually shifting. The car was stuck in 2nd! Luckily the car was stuck in a low gear, and i was able to get the car back home. Luckily i was driving in a neighborhood with little traffic, there are numerous situations where serious personal injury or death could have occurred the symptoms: car is stuck in a gear; gear shift is limp - moves freely, not able to engage the repair i had the car towed to the porsche dealership. They informed me that the gear shift cable had snapped; i've found other posts with similar photos, full description available at: http://www.Planet-9.Com/cayman-boxster-problems-complaints/75482-broken-shifter-cable.Html my thoughts per many message boards, this looks to be a more pervasive issue. Perhaps not enough to meet porsche's recall criteria, but i would argue that their recall criteria is flawed! If this happens to even 1% of their cars, make the simple (relatively cheap) fix, and protect the lives of their customers. *tr

Motor failed unexpectedly while accelerating, causing loss of power and loss of control. Mechanic inspection says that it was not my fault, as the failure occurred at 3500 rpm and there was no stress that should cause failure. No sludge found in engine, oil changes done on time. Failure necessitates a completely new motor at a cost of $16,000. After investigation, it appears that complete motor failure between 40-50k miles on the 2006 porsche cayman s is fairly common.

In january of 2007 i bought a 2006 porsche caymann s form paul miller porsche in parsippany n.J. In 7\08\2010 the car began consuming oil at an alarming rate and i made an appointment with ray catina porsche in edison n.J. Invoice#pocs45415. After their diagnosis they determined that the car used 200ml. In 475mi., the car at the time had 17,393mi on the odometer, they said it was within specs. And i considered it part of the break in period. At 22000 mi i was experiencing an oil consumption rate of 1qt. Per 300 mi. Also their consumption test and what i?M experiencing are different. It went from 1qt {946ml.}every 450-500 miles to 1qt every 250-300mi. I was resetting the trip odometer every time the car needed a quart of oil, the last time i reset the odometer before i brought it the ray catina this month was 278mi. When i brought it in the first time in 2010 it was a consumption rate of 1qt per 500mi.{that?S what i was experiencing} then they said it was normal. They currently have the car and it was determined that the motor was tearing itself apart from the inside and needs to be replaced, my point is, if this 'normal' situation is left unnoticed. This can lead to oil starvation and eventually catastrophic engine failure. This can lead to loss of power steering and may dump the 8 plus quarts of oil on the road. I was fortunate enough to find and almost force porsche to fix this potentially deadly situation before it got to that stage.

The engine experienced a cylinder failure in the #5 cylinder. The #5 piston 'clipped' a valve, the valve dropped into the cylinder, the piston impacted the valve and caused the #5 piston rod to break loose completely and punch a hole in the top of the engine core. There were also cracks in the #5 cylinder wall. I had to purchase a completely new engine from the manufacturer and have my local dealer install it. The final repair bill was $25,000.

When i was driving the normally, the engine just blew. No over rev or shift miss. I brought the car to a dealer and was told that it seemed one bearing at the crankshaft failed. I've seen many similar engine blows for the same type of vehicles on the net so i'm wondering if this could be a design flaw. I expect nhtsa's investigation.

The engine failed whilst taking part in a driving event at willow springs raceway. Oil starvation caused #6 conrod big-end bearing failure at approximately 4000rpm leading to internal destruction of the engine and an enormous plume of white smoke out through the exhaust. Fortunately i was on a straight part of the track at the time and was able to retain control and stop the car safely. Please note that although this failure happened on a race track and at a seemingly high speed, i am an experienced racing driver and the car was not being unduly abused. This vehicle is sold in germany where it is perfectly legal for it to achieve its 170mph top speed when driving conditions allow and the company's advertising campaigns focus on its sporting capabilities. Clearly, however, the car shouldn't be advertised as a sports model if it cannot be driven in a sporting manner (in a controlled environment) without catastrophic failure.

As i was accelerating for a merge, the car bucked and hesitated despite having my foot on the gas. I shifted gears and it was the same problem then there was an odd noise from the engine. I pulled off and the oil pressure warning light came on just as i stopped the engine. I had the car towed to the repair shop.

Transmission linkage cables broke, leaving me with only 2nd, 4th and 6th gears (reverse, 1st, 3rd, and 5th gears inoperable). I limped home in peak traffic with possible damage to the clutch.