10.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$1,800.00
Average Mileage:
49,560 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- new engine (2 reports)
engine problem
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problem #1
2009Jan 01
Boxster S 3.2L
- Manual transmission
- 57,120 miles
had a IMS failure at just over 57k, this has happen to hundreds of Boxster with low miles. it destroys the engine, no other possible fix but new engine. there is a defect withe the intermediate shaft, Porsche knows this. will do nothing, when u purchase a car like Porsche you expect a curtain level or quality. i have had this car for 2 months, now it needs a new motor, i simply cant afford it.
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2009Aug 14
Boxster S
I bought the car with 22k miles. I have always owned better foreign cars never a Porsche.
Well I did not do the research and would up paying the price. It seems the pre 2000 Porsche Boxsters had huge engine failures, and they change the engine to one that had huge intermediate shaft problems. What gets me is they knew and make no bones about it. Strange. I had the misfortune of having one of the 79 cent bolts go through the engine housing. Porsche would not honor their 50k warranty on the grounds I was the second owner. Bought an engine from a recycler (less than 5k on it) had it installed and sold the car for 13k just to dump it. What can I say Mexico has Montezuma's revenge, and Germany has Porsche. Oddly enough the new Boxster has an Audi engine in it duh.
Well they are not good people.
Frank R.
Wilmington, NC, USA
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