[RKDinOKC]

shhhhh...maybe they won't notice it's Monday.

Greetings just anyway.

I'm betting it is something that got disturbed when you first did the cruise control fix. That's when it started.

About 2 years into Boxster S ownership it started taking 2 twists of the key to start it in the mornings. Still under warrantee took it in and that issue was fixed by replacing the MAF. When I got it back It started backfiring on deceleration. Violently enough that it blew out the weld in the cats. Kept taking it back for that issue telling them it started when they replaced the MAF. They kept trying different things for a year! Even replacing the MAF to no avail. They even did a chemical wash of the intake to de-carbon. However they didn't replace the oil after doing the chemical wash and 2 weeks later it spun a rod bearing and they replaced the Motor. Replacing the motor didn't even fix the problem. Took it back in for the 3rd blown out cat and the tech at Stuttgart that had been working my case was on vacation and his supervisor looked over the problem. He had them check the MAF part number against the ECU serial number. They made two different MAFs that year and you had to use the ECU serial number to get the correct MAF. Getting the correct MAF fixed it!

When they replaced the MAF the parts department had originally ordered the wrong one. When they tested it the MAF tested good. When they replaced the wrong MA they replaced the MAF they took off the car so the replaced it with the same wrong MAF. If they had done that the first time they would have gotten the correct MAF. When they replaced the motor the MAF was one of the few parts that was not replaced.

Kept telling the service advisor, the service tech, AND the factory tech the problem started when they first replaced the MAF and they said I didn't know what I was talking about. Yet, them putting on the wrong MAF was the problem that took them over a year, and a compete engine replacement before they found it.