The cayenne is a mighty capable beast with few faults but one did occur with my wife's 2014 model. The first sign of it was an oil advisory that appeared on the dash. These things don't normally use much oil especially our one that isn't driven hard. The annual government vehicle test we have here in the UK notified of an oil leak to the rear of the engine but with the undertrays there was no sign of leakage on the drive or in the garage. I got my local independent Porsche garage to inspect further and sure enough there must have been about half a pint of oil collected on the undertray so all the signs of a fairly substantial leak were apparent. Although I'm happy and capable of doing a fair amount of repair and maintenance work myself, I thought it best to give this particular task over to the experts. To access the culprit seal meant the whole of the cars' front subframe had to be removed in order to split the engine and transmission to replace the faulty seal. This seal cost £18.22 or about 20/25 US dollars. To replace it and re-new all the parts that had to be disturbed in order to get at the seal ended up costing a not inconsiderate £5700. Say 6000 to 6500 us dollars and this is not main dealer pricing.
This is the third Cayenne my wife has owned and there hasn't been much wrong with any of them in the past so this current repair isn't such a problem in the grand scheme of things but I wanted to report this matter so any folks out there who may be thinking about purchasing one of these fine beasts, do be aware of this particular problem and do get your prospective purchase properly checked out by an expert, it might just save you six thousand large.
12-10-2019, 01:56 AM
