We found the following complaints for PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO (2011)
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The engine began to fail while moving on a city street and gave warnings of lost hydraulic assist among others. The car was rolled back into a driveway and it was towed to a porsche dealership where the engine was determined to have failed due to a camshaft adjuster bolt shearing off. This is a known design flaw and leads to catastrophic engine failure without any warning. If i had been on the highway at the time it could have caused a serious accident due to loss of power steering and hydraulic brake assist.porsche has recalled this problem in china only :http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/porsche-china-recall-idusl4n0vh06c20150207porsche replaced my engine for less than the total cost with a verbal request that i do not talk about it on social media. I believe this could be a safety hazard and likely affects all 2009-2011 panamera and cayenne v8 engines of all types.
My 2011 porsche panamera turbo suffered an engine failure due to design flaw. It was fortunate that i was not moving fast at the time, because engine power and hydraulic brake assist was lost. If this had happened at highway speeds it could easily have caused a fatal accident. The engine failure was due to faulty camshaft adjuster bolts which back-out and get sheared off by another moving part, and the debris cause catastrophic engine damage. This has been known to porsche for years and they have recalled the car for this problem in china only! the link below to reuters shows that porsche has recalled 14,571 cars in china for this defect, but none in the us or europe which are affected by the same issue. Porsche na performed an engine replacement at a discounted price for me on the condition that i would not speak to the media about it. This should be looked into closely as they are taking advantage of the low volume of sales of this engine and trying to sweep it under the rug. This could result in a dangerous accident and it is in fact more likely to occur at high rpm and speed than low speed.http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/uk-porsche-china-recall-idukkbn0lb0k920150207.
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