Service on 2014 Turbo S

[pboldmonts]

Bit of a rant I suppose!

The service on my car, which has done !5k miles is coming in at around £2000!

Standard price for the major service, £400+ for new spark plugs (really), brake fluid change and MOT. Then, I get a call saying "the anti roll bar link is leaking, it has to be replaced as it will not pass the MOT. £750 for the parts and an hour of labour.

I'm starting to question the quality of a £160k car that needs a new anti roll bar link at 15K miles.

Not what I would expect from Porsche - time for a rethink!

 

[fireblade]

Bit of a rant I suppose!

The service on my car, which has done !5k miles is coming in at around £2000!

Standard price for the major service, £400+ for new spark plugs (really), brake fluid change and MOT. Then, I get a call saying "the anti roll bar link is leaking, it has to be replaced as it will not pass the MOT. £750 for the parts and an hour of labour.

I'm starting to question the quality of a £160k car that needs a new anti roll bar link at 15K miles.

Not what I would expect from Porsche - time for a rethink!

Rant totally justified!!

My 2014 Turbo S had its scheduled service on 3rd February at 12,488 miles. Pretty much the same cost without the roll bar. (I took out the extended warranty just in case)
Plugs were £93.12 and fitting was outside the so called "fixed menu" pricing so labour quoted at £145.00 per hour plus our 5% GST (I live in Jersey). Our aircraft technicians in Bournemouth charge £55.00 per hour unless the job is a specialist one.

My total bill was £1,221 but I had a "discount" on the menu pricing as I booked early!

btw how are your tyres, I have just had to order my second set. The Pirelli's are rubbish but it seems that due to a cosy deal only Pirelli produce the correct size rears unless you go for Michelin Club which are really for track use and their life is even shorter. 6000 mile for a road tyre is unacceptable. My Bridgestones lasted over 18,000 with the same pattern of use on my 997 Turbo

 

[pboldmonts]

The good news is that the tyres are all OK. Fronts have 4-5mm and the rears are nearly new so fine. The thing I find incredible is the cost of the parts to replace a roll bar link. £750!!! Must be made of gold!!

 

[pboldmonts]

BTW - the rear tyres were changed with about 3mm of tread but had a slow puncture in one so had to change both. Must try driving a lot faster!!!

 

[angelosk]

Totally with you on this one Peter.
I have the same model and over the last year and a half I have had a faulty lambda sensor, a faulty gearbox sensor and 2 leaky seals/gaskets where the gearbox connects to the driveshaft.
I have also had rust appearing on my front wheelarches.

It has really put me off the brand, the build quality seems shocking. I am lucky I had warranty but it is really not worth the hassle, such an expensive car is a toy that is meant to bring you pleasure not constant aggravation.
Guess they don’t make them as well as they used to

 

[Motorhead]

.....The thing I find incredible is the cost of the parts to replace a roll bar link. £750!!! Must be made of gold!!

Peter,

My thinking is that you have Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control with actively adjustable hydraulic links in the anti-roll bar, one of which is leaking? At £750, almost as expensive as gold..!

Jeff

 

[Lancerlot]

An extended warranty claim on the link, perhaps? []

On the question of servicing costs, £2K over a period of 2 years, i.e. less than 20 quid a week, seems a bit of bargain to me for running a highest performance supercar of this type. []

Compare the alternatives, I ran a new Ferrari for 2 years. This seemed to cost me a couple grand every 6 months or so for one reason or another - servicing was annual too and definitely not cheap. Also, it is not uncommon for McLaren owners to get £6k+ bills for their annual services.

So I think we need to be grateful that Porsche engineering is so resilient! [s5]

Regards,
Clive