Hi Guys & Girls
Without prejudice
Please have a look at this video I've just watched this afternoon, its mid way through the video.
I was doing these roof drain check years ago when I was running a Porsche independent workshop, mainly because the Dealers weren't.
You can get to these without taking the outer panel off, just remove the outer inner wheel arch screws to remove the two funnels either side and modify them.
The flap on the funnels is only there to stop slight road noise coming into the cabin, unfortunately it closes with silt and dirt and makes a plug to block the drains.
Porsche have known about this for years, as roof drains issues started since the 986 Boxster, and 996 911 onwards on every Cabriolet model thats been produced.
This is another example of our manufacturer not reacting to issues that can happen to their customers cars. And what about their Dealers, they will have seen this damage before, yet they cant be bothered to prevent it.
This is another example of a manufacturing defect that relies on preventative inspections to be carried out, or else.
And sadly the customer has no idea, that this fault is easily preventable.
In my opinion the Dealer that didn't check these drains should be responsible for the costs to replace the parts that have failed due to the water damage, especially if its written in the service checks.
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Dave
