2007 Porsche 911 Turbo: engine overheating

Filed Feb 5, 2017 · Engine · 36,000 miles · SC

Major coolant leak on top of engine ..engine must come out $6000 est at porsche dealer. Common problem I told..porsche should recall this issue!!

Filed Jun 11, 2014 · Engine · 32,152 miles · OH

I noticed a small coolant leak from the rear drivers side of the engine. This leak became more prominent over the next several days. I took my car to the shop to have it evaluated and it was determined that 4 out of 6 coolant fittings were leaking. The design from porsche has the coolant hoses affixed using an epoxy. After many heat cycles and time, this epoxy fails and coolant leaks from the engine. The engine must be removed to properly fix the problem and it is going to cost me approximately $6,000. This is a known issue for this car and is something porsche should take care of.

Filed Jan 12, 2014 · Engine · 45,000 miles · CO

I noticed a small pool of coolant underneath the engine compartment. Upon further research I believe the car is suffering from a common problem of the cooling fixtures that are glued onto the motor rather than welded. Amazing that a car this expensive would have such a poorly thought out problem like this. I will take the car to the dealer for estimates but I understand that an engine removal is required and all coolant fixtures need to be welded. This is a rather expensive repair for what appears to be a very flawed design. I have driven the car only a few times since the first incident and notice a pool of coolant every time the car is parked. I will not drive the car until fixed as I understand the coolant leak can be a hazard to be me while driving as well as the cars behind me if I suffer a catastrophic coolant loss.

Filed Dec 9, 2013 · Engine · 36,125 miles · CA

Coolant leak caused by fitting failure. Repair requires engine removal to replace plastic fittings.

Filed Apr 30, 2013 · 47,000 miles · IL

On 06/09/12 (w/ approx 47k miles) the car began leaking coolant while traveling on the highway. The rate of this leak was slow and would have taken several hours to completely drain the coolant from the vehicle. The car was still under warranty at the time of this issue. On 03/29/13 ( w/ approx 54k miles) my pregnant wife and I were a few miles from entering the highway when the car begin to leak coolant very rapidly. Another motorist flagged me down and alerted me to the issue almost immediately after it happened. I pulled over to find a large puddle of coolant underneath the car. Also, please note that the coolant did appear to get on the passenger side rear tire. I consider myself extremely lucky that this incident occurred just before getting on the highway and not on the highway. Someone could have been seriously injured had this coolant leak occurred a few minutes later. The car was not under warranty at the time of this issue. After experiencing this second coolant failure I began to do research and discovered that many other owners had reported similar problems.

Filed Apr 22, 2013 · Engine · 49,000 miles · NH

I had a known issue of coolant leak with a hosing/fitting fail on my engine. The fitting or glue/epoxy came lose causing a massive leak of coolant. The car had to be towed an extensive distance for repairs and repair was very costly for a part that was only $300. To prevent it from happening again, I had the dealer pin the fittings so that they wouldn't come lose again. For a car with less than 50k miles and the number of folks having this issue, I wanted to submit my claim. The following is the part that failed 997-106-039-72 as water neck.

Filed Apr 20, 2013 · Engine · 11,733 miles · NY

Coolant leaking from a flange on top of the engine (rear engined car) caused rear tires to get wet and lose grip while driving on the street. Porsche dealer fixed the problem under warranty. Apparently this is a common issue with 2002-2012 porsche turbo, gt2, and gt3 cars.