stuckmojo
Spa-Francorchamps
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The TL
R version. Fault showing upon starting the car, "991.1 pdk fault poss. no R gear". Car won't drive, needs new gearbox.
Context: 89k Miles 991.1 Carrera, FPSH, OPC warrantied - thank god.
Car is daily driven and the other morning I had the warning when starting the car. It won't go into drive, but will select Neutral, which was handy as it could be recovered and taken to OPC, as it's under Porsche Warranty.
2 days later, they tell me it needs a full stripdown but it's likely a new gearbox job. I did some research and the distance sensors might be the culprit. Porsche don't open the PDK, but it could be fixed by indies, at huge cost.
I will update the thread.
A cautionary note, eyes open if you want to run one of these without a Porsche warranty. Both my cars have it, it pays for itself 5x times, easily.
R version. Fault showing upon starting the car, "991.1 pdk fault poss. no R gear". Car won't drive, needs new gearbox. Context: 89k Miles 991.1 Carrera, FPSH, OPC warrantied - thank god.
Car is daily driven and the other morning I had the warning when starting the car. It won't go into drive, but will select Neutral, which was handy as it could be recovered and taken to OPC, as it's under Porsche Warranty.
2 days later, they tell me it needs a full stripdown but it's likely a new gearbox job. I did some research and the distance sensors might be the culprit. Porsche don't open the PDK, but it could be fixed by indies, at huge cost.
I will update the thread.
A cautionary note, eyes open if you want to run one of these without a Porsche warranty. Both my cars have it, it pays for itself 5x times, easily.
At 94,000miles now and no issue so far. I believe the gearbox they fit is updated and slightly different. I believe it’s the early 2012 & 2013 models that may be affected but someone on here may be able to elaborate on that. Good luck with the repair
