2007 PORSCHE 911 GT3 Problems & Recalls

I HAD TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE THE COOLANT LINES SECURED INTO THE ENGINE OF MY CAR. THIS CAR HAS A KNOWN FAULT IN WHERE THE COOLANT LINES COME UNSECURED FROM THE VEHICLE, DUMPING ALL COOLANT WITHIN SECONDS. NOT ONLY DOES THIS OVERHEAT THE ENGINE, BUT SLIPPERY COOLANT ALL OVER THE REAR T...

"PERMANENT" COOLANT HOSE ATTACHMENT FAILED; IT CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING IN THE ENGINE RESULTING IN COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO TIRE, WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A TURN , INCLUDING 270 DEGREE SPIN, AND LEAVING ROADWAY; FORTUNATELY NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEARBY, SO A COLLISION WAS AVOIDED. APPAR...

Mileage: 46,002

"PERMANENT" COOLANT HOSE ATTACHMENT FAILED; IT CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING IN THE ENGINE RESULTING IN COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO TIRE, WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A TURN , INCLUDING 270 DEGREE SPIN, AND LEAVING ROADWAY; FORTUNATELY NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEARBY, SO A COLLISION WAS AVOIDED. APPAR...

Mileage: 46,002

COOLANT HOSE COUPLING CAME LOSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT SPILLED RESULTED IN TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF VEHICLE TRACTION, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERHEATING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 26,000

COOLANT HOSE COUPLING CAME LOSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT SPILLED RESULTED IN TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF VEHICLE TRACTION, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERHEATING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 26,000

COOLANT HOSE COUPLING CAME LOSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT SPILLED RESULTED IN TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF VEHICLE TRACTION, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERHEATING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 26,000

SUDDEN COOLANT LINE FITTING FAILURE. THE EPOXY FAILED AND A COOLANT FITTING COMPLETELY POPPED OUT OF THE ENGINE HOUSING NEAR THE ALTERNATOR. RESULTED IN RAPID COOLANT LOSS. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED/HAULED APPROX 140 MILES TO REPAIR FACILITY NEAR MY HOME. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE BILL FOR THIS SERVICE...

Mileage: 23,192

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON I-79(3 LANE HIGHWAY) AT 70 MPH WHEN I NOTICED A LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE/STEAM FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR. I THEN NOTICED OTHER CARS PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE COOLANT SPRAYING FROM MY CAR. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. OUNCE ...

Mileage: 4,960

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING AT UPPER COOLANT CONSOLE. EPOXY FAILED AT ALUMINUM COOLING HOSE AND COOLING CONSOLE CONNECTION POINT. AT A LATER DATE, REPEATED FAILURE OF COOLING HOSE CONNECTIONS AT RIGHT FRONT RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 28,732

I AM REPORTING THE ISSUE OF COOLANT LINE FITTING FAILURE. I HAVE NOT HAD A FAILURE YET BUT THAT MY MECHANIC HAS ADVISED ME THAT THIS ISSUE MUST BE ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED BEFORE THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS IS A KNOWN AND EXPENSIVE ISSUE SO RATHER THAN WAITING FOR A FAILURE, I WAS ADVISED BY...

Mileage: 40,000

HAD COOLANT FITTINGS WELDED TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. DONE IN SEATTLE; COST 3485 PLUS 250 SHARKWERKS FITTINGS = 3735 TOTAL. *TR

Mileage: 12,437

DUE TO A NUMBER OF REPORTED FAILURES OF THE ENGINE COOLANT LINES ON THESE VEHICLES (SEE HTTP://FORUMS.RENNLIST.COM/RENNFORUMS/997-GT2-GT3-FORUM/592328-CATASTROPHIC-COOLANT-HOSE-COUPLING-FAILURE-REGISTRY.HTML FOR REFERENCE), I HAD A PREVENTATIVE PROCEDURE PERFORMED WHERE THE COOLANT LINES WERE WELDED...

NO INCIDENT OCCURRED. HOWEVER, BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAILURE OF THE COOLANT FITTINGS IN MY CAR AND WANTING TO TAKE A PROACTIVE STANCE I ELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REMEDY. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON ANOTHER MATTER, THE ENGINE HAD BEEN REMOVED ALLOWING LIMITED ACCESS TO A NUMBER OF THE COO...

Mileage: 10,000

HELLO, I DO NOT HAVE AN INCIDENT YET. HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY CONCERN THAT THE COOLANT PIPE WILL COME APART WHILE DRIVING CAUSING MASSIVE COOLANT LEAK. THE SLIPPERY COOLANT CAN CAUSE SPINS AND CRASHES FOR ME AND OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME. THANK YOU. LINK FOR DETAILED INFORMATION: HTTP://SHARKWE...

COOLING FITTING FAILURE ON PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS 2007 WITH GLUED IN FITTINGS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PORSCHE 911 GT3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE HOSE FITTINGS FOR THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM WERE FAULTY AND WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE HOSE FITTINGS REP...

Mileage: 9,000

STARTING TO SEE WEEPING FROM A PRESSED AND GLUED COOLANT LINE AT THE ENGINE. IT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED VERY SOON AS IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IT FAILS WHILE DRIVING. COOLANT WILL POUR ONTO THE REAR TIRES AND CAUSE THE REAR END TO SLIDE. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THIS IS RES...

Mileage: 19,993

COOLANT LEAK NOTICED AT COOLANT MANIFOLD FITTING DURING OIL CHANGE. ENGINE WAS WARMED UP PRIOR TO OIL DRAIN, THEREFORE WAS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. SEEPAGE AT FITTING INTO MANIFOLD WAS DETECTED BY SMELL AND THEN LOCATED WITH LIGHT AND MIRROR. I HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REMOVED AND THE FITTINGS WELDED...

Mileage: 14,370

I DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE TRACK APPROXIMATELY 5 WEEKENDS A YEAR. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE ENGINE COOLANT PIPE FAILURES ON THESE GT3'S AND I FEAR I WILL BE NEXT AND FEAR IT MAY CAUSE OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO CRASH. ITS NOT SAFE FOR THESE COOLANT LINES TO BREAK WHICH CAN OCCUR ON THE...

A COOLANT HOSE PRESS FITTING WHICH IS APPARENTLY GLUED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK LOST ADHESION AND DISCONNECTED. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND A CORRESPONDING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HOT, SLIPPERY COOLANT COATING THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR AND ROAD SURFACE. CAR SPUN AND LEFT THE ROAD BU...

Mileage: 21,000

COOLANT FITTINGS WERE PINNED AFTER CAR STARTED TO SHOW A SMALL WEEPING LEAK ON ONE OF THE FITTINGS. MEZGER ENGINE 911'S SPLIT THE FITTINGS AND CAN CAUSE RAPID COOLANT LOSS AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

A COOLANT HOSE PRESS FITTING WHICH IS APPARENTLY GLUED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK LOST ADHESION AND DISCONNECTED. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND A CORRESPONDING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HOT, SLIPPERY COOLANT COATING THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR AND ROAD SURFACE. CAR SPUN AND LEFT THE ROAD ...

Mileage: 39,000

A COOLANT HOSE PRESS FITTING WHICH IS APPARENTLY GLUED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK LOST ADHESION AND DISCONNECTED. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND A CORRESPONDING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HOT, SLIPPERY COOLANT COATING THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR AND ROAD SURFACE. CAR SPUN AND LEFT THE ROAD BU...

Mileage: 39,000

DRIVING A 2007 PORSCHE GT3 WHEN A HOSE FITTING CAME LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF COOLANT FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE CAN OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHER OWNERS OF 996 AND 997 MODEL PORSCHE 911 MODEL VARIANTS. OCCURS IN ALL MODELS (CARRERA, TURBO, GT3, ...

Mileage: 8,600

VEHICLE HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO A COOLING SYSTEM FITTING COMING UNGLUED FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE COOLANT FITTING IS PRESS FITTED INTO PLACE USING AN ADHESIVE THAT FAILED. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE COOLING SYSTEM RELEASED ONTO THE REAR TIRES CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 14,375

COOLANT FITTING ADHESIVE FAILED, SPRAYING COOLANT ON REAR TIRES, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. FITTING WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE SAME PROBLEMATIC ADHESIVE. MULTIPLE FAILURES HAVE BEEN NOTED IN PORSCHE FORUMS AND A RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN A GLOBAL MAGAZINE NOTED THIS ISSU...

Mileage: 15,000