Recalls › 98V112000

NHTSA recall 98V112000

Power train › Automatic transmission › Gear position indication (prndl)

Porsche Boxster

Reported May 22, 1998738 vehicles affectedPORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.Built Oct 22, 1996 – Jul 31, 1997

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with tiptronic transmissions. the bearing sleeves can seize in the intermediate selector levers.

The risk

The transmission selector lever becomes increasingly difficult to move resulting in failure to activate the selector lever.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the affected bearing sleeves of the lever with bearing sleeves of an improved design.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

Ask AI about this recallChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Vehicles in this recall

Porsche Boxster
1997

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin june 8, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact porsche at 1-800-545-8039.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).