Porsche 911 GT3 Suffers From Faulty Connecting Rod Fasteners, Engines Will Be Replaced



After a pair of Porsche 911 GT3s caught fire in Italy and Switzerland, the Stuttgart-based automaker grounded all 785 units that had been delivered and ceased sales of the sports car until the manufacturer could come up with a solution. Well, the fix is in.

According to a company spokesman, the GT3’s high-output, 3.8-liter flat six suffers from defective connecting-rod fasteners. A failure leads to a separation from the crankshaft and cracks in the engine block. Once this occurs, oil can subsequently leak onto the exhaust system, and it’s this incident that led to the two documented fires. Porsche won’t tinker with the existing engines, but rather will replace each and every one of them.

Once the new and strengthened con-rod fastener is approved, Porsche will hasten to build new engines for every GT3 out there. Our sources at the brand couldn’t provide a concrete time frame, but customers are hoping for a swift process. Dealers will get in touch with owners to discuss “individual solutions to bridge the gap” until they get a new engine for their car.

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Dear GM,

This is how you deal with faulty parts that can lead to catastrophic events up to and including death. Anything else is seen as negligent and will result in you continuing to lose business while you scratch your head wondering why everyone is avoiding your cars like the plague.

Well, that and your designs (aside from the C7 vette) are horrid and boring.

Regards,

A person who used to buy your vehicles.

 

^^^

Sadly Ford and Chrysler also need to pay more attention on quality. Fleet sales and marketing alone can't get them ahead of the competition.

 

glad to see there's still a company that insists on doing this correctly

 

If i was one of the owners, id ask them to give me my money back.
Resale value on a car with a new motor?? WTF ?

 

I highly doubt that having Porsche doing this recall and them doing the work is going to hurt resale on these GT3's

 

Indeed. Locally, none of them had even been delivered yet so it's not like it's "not the original motor."

 

the top gear episode about this is pretty funny

 

I do enjoy the poking fun at Richard Hammond with his Gt3 lol.

I agree with above. I think anyone looking into a Gt3, will know about the recall. They would understands Porche's reasoning with the recall, dont think it will hurt resale values at all.

 

hahaha "thanks for purchasing the 911 gt3 but it may catch on fire"