gt4 common fault?

[franki68]

I have had the 'park brake failure' light come on on several occasions ,so I took it into the OPC ,the service manager immediately said..'it's probably the motor for the brakes ,we've had several we have had to replace' .Anyone else had this as I have read/heard nothing but what he said was correct as their diagnostic test showed the motor needed replacing.

[mdianuk]

I had the red light on the parking release flash at me once with a message on the dash about a failure, but it hasn't happened since. Probably the same thing and may need to keep an eye on it.

[LaSource]

Never seen the problem in circa 3.5k miles.

[breadvan]

Had it once on my Spyder. Turned off/on, hasn't returned.

[MPepperGT]

Had this on the black PEC car. Switched off/on and went away. Had a PDLS fault couple of times early on that hasn't returned since

[franki68]

Turns out motor not faulty ,but needed realigning?
Hopefully sorted anyway.

[n17ves]

franki68 said:

I have had the 'park brake failure' light come on on several occasions ,so I took it into the OPC ,the service manager immediately said..'it's probably the motor for the brakes ,we've had several we have had to replace' .Anyone else had this as I have read/heard nothing but what he said was correct as their diagnostic test showed the motor needed replacing.

Mine has just started doing this! Switching the car off/on sorts it, but that's not the point.

Took it into the garage yesterday, but they could find anything wrong with it...

[franki68]

n17ves said:

Mine has just started doing this! Switching the car off/on sorts it, but that's not the point.

Took it into the garage yesterday, but they could find anything wrong with it...

Might need realigning like mine? Who's your opc ?

[Inverted]

Seems common. My GF's 981 Cayman has done it once. As others said car off/on again and hasn't done it since.

[franki68]

Mine did it every 4th or 5th time I started the car.Annoying especially when parking on a slope.

[Timbo_Mint]

I had this happen when I was stuck in traffic last Thursday. turned the car off and on again and nothing since.

I was going to mention it to OPC but forgot so thanks for the reminder

[Porsche911R]

if light more than once take it back asap !!!

this guys bill was $4.5k same issue

http://rennlist.com/forums/gt4/947342-parking-brak...

Turns out that even though it appeared to be behaving correctly, quite a bit had gone wrong, as described in the summary below. The car ended up in the shop for 10 days over this due to 3 rounds of ordering parts triggered by 2 failed calibration attempts over the course of several calls with the Porsche mothership in Germany. !!!

Edited by Porsche911R on Thursday 4th August 09:10

[n17ves]

franki68 said:

n17ves said:

Mine has just started doing this! Switching the car off/on sorts it, but that's not the point.

Took it into the garage yesterday, but they could find anything wrong with it...

Might need realigning like mine? Who's your opc ?

Leeds. I'll get it booked back in.

[breadvan]

Porsche911R said:

if light more than once take it back asap !!!

this guys bill was $4.5k same issue

http://rennlist.com/forums/gt4/947342-parking-brak...

Turns out that even though it appeared to be behaving correctly, quite a bit had gone wrong, as described in the summary below. The car ended up in the shop for 10 days over this due to 3 rounds of ordering parts triggered by 2 failed calibration attempts over the course of several calls with the Porsche mothership in Germany. !!!

Edited by Porsche911R on Thursday 4th August 09:10

Interesting, mine happened on a cold start up.