Cayenne 4.2 Diesel

[Aragon]

Hello all,

First post, so please be gentle !

I've had my S Diesel from new in 2014, so pre facelift and Ad blue.
Fab Car, now on 82K, 40 MPG on the Motorway, 25ish around town.
V8 makes a lovely noise, its a keeper, have tried the new Cayenne Hybrid and petrol S, cost to change £75K, dont think so !
I'm on my 4th Transfer Box, so my advice is keep the Warranty going with Porsche.
Different league from the X5 40D I had before.
Instructor at Silverstone reckoned it will keep up with a Turbo,till 100 MPH, once you have it rolling, little slow on pick up 0-30.

Great do everything car !

[TEKNOPUG]

So a transfer box is a 20k consumable?

The warranty on my S was 14 years or 120k I think and is non transferable if sold through a non OPC dealer.

I can see prices dropping like a stone when warranty nears expiration

Edited by TEKNOPUG on Saturday 8th August 13:09

[Phooey]

My transfer box started juddering after driving through VERY heavy rain / puddles earlier this year. I’ll try and find a link to it, but I believe you have to pay attention to the pipe that feeds the unit - water ingress is the issue. I’ve also heard if you change the oil in the transfer box it cures the issue. If all else fails and you have no warranty your OPC can help. Worst case scenario is a new transfer box - not too expensive with support, but I’d deffo try changing the oil first. It’s very common in the V8, although a mate of mine is on about 70-80k miles with the original box.

[Cheib]

Mine made it to 55k miles before needing replacing. Was no problem at all getting it sorted unde the extended warranty....no way would I run a car like a Cayenne without a warranty...especially when it does a lot of miles like ours does. Get full value for it IMHO.

[Phooey]

Im at my parents on a little iPhone 5 at the mo so not sure if this is the right article or not.. but a quick Google found plenty on the TB. On the last page am I right in thinking Porsche have extended the warranty on the Transfer box??

https://www.renntech.org/topic/50951-alternative-t...

[churchie2856]

The dash on my brothers packed up.
Fortunately he had the warranty - dash was on back order, took four months to arrive and Porsche (Enterprise) put him in a Toyota Land Cruiser during the wait. Cost to warranty co, over £7K.

His transfer box failed six months earlier.

Defo get a warranty.

[therams]

I’ve had, in no particular order

Transfer box replaced
Fuel line fixed
Sunroof fixed
Engine management sensor fixed
Reversing camera replaced

And lots of tyres and brakes. 37k miles on it now, 66 plate

It’s going when the warranty Is nearly finished in about a years time. Much as I love it, it’s too risky/expensive to not have a warranty

[Koln-RS]

DeejRC said:

Another owner here, 55 plate and we love it.

How is that possible?

[Lordaveit]

I have a Jan 15 4.2, anything registered after Sept 15 should have ad blue as it needs it to comply for Euro 6.
I am on the second transfer box, first at about 10K, second about 44,000. Absolute mile muncher, so much torque, 35-40 is easily achievable. I’d like to change but I’m struggling to find a Cayenne turbo i’d like, plus the price differential is huge. Then I just think about the mpg and torque and think why am I bothering.. I wish they’d reconsider the diesel move!

[DeejRC]

Oh 65 plate. You knew what I meant.

[David W.]

Lordaveit said:

I have a Jan 15 4.2, anything registered after Sept 15 should have ad blue as it needs it to comply for Euro 6.
I am on the second transfer box, first at about 10K, second about 44,000. Absolute mile muncher, so much torque, 35-40 is easily achievable. I’d like to change but I’m struggling to find a Cayenne turbo i’d like, plus the price differential is huge. Then I just think about the mpg and torque and think why am I bothering.. I wish they’d reconsider the diesel move!

Agree with your comments. I’ve had one transfer box under warranty and am considering getting oil changed regularly in this one, any thoughts on this.

[Lordaveit]

I was told by the OPC that the second transfer box was a new design and the fault wouldn’t reoccur, time will tell. Might be worth checking if yours is the later design, in which case fingers crossed you should be ok.

[The Wookie]

FWIW on my 2013 V8 diesel I replaced all the driveline fluids every 40,000-ish miles, think it was half the recommended interval, as I was a bit paranoid what with me having a heavy right foot and towing big trailers around often with it

No issues with the transfer box in 130,000 miles, Porsche dealer thought I was bonkers on a warrantied car but looks like perhaps it wasn't such a bad idea!

Only got rid of mine after it had both turbos fail (one after the other, engine out each time) then the panoramic roof cracked, soaking the amplifier, sub woofer and most of the rear electronics. This all happened in the space of the 6 months before I sold it.

It felt a bit baggy and needed a suspension refresh but it was still a great car. It was only the fact that it had gone past the 125,000 mile limit on the Porsche warranty so I couldn't renew it again which gave me the fear.

[nutsyH]

Mine is a 16 plate with 35K miles. Had 2 transfer boxes now, first under original warranty, 2nd under Porsche extended 2 year warranty. Love the car for all the reasons said above and intend keeping it - cant think of anything else that will tow my 1900kg caravan so easily but will deffo buy another 2 year warranty when this one expires.

[charis007]

I have been looking at the Porsche used car site for an approved Cayenne 4.2 Diesel. Its almost impossible to get a 2017 one with an Adaptive Crise Control and a tow bar. I plan to use this as my euro tourer and adaptive cruise control is the most important spec for me in addition to tow bar which can be retrofitted. The last one I saw was sold even before they got the car ready without pictures uploaded.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on where to source for 2017 4.2 D or has one to sell?

[defender1]

charis007 said:

I have been looking at the Porsche used car site for an approved Cayenne 4.2 Diesel. Its almost impossible to get a 2017 one with an Adaptive Crise Control and a tow bar. I plan to use this as my euro tourer and adaptive cruise control is the most important spec for me in addition to tow bar which can be retrofitted. The last one I saw was sold even before they got the car ready without pictures uploaded.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on where to source for 2017 4.2 D or has one to sell?

I bought a 2017 MY with adaptive and towbar, plus a load of other extras, from Sytner select.they sometimes have them. It had full dealer history and they were excellent to deal with. They gave it a 6 month warranty - I then put it through the 111 point check at my local dealer and bought the 2 yr Porsche warranty.
12k miles with a big euro trip in under 4 months. It’s a great car.

[gareth h]

What are the transfer box symptoms? My extended warranty ends in Feb and I can’t make up my mind whether to renew, I seem to remember warranty was about £1k / year, plus main dealer service costs, so I reckon approx £1300/year, I’m inclined not to renew, particularly as Porsche Cardiff are moving to Newport which is a 2 1/2 hour drive each way for me, and they always seem to want the car for a few days which means train home and back again once it’s been serviced.

[Cheib]

gareth h said:

What are the transfer box symptoms? My extended warranty ends in Feb and I can’t make up my mind whether to renew, I seem to remember warranty was about £1k / year, plus main dealer service costs, so I reckon approx £1300/year, I’m inclined not to renew, particularly as Porsche Cardiff are moving to Newport which is a 2 1/2 hour drive each way for me, and they always seem to want the car for a few days which means train home and back again once it’s been serviced.

Car doesn’t pull away smoothly….judders a bit almost.

Personally I think the warranty is good value for money on what are expensive cars to work on. Yes you have to have serviced at an OPC but you have to get them serviced anyway so it that’s not entirely all additional cost. Access to OPC sounds like an issue though.

[gareth h]

Cheib said:

Car doesn’t pull away smoothly….judders a bit almost.

Personally I think the warranty is good value for money on what are expensive cars to work on. Yes you have to have serviced at an OPC but you have to get them serviced anyway so it that’s not entirely all additional cost. Access to OPC sounds like an issue though.

And I’m tight, and sort of object to £200/hr labour rates, no matter how good the coffee and biscuits are 😀

[charis007]

defender1 said:

I bought a 2017 MY with adaptive and towbar, plus a load of other extras, from Sytner select.they sometimes have them. It had full dealer history and they were excellent to deal with. They gave it a 6 month warranty - I then put it through the 111 point check at my local dealer and bought the 2 yr Porsche warranty.
12k miles with a big euro trip in under 4 months. It’s a great car.

I must say you are really lucky to find a good one. Do let me know when its time for you to sell. If I don't find anything by then, I will be interested in buying yours. In the mean time I will keep looking at the Porsche website and auto trader.