Anyone had their PDK clutches changed?
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Oh boy, that's bad luck. I hope that's not the road I'm on!
Update: They changed clutch oil and did a computer reset on adaptions and clutch adjustments. Spoke to Richard this time. He said he'd driven around Slough, foot down at the lights, and all good. So I'll pick up tomorrow.
This guy Richard said something about the PDK learning how each owner drives, it was clever in that way. ie someone who uses it in town, the gear changes will be early at 1.5K. If the owner is tracking it or acting like boy racer, the gear changes won't happen until 6K. Personally I'm not sure how relevant this is to the situation. Anyhow, I guess I'll take the car back, drive it a bit more and see how it goes . .
Update: They changed clutch oil and did a computer reset on adaptions and clutch adjustments. Spoke to Richard this time. He said he'd driven around Slough, foot down at the lights, and all good. So I'll pick up tomorrow.
This guy Richard said something about the PDK learning how each owner drives, it was clever in that way. ie someone who uses it in town, the gear changes will be early at 1.5K. If the owner is tracking it or acting like boy racer, the gear changes won't happen until 6K. Personally I'm not sure how relevant this is to the situation. Anyhow, I guess I'll take the car back, drive it a bit more and see how it goes . .
Posts #8, #11, and #28 of this thread:
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What happens is as the clutch packs wear on the mechanical side, and the debris works its way into the solenoids and damages them. Replacing only the solenoids is a temporary band aid as they eventually become damaged – the debris from the clutch packs cause this.
Porsche makes no replacement parts, and has not trained anyone to service the PDK, the only solution is to replace the entire unit.
I've been looking for a PDK car recently. I did not look at many (online) but came across a few that had had replacement units, one what I would consider low mileage so most likely a different issue.
https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1231322
What happens is as the clutch packs wear on the mechanical side, and the debris works its way into the solenoids and damages them. Replacing only the solenoids is a temporary band aid as they eventually become damaged – the debris from the clutch packs cause this.
Porsche makes no replacement parts, and has not trained anyone to service the PDK, the only solution is to replace the entire unit.
I've been looking for a PDK car recently. I did not look at many (online) but came across a few that had had replacement units, one what I would consider low mileage so most likely a different issue.
In 2010 I bought a 3 month old Cayman 987.2 PDK. After about 6 months the car lost all drive. The dealership diagnosed it as a PDK failure. I was pretty certain it was just software but the dealership were authorised to fit a new gearbox which was priority air freighted from Germany. When fitted the car still had no drive. The dealership then did a full reinstall of the car software and low and behold it worked. Upon return of the old box to Germany it was found to be fault free. Cost of the exchange gearbox was £5,000 not including fitting. Good job it was in warranty.
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