993 Cab recall

[thewan]

Cant see this has been posted here but there is a safety issue with the roof motors on 993 cabriolets and they are being recalled - just checked with OPC E London and mine needs the work - press release here:

[url]http://www3.uk.porsche.com/english/gbr/news/pressreleases/pag/2004-12-291.htm[/url]

Toby
993 Cab

[dazren]

Can't get the link to work directly so here is what it should be linking to.

Porsche GB website said:

Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is checking the roof mechanism worldwide on 18,165 units of the 993-series 911 Cabriolet built in the period from 11 August 1993 - 26 January 1998. This involves 8,252 cars in Europe (6,003 in Germany) and 8,952 cars in the USA. The reason for this inspection is the possibility of the soft top opening inadvertently at high speeds. No accidents or cases of bodily injury attributable to this malfunction have been reported so far. On a car involving this complaint, Porsche initially assumed that the problem was due to faulty maintenance, since no damage of this kind had been observed before in Porsche's ongoing supervision of products and quality. When two further cases became known in Germany, however, a crack was found in the drive gear of the roof locking motor. Porsche then decided to check all models of this type for reasons of safety, not only inspecting the alignment of the roof and the correct position of the roof attachment pins, but also replacing the two roof locking motors serving to firmly fasten the soft top above the windscreen frame. The new electric motors feature a stronger, reinforced drive gear locking the roof in position, and new sensors provide a safe and reliable warning signal in the instrument cluster whenever the roof is not properly closed when setting out.

As it's a safety related problem I'm going to sticky the thread for a few days.

DAZ

>> Edited by dazren on Tuesday 18th January 17:06

[softinthehead]

is this hood mechanism exclusive to the 993? my 968, built around the same time as the 993, has a suspciously similar looking hood in the pictures, though I cant say Ive ever really looked at a 993 hood up close and personal.
Would Porsche do the decent thing and issue a recall for the 968 if it shared the mechanism?