https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Porsche Cayman S. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:33:32 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-1000835 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON A DRY ROAD AT AROUND 65MPH, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE EXPIRED IN A HUGE PLUME OF COOLANT/OIL. FLATBEDDED TO A PORSCHE DEALERSHIP, A TECHNICIAN USING A BOROSCOPE FOUND (ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP) "SCORING TO #5 CYLINDER AND EVIDENCE THAT A VALVE HAD HIT THE TOP OF THE PISTON. THERE WAS ALSO A HUGE AMOUNT OF METAL DEBRIS IN THE OIL FILTER." THIS WAS A RESULT OF SOMETHING https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-948646 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT CAR: 2006 CAYMAN S WITH 34,150 MILES ON IT. I DON'T RACE IT (ON OR OFF THE TRACK). 90% OF MY COMMUTE IS HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 70 MPH, WITH THE OCCASIONAL ACCELERATION (NO DOWNSHIFTING) TO 80-90 MPH. I BOUGHT THE CAR AS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WITH 5,000 MILES ON IT. I PUT ~29,000 MILES ON THE CAR OVER AN ~8 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME THE EVENT I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK. ABOUT 1000 YARDS FROM MY HOUSE, I https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-880580 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT THE ENGINE FAILED WHILST TAKING PART IN A DRIVING EVENT AT WILLOW SPRINGS RACEWAY. OIL STARVATION CAUSED #6 CONROD BIG-END BEARING FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 4000RPM LEADING TO INTERNAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE AND AN ENORMOUS PLUME OF WHITE SMOKE OUT THROUGH THE EXHAUST. FORTUNATELY I WAS ON A STRAIGHT PART OF THE TRACK AT THE TIME AND WAS ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE CAR SAFELY. PLEASE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-879224 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT AS I WAS ACCELERATING FOR A MERGE, THE CAR BUCKED AND HESITATED DESPITE HAVING MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I SHIFTED GEARS AND IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THEN THERE WAS AN ODD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. I PULLED OFF AND THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON JUST AS I STOPPED THE ENGINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-875843 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT MOTOR FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE ACCELERATING, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND LOSS OF CONTROL. MECHANIC INSPECTION SAYS THAT IT WAS NOT MY FAULT, AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 3500 RPM AND THERE WAS NO STRESS THAT SHOULD CAUSE FAILURE. NO SLUDGE FOUND IN ENGINE, OIL CHANGES DONE ON TIME. FAILURE NECESSITATES A COMPLETELY NEW MOTOR AT A COST OF $16,000. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT COMPLETE M https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-875507 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A CYLINDER FAILURE IN THE #5 CYLINDER. THE #5 PISTON 'CLIPPED' A VALVE, THE VALVE DROPPED INTO THE CYLINDER, THE PISTON IMPACTED THE VALVE AND CAUSED THE #5 PISTON ROD TO BREAK LOOSE COMPLETELY AND PUNCH A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CORE. THERE WERE ALSO CRACKS IN THE #5 CYLINDER WALL. I HAD TO PURCHASE A COMPLETELY NEW ENGINE FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND HAVE MY LOCAL DE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-875321 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT THE PORSCHE ENGINE DID NOT HAVE PROPER OILING DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER OIL RETURN DESIGN WHICH CAUSES THE BEARINGS TO PREMATURELY WEAR AND THE ROD BOLTS TO FAIL IN THESE ENGINES. WE HAVE OVER 35 CASES OF THIS HAPPENING AT HTTP://WWW.PLANET-9.COM/CAYMAN-BOXSTER-PROBLEMS-COMPLAINTS/59790-OILING-PROBLEMS-BLOWN-MOTORS-NHTSA.HTML TO OWNERS OF PORSCHE BOXSTERS AND CAYMANS FROM PRIMARILY THE 2006 AND 200 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-873817 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT IN JANUARY OF 2007 I BOUGHT A 2006 PORSCHE CAYMANN S FORM PAUL MILLER PORSCHE IN PARSIPPANY N.J. IN 7\08\2010 THE CAR BEGAN CONSUMING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE AND I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH RAY CATINA PORSCHE IN EDISON N.J. INVOICE#POCS45415. AFTER THEIR DIAGNOSIS THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CAR USED 200ML. IN 475MI., THE CAR AT THE TIME HAD 17,393MI ON THE ODOMETER, THEY SAID IT WAS WITHIN SPEC https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-861752 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT I OWN A 2006 PORSCHE CAYMAN S IT HAS BEEN SERVICED 3 TIMES FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM PORSCHE HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS (10032952) BUT WON'T COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY ARE SAYING THAT IS A THE WIRING HARNESS AND ISN'T PART OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM ITSELF. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A FLAW IN THIS SYSTEM AND REFUSE TO ADMIT IT. MY CAR HAS LESS THEN 30,000 MILES AND KEEP GETTING AN AIRBAG SYSTEM FAULT. https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-823053 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT TRANSMISSION LINKAGE CABLES BROKE, LEAVING ME WITH ONLY 2ND, 4TH AND 6TH GEARS (REVERSE, 1ST, 3RD, AND 5TH GEARS INOPERABLE). I LIMPED HOME IN PEAK TRAFFIC WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE CLUTCH. https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-695239 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 11/2/08 IN A PORSCHE CAYMAN S 2006 WITH THE FACTORY CONTINENTAL TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 4000 MILES ON IT. COMING A LOW SPEED CORNER AT ABOUT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND SLID DOWN A DITCH. THE TIRES HAD SEPARATED FROM THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE SUFFERED BODY DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND OTHER MOLDINGS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A PORSCHE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-cayman-s#complaint-655724 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT TIRE FAILED ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH. NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE OTHER THAN THE SIDE WALL FAILURE. SIDEWALL TOTALLY SEPARATED AT THE BEAD LEAVING THE TIRE ATTACHED ONLY TO THE OUTSIDE RIM EDGE. CONTINENTAL HAS REFUSED WARRANTY REPLACEMENT EVEN THOUGH THE TIRE IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD AND LESS THAN 6,000 MILES. AUTO WAS A NEW PORSCHE CAYMAN S. *TR