Porsche CPO
Anyone have any experience with CPO warranties? I've always owned older cars and never really contemplated anything like this. But I'm starting to think "why not?". My local dealer has a nice looking Macan S with 18 months left on a CPO warranty. It's maybe a little more steeply priced, but maybe the warranty is worth it. Is there usually a lot of stuff that ends up not being covered?
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Here is Porsche's list of what's covered and what's not covered. Pretty much everything you'd want/expect a new car warranty to cover it seems. Most third party extended warranties list out hundreds of parts that ARE covered, leaving tons of thing uncovered. Porsche's CPO doesn't seem to play that game. I guess it depends on price, but no doubt that CPO adds value. I'd be inclined to pay a little extra for it myself....johnb wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 11:45 am Anyone have any experience with CPO warranties? I've always owned older cars and never really contemplated anything like this. But I'm starting to think "why not?". My local dealer has a nice looking Macan S with 18 months left on a CPO warranty. It's maybe a little more steeply priced, but maybe the warranty is worth it. Is there usually a lot of stuff that ends up not being covered?
https://www.porsche.com/usa/approveduse ... /warranty/
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FWIW, my three most recent visits to the local dealership involved CPO claims on my 991.2:
1. APPROVED - slow coolant leak, replaced deteriorated gasket seal around the water pump
1. APPROVED - replaced trunk struts because the lid/cover would not stay up when opened
2. DENIED - door guides (w/the detents that hold the door in place when opened) are creaking
If you apply the correct lubricant, you can quiet the sound for some time. But to fix and eliminate the noise, Porsche released a newer version made of improved plastic. I asked the service manager if they could replace the door guides, but he said all they would do was lubricate them. As soon as I got home from picking up the car, it started creaking again.
I followed up with the service manager, and he said that the CPO warranty doesn't cover minor nuisance issues like creaking noises... for a part to be replaced, it must fail. They could replace them for me, but they would charge me ~$800.
So I bought the parts online for $80 and replaced them myself.
1. APPROVED - slow coolant leak, replaced deteriorated gasket seal around the water pump
1. APPROVED - replaced trunk struts because the lid/cover would not stay up when opened
2. DENIED - door guides (w/the detents that hold the door in place when opened) are creaking
If you apply the correct lubricant, you can quiet the sound for some time. But to fix and eliminate the noise, Porsche released a newer version made of improved plastic. I asked the service manager if they could replace the door guides, but he said all they would do was lubricate them. As soon as I got home from picking up the car, it started creaking again.
I followed up with the service manager, and he said that the CPO warranty doesn't cover minor nuisance issues like creaking noises... for a part to be replaced, it must fail. They could replace them for me, but they would charge me ~$800.
So I bought the parts online for $80 and replaced them myself.