AndrewGP Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 After selling my 987.2 recently, I've been to see an OPC Approved Used Boxster 718 today, lovely car, good spec and in great condition so I've placed a deposit on it. It's an 2.0 base, early 2019 car that's done 24k miles and has a GPF fitted. Everything checked out but crucially, in the car's service history it mentioned 'GPF Blocked, repaired'. Mileage at the time was ~16k miles. I didn't question it much at the time as the car was exemplary, but curiosity got the better of me now I'm home and it seems there's a few horror stories on the internet about these blocking up and then not being covered by the Porsche Warranty, throwing new owners a £6-7k bill. Including here on BoXa.net.... These GPF equipped cars have now been on sale for 5 years as the change over to GPFs happened in early 2019. I can't find a great deal about it but research indicates it could be due to the solely off boost usage (which wouldn't affect me) or the wrong oil but this is anecdotal at best and it's happened to OPC serviced cars where you would expect the correct oil has been used. Has there been any updates since the above thread and do you think this something to be concerned about buying a used 718? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman986s Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Was it repaired or replaced? If the warranty does not cover it and it worries you... walk away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 The battery one is interesting https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/threads/cayman-718-gpf-failure.163065/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 24 minutes ago, greenman986s said: Was it repaired or replaced? If the warranty does not cover it and it worries you... walk away. I’ll bet replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocky Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Would it void the warranty if you removed it? Would they know/ care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Yes. Engine remap required I guess, so more warranty voiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 VW not Porsche but they are known for voiding warranty and black listing cars for service / spares if the ecu checksum isn’t “spec” at some stage (hairy golf especially) ”sorry, that VIN number doesn’t register on our system.” = “mothership says don’t touch it with someone else’s barge pole” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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