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2005 Porsche 911 GT3 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 29, 2013
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 25, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Porsche 911 GT3. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Engine
Filed May 29, 2013

PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR PREVENTATIVE COOLANT FITTING WELDING. THE EPOXY ON OEM COOLANT FITTINGS IS KNOWN TO FAIL, POTENTIALLY LEAKING COOLANT ON TO THE REAR TIRES OR ROAD SURFACE BEHIND THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING, CREATING A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SCENARIO. *TR

NHTSA ID
10514113
Incident
Sep 16, 2011
Mileage
52,000 mi
Engine
Filed May 25, 2013

ENGINE COOLANT LEAK LED TO COMPLETE UPGRADE OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT FITTINGS DUE TO WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CATASTROPHIC ENGINE COOLANT LOSS FROM SUDDEN DISLODGEMENT OF COOLANT FITTINGS FROM ENGINE. I HAVE SEEN NO FEWER THAN THREE OTHER IDENTICAL MODELS SUFFER SUCH COOLANT LOSS WHILE AT SPEED. MY REPAIRS WERE DONE TO PREVENT A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND/OR COSTLY INCIDENT FROM THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

NHTSA ID
10513491
Incident
May 20, 2013
Mileage
35,277 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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