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2008 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 Jan 29, 2008
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 Jan 29, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 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.

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Filed Jan 29, 2008
1 injury reported

I BOUGHT A NEW 2008 PORSCHE 911 4S CONVERTIBLE. WHEN IT HAD 450 MILES ON IT AND I WAS DRIVING IT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED AND GLASS WENT ALL OVER MYSELF, IN THE CAR, AND OUTSIDE THE CAR. IT CAUSED PAINT DAMAGE ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR FINISH. I RECEIVED CUTS TO MYSELF AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NOTHING HIT THE GLASS, THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME. WE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED PORSCHE NA ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE CAR ALSO HAS A VIBRATION THAT I THINK MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. IT TOOK TWO WEEKS AND SEVEN CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO GET ANYONE AT PORSCHE TO REPLY. THEY HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO PORSHE OF ORLANDO. PORSCHE OF ORLANDO REPLACED THE WINDOW THEN TOLD PORSCHE NA THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. AMANDA AT PORSCHE CALLED US AND TOLD US TO PICK UP THE CAR AND TURN IT INTO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AS THEY WILL DO NOTHING MORE. REGARDLESS IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR OR IF IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PIECE OF GLASS PORSCHE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE DAMAGED PAINT AND FIXING THE INTERIOR (SCRATCHED INTERIOR PIECES, TORN SEAT.) THE CAR ALSO HAS A DIMENISHED VALUE NOW THAT IT HAS TO BE PAINTED AND IT IS NOT WORTH WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. A PIECE OF DRIVER'S SIDE GLASS SHOULD NOT BREAK BY ITSELF WITH NOT CAUSE. PORSCHE WILL NOT EVEN OFFER ANY SUGGESTIONS AT TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. I BELIEVE A GOOD CAR COMPANY WITH DECENT CUSTOMER SERVICE WOULD HAVE OFFERED TO REPLACE THE CAR WITH A NON-DEFECTIVE CAR OR PURCHASE IT BACK SINCE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DEFECT. WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO ME AGAIN AND I AM SERIOUSLY INJURED NEXT TIME? I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS CAR. I GUESS PORSCHE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAFETY OR CUSTOMER SERVICE. *CN

NHTSA ID
10216357
Incident
Jan 4, 2008
Mileage
450 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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