NHTSA Complaint #10510191 — 2007 PORSCHE 911 TURBO

ON 06/09/12 (W/ APPROX 47K MILES) THE CAR BEGAN LEAKING COOLANT WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RATE OF THIS LEAK WAS SLOW AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL HOURS TO COMPLETELY DRAIN THE COOLANT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ISSUE. ON 03/29/13 ( W/ APPROX 54K MILES) MY PREGNANT WIFE AND I WERE A FEW MILES FROM ENTERING THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR BEGIN TO LEAK COOLANT VERY RAPIDLY. ANOTHER MOTORIST FLAGGED ME DOWN AND ALERTED ME TO THE ISSUE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT HAPPENED. I PULLED OVER TO FIND A LARGE PUDDLE OF COOLANT UNDERNEATH THE CAR. ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COOLANT DID APPEAR TO GET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE. I CONSIDER MYSELF EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST BEFORE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED HAD THIS COOLANT LEAK OCCURRED A FEW MINUTES LATER. THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ISSUE. AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS SECOND COOLANT FAILURE I BEGAN TO DO RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAD REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR