| Issue ID | 1609900 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11268319 |
| Manufacurer | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| Brand | PORSCHE |
| Model | MACAN |
| Model Year | 2015 |
| File date | 14/10/19 |
| Component | ENGINE |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I have done extensive research on public online forums to attemp to trace the root of an aggressive oil leak that comes from a defective design in the bolts holding there timing chain housing. It appears the bolts were over tightened by the robots from the factory causing hundreds of complaints from almost every macan owner in forums like macanforums. Com at a very early ownership of the vehicles. Owners experience aggressive oil leaks in vehicles with as little as 10k miles and up. My current vehicle ya 56k miles and porsche wants to charge $10,000 to fix it when it is a common known issues that should had been addressed by now specially when they had to fix so many macans by now with similar issues. Mine just happened to be outside of the warranty and i |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | MOORE, OK |
| VIN pattern | WP1AB2A53FLXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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