markny

Hi,

I have been searching all over the net on all sorts of porsche sites but i cant find any useful information. The 987 Boxster has been out since 05 and it has already been 2 years almost. My major concern like most who own and want to own a Boxster is its reliability. The major problem that plagued most 986 were the RMS problem. I would like to ask owners of the 987 Boxster to reply in this thread with their experience, especially if they have had RMS issues. Please reply with your YEAR, MODEL, AND ENGINE.

Thankyou,

Tony

'05 base 987 with 7K miles no leaks from RMS...half quart of oil in the first 2K miles...none since.

2005 987S 24,000 miles (picked up in 3/05--first boat shipment of custom ordered cars for US.)

No RMS leak. Power steering leaks at rack and pump on 2 different occasions.

yes, definitely covered under warranty (have no idea on the cost of parts)--hopefully it will stay fixed.

See my post on 987S -- rear trailing arm bad bushing inboard--sounded like thumping noise behind head of driver and passenger--took 6 months for someone at my dealer to figure out.

Have been complaining to my dealer for 6 months about thumping noise behind both driver and passenger (since 12,000 miles), when car was cold (in winter) only over small bumps, not big ones. Various techs at dealer drove car and said no noise. This week I took out head tech at dealer because of tire balancing issue (actually bad Michelin PS2 tire from Tire Rack--replaced within 24 hr.) but he heard noise and said it was from a bad bushing on the inboard connection of the rear trailing arms--said he had just fixed this in a 986. Both trailing arms (987-331-043-02) replaced under warranty--and noise is gone! Now happy, but have been trying to get rid of this annoying noise for 6 months!!!

Noticed noise with wheel turning (while driving), checked fluid, very low, refilled and went to dealer. There was a leak in front, drivers side--but this was so slow that although there was fluid in the plastic liner under the car, it had not dripped in the garage. When up on the lift, dealer could see that it had leaked but could not make it leak with engine on. Fluid went down again after week of driving, dealer finally agreed that it was leaking--from the crimp fitting on the pressure line.

Car has had about 12 days on track. Last tracked 4-06. Did not appear to leak until 6 weeks later. 986's have been know to leak power steering fluid, supposedly secondary to increased heat in fluid with heavy track use. Not sure if this is related. Hope not.

Dealer replaced:

999-230-543-40 rubber o-ring

999-230-542-40 rubber o-ring

997-347-451-03 AS pressure line

987-347-449-10 AS return line

999-230-552-10 pressure line conn.

999-230-551-10 pressure line conn.

999-230-683-40 safety clip

999-230-584-40 circlip

996-347-769-01 steering line supor

Now ok for last 2 days--will track again in July.

probably louder but I didn't think it made a big difference in sound--but went to the trouble of fabricating screen and attaching, so I left it off :unsure:

Removed the restrictor/splash plate, 1 year ago, left snork. Better sound? probably no difference in performance. But have never been able to get the outer grill as well seated and wiggle free as it was before removing the first time.

Does anybody know the exact specifications front and rear for the 18” Boxster S OEM wheel? Width? Offset?

front 8 x 18 with 57 mm offset

rear 9 x 18 with 43 mm offset