914 Porsche Recall Campaigns Options

[euro911]

So we can walk (or drive) into any Porsche dealership, provide them with the VIN and find out which recall fixes have been performed on a particular car?

[Tom_T]

So we can walk (or drive) into any Porsche dealership, provide them with the VIN and find out which recall fixes have been performed on a particular car?

Mark - YES, so long as it hasn't been done on your 914, of which PCNA should have a record.

NHTSA recalls are required to be honored at any time, non-NHTSA-mandated ones initiated by the factory can expire, but not if they were in response to a safety issue under NHTSA/US-DOT review.

For example - my early `73 914-2.0 (8/31/72 build date) has a pending work order from PCNA Customer Service for the HO (fuel hoses/etc.) recall, but the BO Fuchs 2L wheels without self-centering milling couldn't be confirmed since the wheels had been changed to Rivieras before I bought it in Dec. 1975 - possibly by the dealer to avoid doing the BO with the more expensive proper fitment Fuchs 2Ls (if your 914 was up to Dec. 72 build, then it may be subject to BO or the other for Mahle/Pedrini wheels on the 1.7Ls).

PCNA sent Regional Service Mgr. Rick Perkins out to my home in Orange in Nov. 2010 to confirm both recalls, since my 914 wasn't/isn't running, but they may make you take yours to a dealer for him to confirm. If you get a chance to chat with Rick, he's a great guy who worked for SoCal P+A dealers in the 70's with a lot of great stories from then & about 914s, 917s, etc. Well worth hanging around for him to show up!

PS - call PCNA's 800# & whatever number for customer service with your VIN first to start an action file, or whatever they call it. If the HO wasn't performed & some parts are still the old ones (e.g.: small battery cover, cloth covered fuel hoses anywhere in the engine bay - including injector elbows), then they'll have to honor the HO recall, collect proper parts & do it free of charge. But pick a dealer who still has an old school aircooled mechanic familiar with 914s on staff to do it, cuz the new guys are mostly clueless on anything old P-car. Last I heard Newport & Circle Porsche still had at least one old school mechanic on staff.

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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