Launched for the 2014 model year, the latest 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 has had a rather rough debut on the market, as the Germans had to recall all 785 cars sold in 2013 to replace their engines. The callback came after two GT3s suffered engine fires and Stuttgart concluded that the 3.8-liter flat-six units had issues with a loosened screw joint on the piston connecting rod. Now, it’s being revealed that the German automaker has issued another recall, this time around for a valvetrain-related problem.
According to Car and Driver, about a dozen sports cars are affected by this issue. Four of them are in use as Nurburgring taxis on the famous race track, while the rest of them are in customer hands. All examples had their engines replaced with new units, as fixing would have taken too long.
"It is true that in some very rare cases we have had minor issues with the valvetrain," Porsche spokesman Thomas Becki said. "To repair these engines would have taken longer than we found acceptable for our GT3 customers, so we replaced the engines and repaired them afterwards."
The repaired engines will be used by Porsche in development testing.
This new recall might explain the GT3 RS test car that was recently spotted on the Nurburgring. Unless Porsche is testing some updates, it’s safe to assume the German engineers want to make sure the 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS won’t be plagued by similar issues.
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