Steering - Steering Wheel Shakes While Driving

Cayenne (9PA)
4/05

October 5, 2005

Shaking in the Steering Wheel - Cayenne Turbo w/ Increased Performance

Vehicle type:
Cayenne Turbo

Model Year:
As of 2003

Equipment:
Increased performance (I No. E81)
Servotronic steering gear (I No. 1N3)

This relates to:
Vehicles with increased performance and Servotronic steering gear.

Situation:

Complaint about "shaking in the steering wheel."

Cayenne Turbo vehicles produced up to February 28, 2005 and equipped at the factory with Servotronic steering gear (I No. 1N3) and increased performance (I No. E81) were not equipped with the modified Servotronic steering gear designed for these vehicles. See VIN list shown below.

Action required:

If you receive a customer complaint "Shake in steering wheel" on one of these vehicles and on vehicles that have already been retrofitted for increased performance in the dealer organization, see --> Technical Information 'Increased performance for Cayenne Turbo (I No. E87)', you must replace the installed Servotronic steering gear with the modified Servotronic steering gear and replace the installed Servotronic control unit with the modified control unit as well as carrying out the usual remedial actions, e.g. balancing or fine balancing the wheels (see Technical Information bulletin Group 4, Nr. 1/05).





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^ Vehicles with factory installed increased performance (I No. E 81) and the previous Servotronic steering gear (I No. 1N3) which were manufactured up to February 28, 2005. See VIN overview shown.

^ Vehicles retrofitted for increased performance (Scope I No. E 81) within the dealer organization with the previous Servotronic steering gear (I No. 1N3) in accordance with the VIN overview.





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