Steering - Steering Wheel Shaking

Cayenne

4/05 4890

Binder - 4, Running Gear

Shaking In The Steering Wheel

Date: 7-6-05

Vehicle Type:
Cayenne Turbo

Model Year:
As of 2003

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

Concern:
Complaint about "shaking in the steering wheel" on vehicles with increased performance and Servotronic steering gear.

Information:
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 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 retrofilled for increased performance in the dealer organization, see Technical Information bulletin Group 1, # 4/05 "Increased performance for Cayenne Turbo (I No. E81)", 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, # 1/05).

Date of Introduction:

Modified Servotronic steering gear on vehicles with increased performance on February 28, 2005, as of the VIN shown.

9P5LA 91996 Cayenne Turbo USA/Canada





Parts Information:





Labor Information:

References:

Cayenne Workshop Manual

> "489019 Removing and installing steering gear".

> "486919 Removing and installing Servotronic control unit".

Technical Information bulletin

> Group 1, # 4/05 - Increased Performance for Cayenne Turbo (I No. E81)

> Group 4, # 1/05 - Shaking In Steering Wheel

Affected Vehicles:

Vehicles with factory installed increased performance (I No. E81) and the previous Servotronic steering gear (I No. 1N3), which were manufactured up to February 28, 2005. See VIN overview below.





VIN List





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