Porsche

Maintenance schedule

911 (996.2) — 2002–2004

At Geha Performance, we know your car's maintenance matters to you. Here is the complete maintenance schedule for your Porsche 911 (996.2), so you always know where you stand and what comes next.

Find your mileage along the top of the table. The column just before it shows what was due at the last service; the column just after, what is due at the next one. Each X marks a service that is due. The service is due at whichever comes first: the mileage or the time.

Example: at 132,000 km, the last service was the 120,000 km service and the next one is the 135,000 km service.

So-called “lifetime” fluids

For some components, such as a manual transmission or a differential, the manufacturer schedules no fluid change: it calls the oil “lifetime”. It does not say whose lifetime, and its warranty does end. Oil still ages: heat and the work of the gears break it down, mile after mile. Worn oil protects gears, synchros and bearings less well, and a transmission or differential costs far more than a fluid change.

Geha Performance therefore recommends changing these fluids at the intervals shown in the table. Where possible, each interval comes from an identical or very similar component for which a manufacturer, or the fluid's maker, publishes a change; each row's note gives the source. These rows are a Geha Performance recommendation, not the manufacturer's.

See the oil change kits

Maintenance schedule by mileage, from 15,000 to 300,000 km — Model years 2002–2004
Service	15,000km	45,000km	60,000km	90,000km	120,000km	135,000km	165,000km	180,000km	210,000km	240,000km	255,000km	285,000km
Replacements
Engine oil¹ Geha kit available →	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Oil filter		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Cabin filter	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Engine air filter		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Spark plugs				Due				Due				Due
Drive belt: replace				Due				Due				Due
Fuel filter				Due				Due				Due
Manual transmission: oil						Due						Due
Tiptronic transmission: ATF and filter²						Due						Due
Differential: oil (including front, on all-wheel drive)						Due						Due
Inspections
Air filter: check, replace if needed	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Fault memory: read with the diagnostic tool	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Underside and engine compartment: leaks, chafing and panels	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Power steering: fluid level	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Radiators, air intakes and coolant hoses	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Coolant: level and freeze protection	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Brakes: lines, hoses and fluid level	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Drive shaft boots	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Tires and spare: condition and pressure	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Body drains: debris	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Door and front lid locks, safety hook	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Exterior lighting	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Headlights: aim	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Horn	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Washer and headlight washer: fluid level	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Electrical equipment, warning and indicator lights	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Full road test	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Accessory belt		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Fuel system: lines and connections		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Parking brake: lever free play		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Brake pads and discs, front and rear		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Clutch: pedal play and end position		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Throttle: operation and full-throttle check with tester		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Front and rear axles: play, ball joints and tie rod ends		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Exhaust: leaks and mountings		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Seat belts: function		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due

By time, regardless of mileage

Brake fluid: Every 2 years
Engine oil and filter, if the car has not had a major service: Every 2 years
Yearly inspection, without oil change, if the car is driven less than 9,000 miles (about 14,500 km) a year: Every year
Airbags and rollover protection (if equipped): After 4, 8 and 10 years, then every 2 years
Coolant: replace³: Every 5 years
Power steering: fluid³: Every 4 years

1. Porsche calls for a new oil filter every other service, at 48,000 km (next row). The Geha oil change kit always includes a filter.

2. Tiptronic (automatic) transmission only.

3. Geha Performance recommendations for so-called “lifetime” fluids: Why we recommend this ↑

Coolant: replace. The manufacturer only has the level and freeze protection checked. Geha Performance recommends a change every 5 years, the interval published in the technical data sheet of a long-life G13-type coolant (5 years or 250,000 km).
Power steering: fluid. No manufacturer publishes a change interval for this fluid, even for a sister car. Geha Performance recommends replacing it every 4 years: this interval is Geha Performance's own choice, with no manufacturer source.

Past 300,000 km, the cycle starts over: at 315,000 km, use the 15,000 km column.

Porsche states that these intervals apply to normal driving. In dusty areas, the air filter must be checked more often and replaced if needed. On very dirty roads, the front radiators and air intakes must be cleaned regularly. Tire, clutch and brake wear and the condition of the oil depend heavily on driving habits: under these conditions, these items need more frequent service.

Source: Porsche Cars North America's official maintenance schedule for the 1999–2004 911 (996) and Boxster (986), Canadian and US vehicles (PNA 000 162 B, edition 2/06), with the km intervals published by Porsche. Each deadline is placed at the service before, so it is never passed.

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