Porsche

Maintenance schedule

911 (997.2) — 2009–2012

At Geha Performance, we know your car's maintenance matters to you. Here is the complete maintenance schedule for your Porsche 911 (997.2), 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 2009–2012
Service	15,000km	30,000km	45,000km	60,000km	75,000km	90,000km	105,000km	120,000km	135,000km	150,000km	165,000km	180,000km	195,000km	210,000km	225,000km	240,000km	255,000km	270,000km	285,000km	300,000km
Replacements
Engine oil and filter (or every year) Geha kit available →	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Cabin filter		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Engine air filter				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Spark plugs (or every 4 years)				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Drive belt: replace (or every 6 years)						Due						Due						Due
All-wheel drive coupling (all-wheel drive): oil (or every 6 years)						Due						Due						Due
PDK transmission: clutch oil (or every 6 years)						Due						Due						Due
Manual transmission: oil (or every 12 years)												Due
PDK transmission: oil (or every 12 years)												Due
Front differential (all-wheel drive): oil (or every 12 years)												Due
Inspections
Fault memory: read with the diagnostic tool		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
Radiators, air intakes and coolant hoses		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
Brake pads and discs, front and rear		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
Drive shaft boots		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Tires: wear, condition and pressure		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Body drains: debris		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
Exterior lighting		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Headlights: aim		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Horn		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
Wiper blades		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Battery		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
Full road test		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Convertible top (Cabriolet): service (or every 2 years)		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Accessory belt				Due						Due						Due
Fuel system: lines and connections				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Parking brake: lever free play				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Front and rear axles: play, ball joints and tie rod ends				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Exhaust: leaks and mountings				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Seat belts: function				Due				Due				Due				Due				Due

By time, regardless of mileage

Brake fluid: Every 2 years
Tire repair kit: sealant: Every 4 years
Tire pressure sensor batteries: After 4 years, then every 2 years
Airbags; rubber and hydraulic engine and chassis mounts: After 4, 8 and 10 years, then every 2 years
Scheduled services, if the mileage is not reached: Intermediate service no later than after 2, 6, 10 years…; full service after 4, 8, 12 years…
Coolant: replace¹: Every 5 years
Power steering: fluid¹: Every 4 years

1. 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.

Source: Porsche Cars North America's official maintenance checklists for the 911 Carrera (997) and Boxster/Cayman (987), "2010-on" (PNA 000 162 EJ and EK), Canadian and US vehicles, with the km intervals published by Porsche. Intervals for normal use.

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