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I wondered, \u201cWill the message disappear after driving a bit? Or is it a flat tire? Luckily, I\u2019m near the Porsche Center, so I\u2019ll have them check it on the way back.<\/strong>\u201d However, since it was Golden Week and the center was closed, I decided to return home. Just to be safe, I emailed my husband, who was on a tour in Tohoku, saying, “This message popped up\u2014do you think it\u2019s a flat tire?<\/strong>” <\/p>\n He replied, \u201cYeah, it might be a flat, so better not drive it.\u201d<\/p>\n That made sense, so I avoided driving. Still, since I didn\u2019t feel any flatness, I got out and checked the tires. There was no sign of nails stuck in the tires, nor did the pressure seem significantly low.<\/strong><\/p>\n But when I checked the tire pressure deviation again\u2026<\/p>\n Hmm\u2026 it really looks like the right front tire is flat. So, the next morning after the holiday, I contacted my dealer representative, Mr. H, who said, <\/p>\n The first warning appears on the tire that\u2019s lost 0.3 bar,<\/strong> but if all tires show negative values, it usually means just low pressure and can be fixed by inflating. However, in this case, it might be a flat. It\u2019s better to act quickly\u2014would you like us to arrange a tow?<\/p>\n I felt bad about asking for a tow (\u2212_\u2212), so I adjusted my schedule and decided to bring it in for repair that day. Since I was there, I also asked them to top up the oil as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n When I arrived at the Porsche Center, the service staff checked the Panamera and said the repair would take about an hour<\/strong>, so I waited inside the store.<\/p>\n Since it was a weekday morning, there were no other customers with kids, so my younger daughter had the kids\u2019 play area all to herself and played freely.<\/p>\n The work finished as scheduled, and the explanation revealed that a 1 cm screw was stuck in the right front tire.<\/strong> I wonder where it got stuck\u2026 Now that I think about it, the right front tire was the one that got a flat last time too. In the end, the flat tire repair and 1.5L oil top-up cost about When I told my husband after returning home, he said, <\/p>\n \u201cSo it really was a flat. But the right side gets flats a lot. Maybe because the tires are wide, or because when turning right or merging, you often drive over dusty or debris-filled zebra zones.\u201d<\/p>\n We don\u2019t drive on construction sites or gravel roads, nor do we tailgate construction trucks (lol), so that might be the cause.<\/p>\n I also had the Panamera\u2019s oil topped up this time. I felt like I had been topping up oil quite often lately, so I decided to do some quick calculations.<\/p>\n The last oil change was at the end of September last year, when the mileage was 13,246 km. At the time of this oil top-up, the mileage was 21,037 km. So, <\/p>\n I drove 7,791 km and added 1.5L of oil.<\/p>\n That\u2019s how it stands.<\/p>\n Considering that, the oil isn\u2019t decreasing abnormally fast; it\u2019s just the distance driven.<\/strong> Next month, I plan to drive the Panamera to Fuji Speedway and participate in the Porsche Track Experience, so for now, I feel reassured.<\/p>\n Still, I\u2019m really looking forward to next month\u2019s Porsche event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Panamera, a Flat Tire? On the last day of Golden Week, after finishing some shopping, I started the Panamera\u2019s engine and noticed an error message on the dashboard. It said, “Please inflate the tire.” I wondered, \u201cWill the message disappear after driving a bit? Or is it a flat tire? Luckily, I\u2019m near the Porsche Center, so I\u2019ll have them check it on the way back.\u201d However, since it was Golden Week and the center...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=11059"},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f3\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30c8-2019-05-10-17.15.49.jpg\")
<\/p>\nFlat Tire Repair at the Porsche Center<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nPanamera Oil Top-Up<\/h3>\n