Porsche Cayenne Maintenance Schedule
2019 +

Time or Mileage Based Service Intervals and
Maintenance Schedules for Porsche Cayenne 9Y0 / 9YA / 9YB

Porsche Cayenne Maintenance Intervals

To keep your Porsche Cayenne healthy, we recommend you inspect the car and change the engine oil and filter annually or every 10K miles. The original Porsche Cayenne maintenance schedule calls for an intermediate service at 20K or two years, and a major service at 4 year or 40K mile intervals. Additional maintenance items are also required at the 6 year and 16 year interval.

Recommendations for Cayenne Maintenance

Given the number of transfer case issues on the Porsche Cayenne, we recommend you change the all-wheel-drive controller oil every 40K miles. We also recommend more frequent PDK transmission fluid maintenance to avoid PDK problems.

What’s Included at the Cayenne Service Interval

Many people become confused by Porsche maintenance schedules. The intervals and maintenance items are cumulative –  so for clarity, a 4 year service includes all the maintenance items recommended at the 4 year interval, plus all maintenance items from the 2 year and annual maintenance interval as well.

Safety and Maintenance Inspection

Every annual service should include a rigorous safety inspection. It’s essential this is carried out by a highly skilled and experience Porsche technician who knows the likely wear characteristics of your Porsche, and can identify issues of concern at an early stage. A thorough inspection will also reveal those maintenance items that have been influenced by local conditions.

Lifetime Maintenance Items

Some maintenance items are described as “lifetime,” such as coolant, for example. It’s important during the inspection to discover the health of these “lifetime” items. If you need cold weather protection from your coolant, you’ll find the “lifetime” is considerably shorter than you might expect! Identifying mechanical problems at an early stage allows planning and budgeting for the necessary work.

Cayenne Maintenance Service Questions Answered

If you have further questions or concerns about the maintenance requirements of you Cayenne, you may find answers that can help you further in our guide to Cayenne maintenance service questions.

Porsche Cayenne Local Maintenance Requirements

It’s also worth considering that environment and road conditions effect maintenance requirements on your Porsche Cayenne. Negative wind chill in the northern states means you need healthy cold weather protection from your “lifetime” coolant. On the other hand, the problems of a sand filled air filter in New Mexico, are unlikely to show up in Portland! Seek the advice of an independent Porsche repair shop for local maintenance recommendations.

Annual Maintenance or Every 10K miles

• Vehicle Inspection
• Change engine oil and filter
• Clear roof drains
• Battery CCA test
• Reset maintenance service indicator
• Update or replace maintenance items based on inspection

Add the following maintenance items to the annual service, based on the time or mileage intervals shown below:

Additional Maintenance Every 20K or 2 Years

• Replace brake fluid
• Clutch adaptation (Hybrid)
• Replace cabin pollen filter

Additional Maintenance Every 30K or 4 Years

• Replace spark plugs (Turbo)

Additional Maintenance Every 40K or 4 Years

• Replace spark plugs (V6, V8 and Hybrid)
• Replace engine air intake filter
• Replace PDK fluid and filter – our recommendation
• Replace Engine coolant
• Replace tire sealant
• Adapt panorama roof control module

Additional Maintenance Every 60K or 6 years

• Replace drive belt
• Clean throttle body
• Replace PDCC fluid reservoir
• Replace supercharger drive belt (Hybrid)

Additional Maintenance Every 160K or 16 years

• Replace front differential oil
• Replace rear differential oil
• Replace transfer case oil