Porsche Boxster 718 Maintenance Schedule

Porsche Boxster  718 2016 +
Maintenance Service Schedule

The factory recommended maintenance schedule for the Porsche Boxster 718 is shown below. Maintenance is due annually, with an intermediate service at 2 years or 20K miles and a major service at 4 years or 40K miles. The turbo engine requires a spark plug change at 3 years or 30K miles.

Porsche 718 Boxster Maintenance Costs

We recommend budgeting $110 per month for routine service, which will cover the cost of annual, intermediate, and major maintenance over a four-year period. Additionally, you should plan extra expense for tires and brakes, depending on your mileage. Expert Porsche shops can save you 20% on 718 maintenance compared to dealer service.

Boxster 718 Recommended Maintenance Intervals

To keep your Porsche 982 718 Boxster healthy, we recommend you inspect the car and change the engine oil and filter annually or every 10K miles. The original 718 maintenance schedule called for a minor service at 20K or two years and a major service at 4 year or 40K mile intervals. Additional maintenance items are required at the 4, 6 year, and 12 year intervals.

Speed Up Your PDK Service

If your Boxster 982 718 is fitted with a PDK transmission, we highly recommend performing maintenance on the PDK sooner than the factory recommendation of 120K miles shown below. PDK maintenance is recommended at 40K miles or 4 years to prevent expensive PDK problems.

What’s Included at the 718 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 of your Porsche Boxster. It’s essential this is carried out by a highly skilled Porsche technician who knows the likely wear characteristics of your Porsche and can identify issues of concern early. An inspection should also identify maintenance items that are influenced by local environmental 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.

Boxster Maintenance Service Questions Answered

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

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
• Replace cabin pollen filter
• Replace cabin pre-filter element

Additional Maintenance Every 30K or 4 Years

• Replace Spark Plugs

Additional Maintenance Every 40K or 4 Years

• Replace engine air intake filters

Additional Maintenance Every 60K or 6 years

• Replace PDCC reservoir
• Replace drive belt
• Clean throttle body

Additional Maintenance Every 120K or 12 years

• Replace PDK clutch fluid – we recommend doing this much earlier
• Replace manual transmission fluid
• Replace PDK transmission oil

Original 982 Boxster 718 Factory Maintenance Schedule

If you plan to take your Porsche Boxster 718 to the track for some fun, there are different maintenance considerations to make. In general, track driving will speed up the requirements for maintenance and the replacement of service items. Most track day companies, groups and the PCA HPDE, will require a safety inspection be completed by a Porsche repair shop. However,  you should view the safety inspection as the minimum requirement for having a safe day out at the track with your Porsche.

When to Service Your Boxster for the Track

If you’re pottering around in the novice group at a track day, most of the standard maintenance service items on your Porsche are up to the job. Once you progress to more spirited driving in the advanced run groups, it’s quite easy to quickly exceed the performance of those standard service items, especially if you are running multiple track days in a season.

Maintenance Upgrade Recommendations for Race Track Driving

At this stage, it’s extremely important not only to complete a safety inspection, but also to radically speed up maintenance. For example, a brake fluid flush and oil change before each event is a sensible approach. Likewise, a spark plug change after two events will keep your engine running healthy under track conditions.

There are upgrades to standard maintenance items that can help prevent over-driving of the Porsche Boxster. For example, Castrol SRF brake fluid will be far more durable than the standard brake fluid. There are better engine oil recommendations for the track versus the standard Mobil 1 factory refill. As your driving progresses, it’s also worth considering different brakes and tires. A specialist Porsche shop with track experience, can better help you understand the increased maintenance requirements for your car.