Recall Register

Porsche 911: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 45 recall campaigns for the Porsche 911, model years 1966 to 2025. NHTSA has 39 complaints on file for this model line. 22 of the 43 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19661
  2. 19671
  3. 19693
  4. 19703
  5. 19721
  6. 19733
  7. 19743
  8. 19752
  9. 19762
  10. 19772
  11. 19781
  12. 19792
  13. 19831
  14. 19841
  15. 19870
  16. 19880
  17. 19895
  18. 19904
  19. 19914
  20. 19924
  21. 19932
  22. 19941
  23. 19950
  24. 19963
  25. 19970
  26. 19980
  27. 19991
  28. 20001
  29. 20010
  30. 20020
  31. 20030
  32. 20141
  33. 20151
  34. 20162
  35. 20173
  36. 20181
  37. 20191
  38. 20202
  39. 20216
  40. 20224
  41. 20235
  42. 20243
  43. 20252
Porsche 911: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2025 Porsche 911200%172,985
2024 Porsche 911300%182,459
2023 Porsche 911500%182,791
2022 Porsche 911400%182,512
2021 Porsche 911600%187,928
2020 Porsche 911200%180,208
2019 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%7
2018 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%417
2017 Porsche 911300%7,623
2016 Porsche 911200%7,637
2015 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%1,382
2014 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%1,382
2003 Porsche 911 NHTSA page02221%
2002 Porsche 911 NHTSA page02221%
2001 Porsche 911 NHTSA page01110%
2000 Porsche 911 NHTSA page13331%2,734
1999 Porsche 911 NHTSA page14441%2,734
1998 Porsche 911 NHTSA page02221%
1997 Porsche 911 NHTSA page02221%
1996 Porsche 91136662%2,089
1995 Porsche 911 NHTSA page0111213%
1994 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%126
1993 Porsche 911200%13,687
1992 Porsche 91141110%36,124
1991 Porsche 911400%36,124
1990 Porsche 91141110%37,426
1989 Porsche 911500%38,401
1988 Porsche 911 NHTSA page01110%
1987 Porsche 911 NHTSA page01110%
1984 Porsche 911 NHTSA page11110%26,300
1983 Porsche 911 NHTSA page11110%26,300
1979 Porsche 911200%1,793
1978 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%1,500
1977 Porsche 911200%4,300
1976 Porsche 911200%4,300
1975 Porsche 911200%5,800
1974 Porsche 911300%10,000
1973 Porsche 911300%10,700
1972 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%32
1970 Porsche 911300%4,697
1969 Porsche 911300%2,262
1967 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%2,226
1966 Porsche 911 NHTSA page100%2,226

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

53 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Porsche 911: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System226.412
Engine and Engine Cooling132.17
Air Bags113.26
Seat Belts94.35
Structure75.54
Equipment75.54
Vehicle Speed Control56.63
Service Brakes, Hydraulic37.72
Tires37.72
Exterior Lighting37.72

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Porsche 911, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2021, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Porsche 911, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 6 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Porsche: all 75 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Porsche 911: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/porsche/911/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file
PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Porsche 911 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2021 with 6, 2023 with 5, 1989 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Porsche 911 model year has the most complaints?
The 1995 model year, with 11 of the 39 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Porsche 911 name?
Electrical System: 226.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 132.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 113.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Porsche 911?
7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.