Recall Register

1988 Porsche 944: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1988 Porsche 944. The newest campaign is 90V061000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Apr 1990. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Fuel Injection System / Fuel Rail. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 90V061000, in the NHTSA record

Replace fuel line hose with hoses made of improved material.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 55,363 units in total.

  1. 90V061000Received . 53,427 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Fuel Injection System / Fuel Rail

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The hose material used in the short section of the high pressure fuel line hose, between the fuel rail and fuel pressure regulator, is subject to hardening, and could cause fuel leaks between the hose and the metal pipe fittings.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leaks could ignite on the hot exhaust system, or any other source of ignition, resulting in an engine compartment fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace fuel line hose with hoses made of improved material.

    Report filed by PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 89V133000Received . 1,936 units.

    Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Lower Arm

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The alloy a-arms may have a manufacturing casting defect and could crack and break after mileage accumulation.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A-arm breakage could cause loss of control which couldresult in an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace suspect a-arms.

    Report filed by PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1988 Porsche 944: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Suspension1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
13 Apr 1999

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1988 Porsche 944, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

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

  1. 19832
  2. 19842
  3. 19853
  4. 19862
  5. 19871
  6. 19882
  7. 19890
  8. 19911

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Porsche 944: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/porsche/944/1988/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Porsche 944?
55,363 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Porsche 944 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Porsche 944, model years 1983 to 1991. 2 of them name the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Porsche 944 name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Porsche 944 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.