Porsche Carrera: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Porsche Carrera, model years 1974 to 2001. NHTSA has 18 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 11 model years have a page on this register.
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.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 244% | |
| 1999 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 183% | |
| 1997 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 122% | |
| 1996 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 61% | 1,968 |
| 1995 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 61% | |
| 1992 Porsche Carrera | 2 | 1 | 61% | 23,884 |
| 1991 Porsche Carrera | 2 | 1 | 61% | 23,884 |
| 1990 Porsche Carrera | 2 | 3 | 183% | 23,884 |
| 1989 Porsche Carrera | 2 | 1 | 61% | 23,884 |
| 1987 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 61% | |
| 1974 Porsche Carrera NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,000 |
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
33 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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 181.8 | 6 |
| Visibility | 121.2 | 4 |
| Air Bags | 121.2 | 4 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 90.9 | 3 |
| Structure | 90.9 | 3 |
| Tires | 60.6 | 2 |
| Exterior Lighting | 60.6 | 2 |
| Power Train | 60.6 | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 60.6 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Other | 30.3 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Cayenne27 campaigns
- Boxster8 campaigns
- Cayenne S15 campaigns
- 91145 campaigns
- 911 Turbo8 campaigns
- 911 GT38 campaigns
- Cayenne Turbo13 campaigns
- 911 Carrera16 campaigns
- Panamera18 campaigns
- Cayman5 campaigns
- 9448 campaigns
- Boxster S5 campaigns
- Macan10 campaigns
- 9683 campaigns
- Panamera 4S10 campaigns
- Panamera Turbo9 campaigns
- Macan S8 campaigns
- 9245 campaigns
- Panamera S4 campaigns
- 92818 campaigns
- 911 Turbo S4 campaigns
- Panamera S E-Hybrid2 campaigns
- 911 Carrera S5 campaigns
- Macan Turbo7 campaigns
- 718 Cayman7 campaigns
- Cayenne GTS3 campaigns
- Cayenne S Hybrid3 campaigns
- Panamera 49 campaigns
- Panamera Turbo S6 campaigns
- 718 Boxster8 campaigns
- 911 GT3 RS6 campaigns
- 911 Carrera 43 campaigns
- 911 GT23 campaigns
- GT22 campaigns
- Taycan27 campaigns
- Taycan 4S7 campaigns
- Taycan Turbo S6 campaigns
- Taycan Turbo7 campaigns
- Panamera GTS6 campaigns
- 9148 campaigns
- Taycan 4 Cross Turismo6 campaigns
- Taycan 4S Cross Turismo6 campaigns
- Cayenne E-Hybrid3 campaigns
- Taycan GTS6 campaigns
- Panamera 4 E-Hybrid7 campaigns
- Panamera 4S Executive4 campaigns
- Panamera Turbo Executive4 campaigns
- Taycan GTS Sport Turismo5 campaigns
- Panamera 4S Sport Turismo4 campaigns
- Cayenne Turbo S2 campaigns
- Panamera 4 Executive3 campaigns
- Panamera 4 Sport Turismo4 campaigns
- Panamera Turbo Sport Turi4 campaigns
- Taycan Turbo Cross Turism3 campaigns
- Taycan Turbo S Cross Turi3 campaigns
- 911 Carrera GTS3 campaigns
- 918 Spyder5 campaigns
- Macan GTS4 campaigns
- Panamera S Hybrid2 campaigns
- Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Porsche Carrera: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/porsche/carrera/. 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
- 15 May 2019
- 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 Carrera model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1992 with 2, 1991 with 2, 1990 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Porsche Carrera model year has the most complaints?
- The 2001 model year, with 4 of the 18 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Porsche Carrera name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 6 component mentions. Visibility: 4 component mentions. Air Bags: 4 component mentions.