Recall Register

Porsche Cayenne S: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Porsche Cayenne S, model years 2003 to 2024. NHTSA has 29 complaints on file for this model line. 6 of the 15 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.

  1. 20039
  2. 20049
  3. 20054
  4. 20063
  5. 20081
  6. 20091
  7. 20113
  8. 20122
  9. 20131
  10. 20141
  11. 20151
  12. 20191
  13. 20201
  14. 20211
  15. 20241
Porsche Cayenne S: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2024 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%2,934
2021 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%136
2020 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%136
2019 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%14,110
2015 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%222,858
2014 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%222,858
2013 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%222,858
2012 Porsche Cayenne S200%243,136
2011 Porsche Cayenne S300%261,141
2009 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page100%222,858
2008 Porsche Cayenne S NHTSA page1152%222,858
2006 Porsche Cayenne S33155%372,668
2005 Porsche Cayenne S44207%403,668
2004 Porsche Cayenne S919983%442,049
2003 Porsche Cayenne S92103%437,985

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

46 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 Cayenne S: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Power Train195.79
Engine and Engine Cooling195.79
Tires108.75
Latches/Locks/Linkages108.75
Electrical System874
Service Brakes, Hydraulic65.23
Vehicle Speed Control65.23
Visibility43.52
Air Bags43.52
Equipment21.71

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Porsche Cayenne S, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2004, with 6 campaigns.
Complaints about the Porsche Cayenne S, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 7 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Porsche: all 75 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Porsche Cayenne S: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/porsche/cayenne-s/. 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 North America, 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 Cayenne S model years have the most recall campaigns?
2004 with 9, 2003 with 9, 2005 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Porsche Cayenne S model year has the most complaints?
The 2004 model year, with 19 of the 29 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Porsche Cayenne S name?
Power Train: 9 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 9 component mentions. Tires: 5 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Porsche Cayenne S?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.