Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
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Showing 2,690 complaints for PORSCHE
Incident date: Mar 10, 2012
MY CAR SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF COOLANT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY A PLUME OF SMOKE APPEARED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. I THOUGHT THAT MY ENGINE HAD BLOWN AND I PULLED THE CAR OFF OF THE ROAD. TURNS OUT THAT SMOKE WAS ACTUALLY STEAM! I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE WATER CONSOLE FITTINGS HAVING BLOWN OUT. THEY EXPLAINED TO M... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2013
STARTING TO SEE WEEPING FROM A PRESSED AND GLUED COOLANT LINE AT THE ENGINE. IT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED VERY SOON AS IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IT FAILS WHILE DRIVING. COOLANT WILL POUR ONTO THE REAR TIRES AND CAUSE THE REAR END TO SLIDE. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. VERY POOR MFG DECISION BY PORSCHE. THESE FITTINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THREADED, PINNED OR ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 8, 2012
FIRST I NOTICED A BURST OF WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE REAR, AND AFTER THAT, ENGINE TEMPERATURE START TO GO UP. SINCE I HAVE VERY CLOSE TO HOME, I JUST CRUISE BACK. *TR AFTER INSPECTION AT MECHANIC, COOLANT HOSE HAS FLY OFF ITSELF AND CAUSING ALL THE ENGINE COOLANT LOST. REPAIRING IT COSTS ME 5000+ AS IT REQUIRES DROPPING THE ENGINE, MANY HOURS OF LABOR AND 2 WEEKS WITHOUT THE CAR.
PORSCHE
CAYENNE TURBO
(2008) — ENGINE
Apr 30, 2013
Incident date: Mar 3, 2009
I PURCHASED MY 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO AS A SECOND OWNER BUT BEFORE THE PURCHASE WAS COMPLETED THE COOLANT HOSE RUPTURE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE REPAIR WAS AT A COST WELL NORTH OF $2000 AT THE MOTOR WERKS PORSCHE OF BARRINGTON. I ALSO HAVE A 2002 PORSCHE 996 TURBO WHICH JUST RECENTLY RUPTURED THE COOLANT HOSE. THE COST IS ONCE AGAIN RIGHT AROUND TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. I'M JUST FED UP THAT THIS EPOX... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE TURBO
(2008) — POWER TRAIN
Apr 30, 2013
Incident date: Mar 3, 2009
I PURCHASED MY 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO AS A SECOND OWNER BUT BEFORE THE PURCHASE WAS COMPLETED THE COOLANT HOSE RUPTURE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE REPAIR WAS AT A COST WELL NORTH OF $2000 AT THE MOTOR WERKS PORSCHE OF BARRINGTON. I ALSO HAVE A 2002 PORSCHE 996 TURBO WHICH JUST RECENTLY RUPTURED THE COOLANT HOSE. THE COST IS ONCE AGAIN RIGHT AROUND TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. I'M JUST FED UP THAT THIS EPOX... Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2011
COOLANT LINE FITTINGS LEAKED COOLANT FLUID ONTO REAR TIRES, CREATED EXTREMELY UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION. REPAIR CONSISTED OF REMOVING COOLANT FITTINGS (MOST REMOVED BY HAND WITHOUT TOOLS) AND WELDING ONTO BLOCK. COST $3800 TO DROP MOTOR, REMOVE ITEMS, PREP, WELD, RE-INSTALL MOTOR AND REFILL FLUIDS. *TR
Incident date: Apr 30, 2013
I AM FILING THE REPORT OUT OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY, NOT ONLY OF MYSELF AND FAMILY, BUT OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE FAILURE OF THE COOLANT LINES WOULD DISPERSE COOLANT RAPIDLY ONTO THE ROAD CAUSING EXTREME SLIPPERY CONDITIONS CREATING A SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE UNCONTROLLABLE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 26, 2013
DUE TO WELL-DOCUMENTED ISSUES WITH GLUED COOLANT TUBES FAILING AND RESULTANT LOSS OF COOLANT OVER REAR TIRES WHICH WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY MAKE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE "GT1"-ENGINE PORSCHE MODELS, I HAD THE COOLANT TUBES WELDED TO THE COOLANT MANIFOLD OF THE ENGINE AT MY EXPENSE AT MY LOCAL PORSCHE DEALER TO PREVENT THE FAILURE FROM OCCURRING. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS KNOWN FAIL... Read more
Incident date: Apr 21, 2010
PREVIOUS OWNER STATED THAT COOLANT LINES DISCONNECTED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FITTINGS. COOLANT WAS SPILLED ALL OVER THE ROAD BEHIND HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER BARELY MISSED THE COOLANT BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. PORSCHE FIXED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE FITTINGS WERE NOT WELDED AS THE FIX RECOMMENDS, MERELY RE-GLUED. I'M AFRAID THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR
Incident date: May 19, 2007
DRIVING ON PRIVATE ROAD AND A RADIATOR HOSE (IN FRONT OF CAR) CAME OFF CAUSING IMMEDIATE AND RAPID PURGING OF COOLANT ON TO ALL 4 TIRES AND ME SPINNING OFF OF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY ONLY INTO THE GRASS ON SIDE OF ROAD. CAR WAS FLAT BEDDED TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. SPENT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS ON REPAIRS. HAVE SINCE SPENT THOUSANDS ON ADDITIONAL PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DUE TO MECHANICS ALERTING ME... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
GLUED COOLANT FITTING ON ONE OF THE MAIN COOLANT LINES FAILED WHILE AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND OPERATION. COOLANT WAS RAPIDLY EXPELLED OUT OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. TRACTION FROM THE REAR TIRES WAS COMPROMISED. INCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Incident date: Jul 16, 2012
OVER TIME I NOTICED A COOLANT SMELL FROM THE CAR WHENEVER I WOULD DRIVE IT WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I THEN NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER THE ENGINE AFTER THE CAR WAS PARKED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE COOLANT PIPE ON THE ENGINE WAS LOOSE AND COOLANT WAS BEGINNING TO DRIP FROM THE JUNCTION WHERE THE PIPE ATTACHES TO THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2012
ON 06/09/12 (W/ APPROX 47K MILES) THE CAR BEGAN LEAKING COOLANT WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RATE OF THIS LEAK WAS SLOW AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL HOURS TO COMPLETELY DRAIN THE COOLANT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ISSUE. ON 03/29/13 ( W/ APPROX 54K MILES) MY PREGNANT WIFE AND I WERE A FEW MILES FROM ENTERING THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR BEGIN TO ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2013
COOLANT LEAK NOTICED AT COOLANT MANIFOLD FITTING DURING OIL CHANGE. ENGINE WAS WARMED UP PRIOR TO OIL DRAIN, THEREFORE WAS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. SEEPAGE AT FITTING INTO MANIFOLD WAS DETECTED BY SMELL AND THEN LOCATED WITH LIGHT AND MIRROR. I HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REMOVED AND THE FITTINGS WELDED BY MY LOCAL INDEPENDENT SHOP. ALL OF THE FITTINGS WERE GLUED INTO THE CASTINGS AND WERE PRONE TO FA... Read more
PORSCHE
PANAMERA TURBO
(2012) — POWER TRAIN
Apr 29, 2013
Incident date: Mar 15, 2013
THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A CURVY FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC SLOWED AND THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED TO SPEED UP WHILE CHANGING LANES. THE PDK TRANSMISSION HESITATED TWO OR THREE SECONDS BEFORE ENGAGING THE SECOND CLUTCH - DURING WHICH THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE WHILE A CAR WAS RAPIDLY CLOSING IN - AND WHEN THE CLUTCH ENGAGED IT DID SO EXTREMELY HARD. THE ENGAGEMENT WAS SO HARD MY... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2012
FAILURE OF FACTORY GLUED IN COOLANT FITTING CAUSED AN INSTANT DUMP OF COOLANT ONTO THE REAR TIRES OF THE CAR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND A SPIN. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM IN ALL PORSCHE GT3'S AND PORSCHE TURBO'S AND PORSCHE REFUSES TO IDENTIFY THE DESIGN FLAW OF HAVING THESE FITTINGS GLUED TOGETHER. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Feb 20, 2013
AFTER A ROUTINE DRIVE AFTER AN OIL CHANGE SERVICE A LARGE AMOUNT OF COOLANT SPILLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UNDER CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE FOUND LOOSE/BROKEN COOLANT FITTINGS FROM BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR AND SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE BAY. ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED TO PINPOINT THE SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL LEAKS. *TR
Incident date: Apr 24, 2013
I DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE TRACK APPROXIMATELY 5 WEEKENDS A YEAR. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE ENGINE COOLANT PIPE FAILURES ON THESE GT3'S AND I FEAR I WILL BE NEXT AND FEAR IT MAY CAUSE OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO CRASH. ITS NOT SAFE FOR THESE COOLANT LINES TO BREAK WHICH CAN OCCUR ON THE TRACK OR THE HIGHWAY. IT SEEMS TO BE A PORSCHE PROBLEM IN CLIMATES WITH LOTS OF VARIATIONS IN TEMP... Read more
Incident date: Sep 24, 2011
COOLANT LINES CAME LOOSE WHERE THEY WERE GLUED TO THE MOTOR. I HAVE SEEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURES, AND DID NOT WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. HAD THE MOTOR REMOVED, AND REPAIR SHOP SAID SOME OF MINE WERE LOOSE AND SHOWED SIGNS OF LEAKING. HAD ALL WELDED AT AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. PORSCHE WOULD NOT FIX UNLESS THERE WAS A FAILURE, AND WOULD ONLY RE-GLUE THOSE THAT WERE LOOSE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 5, 2013
REPAIR TO THE ENGINE COOLANT HARD PIPES WAS REQUIRED TO PROPHYLACTICALLY PREVENT FAILURE OF THE FACTORY EPOXY SEAL. WELDING THE PIPES WAS REQUIRED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 12, 2013
COOLANT LINE BECAME SEPARATED AND DUMPED COOLANT ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY CAUSING VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS WAS ON A LONG HIGHWAY ROAD TRIP WITH THE ENGINE VERY WARMED UP AND WORKING. FAILING COOLANT LINES THAT DUMP ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO THOSE BEHIND THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR
Incident date: Apr 19, 2013
COOLANT LINES / FITTINGS WELDED/ PINNED - MK2 MEZGER ENGINE HAS A FAULTY DESIGN OF COOLANT HOSES/LINES. UPON RESEARCH ONLINE, I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON AFFECTED BUT ALL TURBO/GT3/RS/GT2 CARS FROM 2004-CURRENT I HAVE ALSO COME ACROSS CARS WITH LESS THAN 10K MILES THAT HAD THIS PROBLEM SO MY PROBLEM IS NOT ISOLATED. THERE HAS BEEN INCIDENCE ON HIGHWAY WHERE THESE HOSES JUST BURST OR LOSES FITT... Read more
Incident date: Apr 11, 2012
A COOLANT HOSE PRESS FITTING WHICH IS APPARENTLY GLUED INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK LOST ADHESION AND DISCONNECTED. THIS RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND A CORRESPONDING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HOT, SLIPPERY COOLANT COATING THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR AND ROAD SURFACE. CAR SPUN AND LEFT THE ROAD BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. COOLANT SPILL DID IMPACT OTHER MOTORISTS WHO SPUN OUT ON THE COO... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2013
COOLANT FITTINGS WERE PINNED AFTER CAR STARTED TO SHOW A SMALL WEEPING LEAK ON ONE OF THE FITTINGS. MEZGER ENGINE 911'S SPLIT THE FITTINGS AND CAN CAUSE RAPID COOLANT LOSS AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION. *TR
Incident date: Sep 16, 2012
I HAD A KNOWN ISSUE OF COOLANT LEAK WITH A HOSING/FITTING FAIL ON MY ENGINE. THE FITTING OR GLUE/EPOXY CAME LOSE CAUSING A MASSIVE LEAK OF COOLANT. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AN EXTENSIVE DISTANCE FOR REPAIRS AND REPAIR WAS VERY COSTLY FOR A PART THAT WAS ONLY $300. TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, I HAD THE DEALER PIN THE FITTINGS SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T COME LOSE AGAIN. FOR A CAR WITH LESS THAN... Read more
Incident date: Apr 17, 2012
GLUED IN COOLANT HOSES CAME OUT DUMPING ALL THE COOLANT FROM THE CAR IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THIS IS A REAR ENGINED CAR, IT SPRAYED THE REAR TIRES CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS LOSS OF TRACTION COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT/FATALITY IF GOING INTO A CURVE OR OTHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A KNOWN CONDITION WITH PORSCHE AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSU... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2013
I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM VIRGINIA TO TEXAS WHEN I EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE OEM ADHESIVE ON THE COOLANT LINE FITTINGS IN MY 911 TURBO. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WESTBOUND ON I10. IT COST ME $3700 TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND HAVE ALL OF THE FITTINGS TIG WELDED IN PLACE TO ENSURE THIS NEVER OCCURS AGAIN. *TR
Incident date: Jun 29, 2012
FACTORY CONNECTION AT COOLANT PIPES HAD COME APART DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS, USE OF GLUE. WEEPING OF COOLANT AT CONNECTIONS. HAD SHOP WELD COOLANT PIPES TO RECTIFY THE IMMINENT ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Jan 14, 2013
ENGINE COOLANT PIPES THAT ARE EPOXIED IN BY THE MANUFACTURE WORK THEMSELVES LOOSE OVER TIME AND CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC COOLANT LOSS THAT SPRAYS COOLANT ALL OVER THE REAR TIRES CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE PULLED AND THE COOLANT PIPES REPLACED AND WIELDED IN. *TR
Incident date: Sep 29, 2010
COOLANT LEAKING FROM A FLANGE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE (REAR ENGINED CAR) CAUSED REAR TIRES TO GET WET AND LOSE GRIP WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET. PORSCHE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2002-2012 PORSCHE TURBO, GT2, AND GT3 CARS. *TR
Incident date: Apr 30, 2012
WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE ONE LAP OF AMERICA IN 2012 I HAD A COOLANT PIPE FITTING (BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR) COME LOOSE CAUSING THE CAR TO DUMP ALL ITS ANTIFREEZE ON THE TRACK. 3 CARS BEHIND ME RAN INTO THE ANTIFREEZE AND HAD OFF ROAD EXCURSIONS BUT LUCKILY NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ANY OTHER VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE AFTER THE INCIDENT I OBSERVED ANOTHER COOLANT FITTING TO BE ON ... Read more
Incident date: May 31, 2010
I WAS CRUISING WITH THE FAMILY AT 65MPH AND HEARD MY BELTS SQUEEL AND THEN STOP AFTER 2 OR 3 SECONDS. ABOUT 20 SECONDS LATER A LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND MY TEMP LIGHT WAS BLINKING. TEMP WAS ONLY AROUND 195 TO 205, PRETTY FAR FROM THE RED. I IMMEDIATLY PULLED OVER AND SHUT IT DOWN. THERE WAS A LOT OF COOLANT LEAKING, A LARGE TRAIL FOLLOWED ME OFF THE INTERSTATE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 3, 2011
DRIVING THE CAR AT MODERATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE COOLANT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AS SOON AS IT WAS SAFE, ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER THE WARNING LIGHT. AS I SLOWED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. AFTER STOPPING AND INSPECTING THE CAR, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED IN A FILM OF COOLANT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST P... Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2013
COOLANT PIPE FAILURE AT GLUED FITTINGS WITHIN ENGINE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 15, 2013
THE PORSCHE 996 GT3 MOTORS HAVE A KNOWN ISSUE AMONG OWNERS. THE COOLANT FITTINGS ARE EPOXIED TO THE ENGINE AND UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE USAGE, THEY ARE KNOWN TO COME LOSE AND/OR DETACH COMPLETELY CAUSING COOLANT SPILL ALL OVER THE TIRES AND ROAD AND DEPRIVE THE ENGINE FROM COOLANT. THIS CAUSES THE CAR THE LOSE CONTROL AND IS DANGEROUS FOR ANY CARS BEHIND THE CAR THIS HAPPENED TO. MY CA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 14, 2013
I APPROACHED MY PORSCHE 911 TURBO IN MY GARAGE AND NOTICED A SLIGHT BIT OF LIQUID WITH A PINK HUE (COOLANT) THAT HAD APPEARED TO HAVE LEAKED FROM UNDER MY CAR. I LOOKED AT THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WHICH WAS ~1.5-2 INCHES BELOW THE MAX FILL LINE. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO NEW GERMAN PERFORMANCE TO GET CHECKED OUT. I CALLED AND CONFIRMED THEY HAD AN AVAILABILITY. I TURNED ON MY CAR AND SHORTLY THERE AFTE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 29, 2012
I WAS TOLD BY SIMILAR OWNERS LIKE MYSELF THAT THE 996 AND 997 PLATFORMS COOLANT HOSE RUPTURE DUE TO BEING GLUED FROM THE FACTORY. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE IT HAD 19,000 MILES AND MY CAR HAD 85,000 MILES AND I HAD NOT HAD AN ISSUE SO I WAS NOT SURE HOW TRUE IT WAS. ON SEP 29, OF 2012 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY WITH MY BROTHER WHEN I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE. I PULLED... Read more
Incident date: Nov 17, 2011
FACTORY PORSCHE COOLANT FITTINGS FAILED AND RELEASED FROM ENGINE BLOCK. DUMPED COOLANT OVER REAR TIRES. OEM COOLANT FITTINGS ARE GLUED INTO THE BLOCK AND FATIGUE OVER TIME. THEY SHOULD BE WELDED OR THREADED INTO BLOCK TO PREVENT SAFETY ISSUES. CAR WOULD HAVE LOST TOTAL CONTROL IF TRAVELING AT HIGHWAYS SPEEDS. *TR
Incident date: Mar 14, 2013
ENGINE HAS PRESS FIT (AND GLUED) COUPLINGS FOR COOLANT LINES. WHEN COUPLING FAILS, THERE IS RAPID COOLANT LOSS WHICH IS A TOXIC HAZARD AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO TRAFFIC. *TR
Incident date: Oct 14, 2009
I WAS DRIVING ON A 16 LANE MAJOR HIGHWAY IN TORONTO IN THE EXPRESS LANES AT 70 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP SAFELY SINCE THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING WITH THE ENGINE STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT RESTART AND I WAS LUCKY TO CHANGE LANES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND PULL ONTO THE HARD SHOULDER O... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2009
I WAS DRIVING ON A 16 LANE MAJOR HIGHWAY IN TORONTO IN THE EXPRESS LANES AT 70 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP SAFELY SINCE THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING WITH THE ENGINE STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT RESTART AND I WAS LUCKY TO CHANGE LANES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND PULL ONTO THE HARD SHOULDER O... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2009
I WAS DRIVING ON A 16 LANE MAJOR HIGHWAY IN TORONTO IN THE EXPRESS LANES AT 70 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP SAFELY SINCE THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING WITH THE ENGINE STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT RESTART AND I WAS LUCKY TO CHANGE LANES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND PULL ONTO THE HARD SHOULDER O... Read more
Incident date: Oct 17, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PORSCHE CAYENNE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING 90 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FUEL TRAVELING THROUGH THE FUEL LINES AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE M... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE TURBO
(2005) — ENGINE
Apr 3, 2013
Incident date: Mar 30, 2013
I PARKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE AFTER RUNNING ERRANDS. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE GARAGE THE NEXT MORNING THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF FLUID SURROUNDING THE CAR BELOW. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STATED THAT I NEEDED TO CHECK COOLANT LEVEL. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE PORSCHE OF PLANO AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE WRITER THAT THE COOLANT PIPES ARE A COMMONLY KNOWN, WELL DOCUMENTED POINT OF FAILURE. HE SUGGEST... Read more
Incident date: Mar 23, 2009
HAVE EXPERIENCED ONGOING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MIRROR PROBLEMS, WITH MY 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE, WHERE THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS MOVED ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING AND PARKING. FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MIRROR PROBLEM ON (3/23/09) AT 12,391 MILES, AS THIS CAR WAS TAKEN TO SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT (INSKIP PENSKE PORSCHE IN WARWICK, RI (12) SEPARATE TIMES FOR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS A... Read more
Incident date: Mar 23, 2009
HAVE EXPERIENCED ONGOING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MIRROR PROBLEMS, WITH MY 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE, WHERE THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS MOVED ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING AND PARKING. FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MIRROR PROBLEM ON (3/23/09) AT 12,391 MILES, AS THIS CAR WAS TAKEN TO SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT (INSKIP PENSKE PORSCHE IN WARWICK, RI (12) SEPARATE TIMES FOR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS A... Read more
Incident date: Mar 23, 2009
HAVE EXPERIENCED ONGOING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MIRROR PROBLEMS, WITH MY 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE, WHERE THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS MOVED ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING AND PARKING. FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MIRROR PROBLEM ON (3/23/09) AT 12,391 MILES, AS THIS CAR WAS TAKEN TO SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT (INSKIP PENSKE PORSCHE IN WARWICK, RI (12) SEPARATE TIMES FOR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS A... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2013
S10 DIRECT REPLY LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM REGARDING HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND BRAKES. THE CONSUMER STATED HE FILED TWO SEPARATE ARBITRATION AGAINST THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE FIRST ARBITRATION CASE WAS SETTLED IN 2009, WITH THE EXPECTATION ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2013
S10 DIRECT REPLY LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM REGARDING HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2008 PORSCHE CAYENNE. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND BRAKES. THE CONSUMER STATED HE FILED TWO SEPARATE ARBITRATION AGAINST THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE FIRST ARBITRATION CASE WAS SETTLED IN 2009, WITH THE EXPECTATION ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2013
I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN MY RECENTLY PURCHASED PORSCHE 944, AND SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE ENTIRE UNDERHOOD AREA IS A COMPLETE LOSS. THERE WERE NO LEAKS, AND THE WIRING DID NOT HAVE ANY VISIBLE PROBLEMS. UNTIL YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU DO NOT REALIZE JUST HOW TERRIFYING IT IS. *TR
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