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
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 2,690 complaints for PORSCHE
Incident date: Feb 27, 2012
I RECENTLY PURCHASED PORSCHE CAYENNE S 2012 AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THE SUV BUT THE COMFORT ENTRY FEATURE DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND DEALER ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T OFFER ANY SOLUTION. IT WORKS SOME TIME AND IT DOESN'T OTHER TIMES. WHEN YOU SET YOUR POSITION AND SAVE THE POSITION WHEN YOU UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE SAME KEY IT SUPPOSED SAVE ALL YOUR PREFERE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 27, 2012
I RECENTLY PURCHASED PORSCHE CAYENNE S 2012 AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THE SUV BUT THE COMFORT ENTRY FEATURE DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND DEALER ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T OFFER ANY SOLUTION. IT WORKS SOME TIME AND IT DOESN'T OTHER TIMES. WHEN YOU SET YOUR POSITION AND SAVE THE POSITION WHEN YOU UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE SAME KEY IT SUPPOSED SAVE ALL YOUR PREFERE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 11, 2012
THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOW IMS FAILURE ISSUE WITH PORSCHE BOXSTER WHICH CERTAINLY CALLS FOR A RECALL FROM PORSCHE. MY 2005 ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR 20K JUST BECAUSE OF THE VERY OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW PORSCHE HAS IN ITS M96 ENGINES. I AM PRETTY SURE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN PAST BUT NOBODY HAS EVER HEEDED TO IT. I SINCERELY RECOMMEND SOME ONE TO PLEASE LOOK INTO AND... Read more
Incident date: Feb 11, 2012
THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOW IMS FAILURE ISSUE WITH PORSCHE BOXSTER WHICH CERTAINLY CALLS FOR A RECALL FROM PORSCHE. MY 2005 ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR 20K JUST BECAUSE OF THE VERY OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW PORSCHE HAS IN ITS M96 ENGINES. I AM PRETTY SURE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN PAST BUT NOBODY HAS EVER HEEDED TO IT. I SINCERELY RECOMMEND SOME ONE TO PLEASE LOOK INTO AND... Read more
Incident date: Aug 10, 2010
AT A DRIVER EDUCATION EVENT IN KENT, WA, A PORSCHE TURBO HAD A FAILURE IN THE COOLANT FITTINGS THAT CAUSED THE CAR TO DUMP ALL OF ITS COOLANT ON THE PAVEMENT. I WAS BEHIND THE CAR IN A PORSCHE GT3 AND UPON DRIVING OVER THE COOLANT LOST TRACTION AND TOTALED MY CAR. THE SPEED OF THE TURBO AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WAS APPROX 90 MPH, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE DOWN THE STRAIGHT-AWAY AFTER THE FAI... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jan 30, 2011
PORSCHE KNOWINGLY MANUFACTURED CAYENNE MODEL VEHICLES WITH PLASTIC COOLANT TUBES THAT DEGRADE AND FRACTURE CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT ENGINE DAMAGE. PORSCHE HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS DEFECT AND FAILED TO MAKE CONSUMERS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FAILURE DESPITE THE RISK TO THE OWNERS SAFETY AND POCKETBOOK. *KB
Incident date: Jan 26, 2012
I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 47 MPH IN TRAFFIC AND THE ON BOARD COMPUTER DISPLAYED THE WARNING MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE TOO HIGH" FOLLOWED BY THE MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION EMERGENCY RUN". THE CAR AT THIS POINT STOPPED MOVING AND I COASTED TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC. THE IMMEDIATE CUT OFF OF THE POWER TRAIN AND PDK TRANSMISSION POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO SAFETY THAT COULD LEAD TO A REAR-END... Read more
Incident date: Dec 7, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PORSCHE CAYENNE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVE SHAFT WOULD VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VIBRATION WENT FROM A PART TIME OCCURRENCE TO BEING A CONSISTENT OCCURRENCE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE SUPPORT BEARING FAILED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE SUPPORT BEARING WAS BEING HELD TOGETHER BY A PIECE OF RUBBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WA... Read more
Incident date: Dec 7, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PORSCHE CAYENNE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVE SHAFT WOULD VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VIBRATION WENT FROM A PART TIME OCCURRENCE TO BEING A CONSISTENT OCCURRENCE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE SUPPORT BEARING FAILED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE SUPPORT BEARING WAS BEING HELD TOGETHER BY A PIECE OF RUBBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WA... Read more
Incident date: Dec 12, 2011
MISFIRES DURING WARM UP, AFTER WARM UP THE ENGINE RUNS SMOOTH WITH HIGH RPM OF 1200 TO 1300. I HAVE TO TAP THE ACCELERATOR PAD TO LOWER THE RPM,AFTER COUPLE OF SECONDS THE RPM GOES BACK UP. WHEN IT REACHES 190 DEGREES RPM GOES HIGHER TO ALMOST 1500, TEMPERATURE GOES TO 210 DEGREES FAN TURNS ON FROM THE RADIATOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE BUT NOT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, FAN ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SOMETIM... Read more
Incident date: Dec 12, 2011
MISFIRES DURING WARM UP, AFTER WARM UP THE ENGINE RUNS SMOOTH WITH HIGH RPM OF 1200 TO 1300. I HAVE TO TAP THE ACCELERATOR PAD TO LOWER THE RPM,AFTER COUPLE OF SECONDS THE RPM GOES BACK UP. WHEN IT REACHES 190 DEGREES RPM GOES HIGHER TO ALMOST 1500, TEMPERATURE GOES TO 210 DEGREES FAN TURNS ON FROM THE RADIATOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE BUT NOT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, FAN ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SOMETIM... Read more
Incident date: Dec 29, 2011
THE COOLANT PIPES FAILED ON A RECENT ROAD TRIP DUE TO THE PIPES CRACKING. I LOST ALL OF MY COOLANT AND OVERHEATED MY ENGINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME AMONGST 2004-2006 CAYENNE MODELS AS THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING. *TR
Incident date: Dec 13, 2011
BOTH REAR TIRES, PIRELLI PZERO 275/45ZR18, WERE SEVERELY WORN AT 7430 MILES. THEY WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT MY EXPENSE OF APPROXIMATELY $950.00. I AM A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS DRIVER AND CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURES DAILY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE, SINCE YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT TIRES TO BE ON THE VERGE OF BLOWING OUT WITH JUST 7,400 MILES. I HAVE THE TIRES IN MY POSSESSION. *TR
Incident date: Nov 2, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PORSCHE CAYENNE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35-40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHILE SHIFTING HARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000 .
Incident date: Nov 1, 2011
2012 PORSCHE PANAMERA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DASHBOARD REFLECTION IN THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE VEHICLE HAS A BEIGE DASHBOARD THAT REFLECTS OFF THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ON A SUNNY DAY. *JB
Incident date: Oct 23, 2011
UPON RETURNING FROM A 200 MILE TRIP CRUISING AT 60-65 MPH AND EXITING THE OFF RAMP AT LOWER SPEEDS (25-30MPH) MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND STOP UPON COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONCE I STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AGAIN BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LOUD KNOCKING CAME FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID THERE IS A FAILURE IN THE CENTER DRIVE SHAFT SU... Read more
Incident date: Oct 28, 2011
SUDDEN, CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF COOLANT HOSE 996.106.502.74 BY LONGITUDINAL SPLIT APPROXIMATELY 4" LONG. COOLANT DUMPED ON LR WHEEL CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE SPIN. *TR
Incident date: Oct 17, 2011
WATER MANIFOLD HAS PRESS-FIT EPOYY CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO COME LOOSE. MINE DID AND I LOST ALL OF MY COOLANT. IT BLEW ACROSS THE WHOLE ENGINE BAY AND OVER BACK TIRES. VERY DANGEROUS AS A CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL BEHIND ME AS WELL. TOOK ENGINE APART AND WELDED TWO OF THE FITTINGS BUT SEVERAL OTHERS REMAIN OEM. EXPENSIVE FIX THUS FAR, AND NOT YET DONE. VERY POOR DESIGN AND DANGEROUS!!... Read more
Incident date: Oct 12, 2011
CAR WAS STRUCK ON LEFT SIDE, JUST FORWARD OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BY A LARGE VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROX. 55MPH. CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND DRIVER SUFFERED HEAD TRAUMA. SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 1, 2011
INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BROKE. IMS FAILURE. RESULT IS WHOLE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2011
INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BROKE. IMS FAILURE. RESULT IS WHOLE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *TR
Incident date: Jul 10, 2006
ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO CYLINDER ALL FAILURE AND OR INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BEARING FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Aug 20, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PORSCHE CAYENNE S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR PIPE WAS FRACTURED, CAUSING ANTI FREEZE TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ORIGINAL HOSE LINES WERE REPLACED WITH METAL LINES DUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE APPROX... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE (E2)
(2011) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Sep 18, 2011
Incident date: Mar 14, 2011
THE FACTORY PROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER AND SPEED CONTROL IS INCORRECT. PORSCHE STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING WITHIN CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECIFICATIONS [AND ACCORDING TO US LAW A VARIANCE OF UP TO 18% IS ALLOWED IN THE SPEEDOMETER.] HOWEVER, PORSCHE HAS TAKEN THE US LAW TO MEAN THAT IT IS ALLOWED TO INTENTIONALLY PROGRAM ITS COMPUTERS TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS ANALOG GAUGES. PORSCHE CAN... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE (E2)
(2011) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Sep 18, 2011
Incident date: Mar 14, 2011
THE FACTORY PROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER AND SPEED CONTROL IS INCORRECT. PORSCHE STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING WITHIN CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECIFICATIONS [AND ACCORDING TO US LAW A VARIANCE OF UP TO 18% IS ALLOWED IN THE SPEEDOMETER.] HOWEVER, PORSCHE HAS TAKEN THE US LAW TO MEAN THAT IT IS ALLOWED TO INTENTIONALLY PROGRAM ITS COMPUTERS TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS ANALOG GAUGES. PORSCHE CAN... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE (E2)
(2011) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Sep 18, 2011
Incident date: Mar 14, 2011
THE FACTORY PROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER AND SPEED CONTROL IS INCORRECT. PORSCHE STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING WITHIN CHARACTERISTICS AND SPECIFICATIONS [AND ACCORDING TO US LAW A VARIANCE OF UP TO 18% IS ALLOWED IN THE SPEEDOMETER.] HOWEVER, PORSCHE HAS TAKEN THE US LAW TO MEAN THAT IT IS ALLOWED TO INTENTIONALLY PROGRAM ITS COMPUTERS TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AS ANALOG GAUGES. PORSCHE CAN... Read more
Incident date: May 11, 2011
THE ENGINE FAILED WHILST TAKING PART IN A DRIVING EVENT AT WILLOW SPRINGS RACEWAY. OIL STARVATION CAUSED #6 CONROD BIG-END BEARING FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 4000RPM LEADING TO INTERNAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE AND AN ENORMOUS PLUME OF WHITE SMOKE OUT THROUGH THE EXHAUST. FORTUNATELY I WAS ON A STRAIGHT PART OF THE TRACK AT THE TIME AND WAS ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE CAR SAFELY. PLEASE ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
MOTOR FAILED WHILE TRYING TO START IT. ALL VALVES BENT. REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT WAS SERVICED AS PER FACTORY RECOMMENDATIONS.
Incident date: Apr 8, 2011
AS I WAS ACCELERATING FOR A MERGE, THE CAR BUCKED AND HESITATED DESPITE HAVING MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I SHIFTED GEARS AND IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THEN THERE WAS AN ODD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. I PULLED OFF AND THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON JUST AS I STOPPED THE ENGINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP.
Incident date: May 15, 2011
WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE NORMALLY, THE ENGINE JUST BLEW. NO OVER REV OR SHIFT MISS. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT SEEMED ONE BEARING AT THE CRANKSHAFT FAILED. I'VE SEEN MANY SIMILAR ENGINE BLOWS FOR THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLES ON THE NET SO I'M WONDERING IF THIS COULD BE A DESIGN FLAW. I EXPECT NHTSA'S INVESTIGATION.
PORSCHE
CAYENNE (E2)
(2011) — POWER TRAIN
Sep 2, 2011
Incident date: Mar 31, 2011
WHEN ROLLING SLOWLY (<15MPH) 1-2 SECOND STALL/BOG AFTER PRESSING ACCELERATOR BEFORE CAR ACCELERATES, CREATING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ESP WHEN MERGING WITH TRAFFIC, CHANGING LANES, ETC. *TR PORSCHE NORTH AMERICA DENIES THIS IS A PROBLEM AFTER INSPECTION AND SAYS ITS "PERFORMING TO SPECIFICATION". SEPARATELY, SEVERAL PORSCHE DEALERS HAVE VERBALLY ACKNOLWEDGED AND/OR CONFIRMED THIS ISSUE AND CALL ... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE (E2)
(2011) — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Sep 2, 2011
Incident date: Mar 31, 2011
WHEN ROLLING SLOWLY (<15MPH) 1-2 SECOND STALL/BOG AFTER PRESSING ACCELERATOR BEFORE CAR ACCELERATES, CREATING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ESP WHEN MERGING WITH TRAFFIC, CHANGING LANES, ETC. *TR PORSCHE NORTH AMERICA DENIES THIS IS A PROBLEM AFTER INSPECTION AND SAYS ITS "PERFORMING TO SPECIFICATION". SEPARATELY, SEVERAL PORSCHE DEALERS HAVE VERBALLY ACKNOLWEDGED AND/OR CONFIRMED THIS ISSUE AND CALL ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 26, 2011
TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 30 MILES PER HOUR AT A LOW RPM, I HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE CAR. INITIALLY I THOUGHT ROAD DEBRIS WAS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND I WAS DRAGGING IT ALONG WHILE DRIVING. I QUICKLY TURNED THE CAR TO THE RIGHT OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE MOTOR OFF. UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE I NOTICED ALL OF THE ENGINE'S OIL SPEWING OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE. I CONTACT... Read more
Incident date: Jul 21, 2011
WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT IN LIGHT CITY TRAFFIC, ENGINE SUDDENLY HAD REDUCED POWER OUTPUT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY LOUD SOUNDS OF LOOSE METAL PARTS THROUGH OUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPON INSPECTION BY A PORSCHE SPECIALIST, HE DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SUFFERED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT FAILURE WHICH CAUSED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE BY ALLOWING THE VALVES TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PISTON... Read more
Incident date: May 18, 2009
THIS LOW-MILEAGE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AT FREEWAY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS CRUISING ON LEVEL FREEWAY WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WHITE SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE FACILITY. AFTER COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT REBUILD-ABLE DUE TO A ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 11, 2011
MOTOR FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE ACCELERATING, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND LOSS OF CONTROL. MECHANIC INSPECTION SAYS THAT IT WAS NOT MY FAULT, AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 3500 RPM AND THERE WAS NO STRESS THAT SHOULD CAUSE FAILURE. NO SLUDGE FOUND IN ENGINE, OIL CHANGES DONE ON TIME. FAILURE NECESSITATES A COMPLETELY NEW MOTOR AT A COST OF $16,000. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT COMPLETE M... Read more
PORSCHE
BOXSTER (987)
(2008) — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Aug 23, 2011
Incident date: Jul 11, 2011
ENGINE FAILURE WITH CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE CONNECTING ROD BOLT FAILURE, SUBSEQUENTLY LEADING TO DAMAGE TO NEARLY ALL INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS
Incident date: Jun 11, 2011
THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A CYLINDER FAILURE IN THE #5 CYLINDER. THE #5 PISTON 'CLIPPED' A VALVE, THE VALVE DROPPED INTO THE CYLINDER, THE PISTON IMPACTED THE VALVE AND CAUSED THE #5 PISTON ROD TO BREAK LOOSE COMPLETELY AND PUNCH A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CORE. THERE WERE ALSO CRACKS IN THE #5 CYLINDER WALL. I HAD TO PURCHASE A COMPLETELY NEW ENGINE FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND HAVE MY LOCAL DE... Read more
Incident date: Aug 21, 2011
COOLANT PIPE FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 18, 2008
THE PORSCHE ENGINE DID NOT HAVE PROPER OILING DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER OIL RETURN DESIGN WHICH CAUSES THE BEARINGS TO PREMATURELY WEAR AND THE ROD BOLTS TO FAIL IN THESE ENGINES. WE HAVE OVER 35 CASES OF THIS HAPPENING AT HTTP://WWW.PLANET-9.COM/CAYMAN-BOXSTER-PROBLEMS-COMPLAINTS/59790-OILING-PROBLEMS-BLOWN-MOTORS-NHTSA.HTML TO OWNERS OF PORSCHE BOXSTERS AND CAYMANS FROM PRIMARILY THE 2006 AND 200... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 18, 2011
IN JANUARY OF 2007 I BOUGHT A 2006 PORSCHE CAYMANN S FORM PAUL MILLER PORSCHE IN PARSIPPANY N.J. IN 7\08\2010 THE CAR BEGAN CONSUMING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE AND I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH RAY CATINA PORSCHE IN EDISON N.J. INVOICE#POCS45415. AFTER THEIR DIAGNOSIS THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CAR USED 200ML. IN 475MI., THE CAR AT THE TIME HAD 17,393MI ON THE ODOMETER, THEY SAID IT WAS WITHIN SPEC... Read more
Incident date: Aug 9, 2011
CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BEARING FAILURE. THERE ARE NO SIGNS THAT THE PART WILL FAIL. THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND UPON STOPPING ALL THE OIL LEAKS OUT. AS SOON AS THE NOISE IS HEARD, THE ENGINE IS IRREPARABLE DAMAGED. INSTANT, CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE. ENGINE IS A TOTAL LOSS. BEARING IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND HAS BEEN REDESIGNED IN NEWER MODELS. *TR
Incident date: Jun 4, 2011
TRAVELING 75MPH ON FREEWAY WHEN OIL & ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON AND VEHICLE SIMULTANEOUSLY CAME TO DEAD STOP IN TRAFFIC; DIAGNOSED AS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE BY DEALER SERVICE MGR., ENGINE REPLACED AT COST OF $17,000+. NO PRIOR WARNING. NO FAULT OF MY OWN PER SVC.MGR. 38K MILES ON 2005 VEHICLE, 3 MO OUT OF WARRANTY. MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS REPORTED ON SEVERAL WEB SITES. SERVICE MGR REPORTED PO... Read more
Incident date: Mar 26, 2011
DRIVING A 2007 PORSCHE GT3 WHEN A HOSE FITTING CAME LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF COOLANT FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE CAN OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHER OWNERS OF 996 AND 997 MODEL PORSCHE 911 MODEL VARIANTS. OCCURS IN ALL MODELS (CARRERA, TURBO, GT3, GT3RS) AS NOTED HERE: HTTP://FORUMS.RENNLIST.COM/RENNFORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=592328&GOTO=NEWPOST. C... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 PORSCHE CAYENNE S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN EXTREME GLARE WAS REFLECTING FROM THE DASHBOARD ONTO THE WINDSHIELD, OBSTRUCTING HIS VISION. THE DEALER OFFERED TO PLACE A BLANKET OVER THE DASHBOARD AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND TH... Read more
Incident date: Jan 29, 2010
DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN HEARD A WEIRD NOISE FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR AND A MESSAGE IN RED CAME UP ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, LOST POWER TO ENGINE, PULLED OVER AND OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. ENGINE COMPLETELY DESTROYED DUE TO IMS FAILURE. ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH RE-MANUFACTURED ENGINE BY DEALER. *KB
Incident date: Jul 8, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PORSCHE CAYENNE S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AN OVERHEATING INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE ENGINE COOLANT WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. WHILE ADDING THE COOLANT, THE TECHNICIANS NOTICED THAT THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING OUT THROUGH ITS PLASTIC TUBING... Read more
PORSCHE
CAYENNE TURBO
(2004) — SUSPENSION:FRONT
Jul 12, 2011
Incident date: Jul 8, 2011
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO. THE LEFT FRONT AIR SUSPENSION COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH. THE AIR SUSPENSION BAG ALSO EXPLODED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MOVE UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT WAS A FAULT OR DEFECTON TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE SUSPENSION AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE SUSPENSION WAS NO... Read more
PORSCHE
911 TURBO S
(2005) — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
Jun 28, 2011
Incident date: Jun 26, 2011
PORSCHE 911 TURBO 2005, CATASTROPHIC COOLANT LOSS/FAILURE. CATASTROPHIC COOLANT FAILURE OF A WATER CONNECTION TO THE ENGINE. FAILURE OF ADHESIVE BOND. COOLANT SPRAYED ON REAR TIRES, AND LOSS OF TRACTION. *TR
Incident date: Jun 10, 2011
I OWN A 2006 PORSCHE CAYMAN S IT HAS BEEN SERVICED 3 TIMES FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM PORSCHE HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS (10032952) BUT WON'T COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY ARE SAYING THAT IS A THE WIRING HARNESS AND ISN'T PART OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM ITSELF. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A FLAW IN THIS SYSTEM AND REFUSE TO ADMIT IT. MY CAR HAS LESS THEN 30,000 MILES AND KEEP GETTING AN AIRBAG SYSTEM FAULT. ... Read more