Recall · 20V077000
Porsche Cars North America recalled the PORSCHE Macan over fuel system, gasoline
70,117
Vehicles covered
1
Model
4
Model years
February 12, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- The defect
- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2015-2018 Macan vehicles. The fuel pump service cover may contact the flow nozzle on the filter flange of the fuel pump, potentially causing cracks and a fuel leak.
- What it can cause
- Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Porsche will rework or replace and apply a protective film to the fuel pump flange. in addition, the fuel pump flange will be inspected and replaced if cracks are present. The recall began April 10, 2020. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is ALA2.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 70,117 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 90% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Porsche vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 10 times before this, most recently in February 2019 as 19V113000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 143 complaints with NHTSA, 25 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2014, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 23V443000 (seat belts), 21V131000 (air bags).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Porsche Cars North America, Inc. with NHTSA on February 12, 2020 as campaign 20V077000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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