Recall · 21V608000
Porsche Cars North America recalled 7 models over seat belts
4,924
Vehicles covered
7
Models
7
Model years
August 4, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR
- The defect
- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2021 911 Carrera Coupe, 911 Carrera S Coupe, 911 Carrera 4 Coupe, 911 Carrera 4S Coupe, 911 Turbo Coupe, 911 Turbo S Coupe, Panamera, Panamera 4 E-Hybrid, Panamera 4S, Panamera GTS, Panamera Turbo S, Taycan, Taycan 4S, Taycan Turbo, and Taycan Turbo S vehicles. The seat belt automatic locking retractors may deactivate early, which can prevent the child restraint system from securing properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 1, 2021. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AMB6.
- 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.nhtsa.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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Porsche911 | 2021 | Not published here |
| PorschePanamera | 2021 | Not published here |
| PorschePanamera 4 E-Hybrid | 2021 | Not published here |
| PorschePanamera 4S | 2021 | Not published here |
| PorschePanamera GTS | 2021 | Not published here |
| PorschePanamera Turbo S | 2021 | Not published here |
| PorscheTaycan | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 4,924 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 74% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Porsche vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 7 times before this, most recently in October 2018 as 18V751000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 74 complaints with NHTSA, 15 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 24 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V896000 (back over prevention), 24V809000 (wheels), 24V732000 (electrical system), 24V731000 (electrical system).
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 August 4, 2021 as campaign 21V608000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2021-08-04.
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