Recall · 21V679000
Porsche Cars North America recalled 3 models over power train
4,934
Vehicles covered
3
Models
7
Model years
September 1, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Boxster, 2013-2014 Boxster S, 2014-2015 Cayman, Cayman S, 2015 Boxster GTS, and Cayman GTS vehicles. The rear-axle carrier side sections may fracture.
- What it can cause
- A carrier fracture may cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the rear-axle carrier side sections, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 6, 2022. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AMB7.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PorscheBoxster | 2013 to 2015 | 2013 |
| PorscheBoxster S | 2013 to 2014 | Not published here |
| PorscheCayman | 2014 to 2015 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 4,934 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 model years 2013 to 2015, so the oldest vehicles on it were 8 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Porsche vehicles have been recalled over the power train 8 times before this, most recently in July 2020 as 20V381000. 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 17 complaints with NHTSA, 11 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2013, 8 years before this filing.
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 September 1, 2021 as campaign 21V679000. 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 2021-09-01.
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