Recall · 23V715000
Porsche Cars North America recalled 9 models over air bags
2,923
Vehicles covered
9
Models
16
Model years
October 25, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS
- The defect
- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2021-2023 911 Turbo S, 2022 911 Turbo, 2022-2023 911 GT3 Touring, 911 GT3, 911 Carrera 4 GTS, 2022-2024 911 Carrera GTS, 2023 911 GT3 RS, 911 Dakar, and 2024 911 Carrera T vehicles equipped with optional full bucket seats. The seat-mounted air bags may deploy unnecessarily during a crash.
- What it can cause
- Air bags that deploy unnecessarily can increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will reprogram the air bag control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 11, 2023. Owners may contact Porsche's customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is APB3.
- 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 Carrera 4 GTS | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 Carrera GTS | 2022 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 Carrera T | 2024 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 Dakar | 2023 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 GT3 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 GT3 RS | 2023 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 GT3 Touring | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 Turbo | 2022 | Not published here |
| Porsche911 Turbo S | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,923 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Porsche vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 6 times before this, most recently in March 2021 as 21V131000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 24V123000 (seat belts), 23V446000 (exterior lighting), 22V803000 (seat belts).
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 October 25, 2023 as campaign 23V715000. 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 2023-10-25.
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