Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2021 Porsche 718 Boxster

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the back over prevention › sensing system › camera. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts1
000
Back Over Prevention › Sensing System › Camera1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seat Belts
Filed Oct 22, 2025CA

The seat belt mechanism does not retract on the passenger side of my 2021 Porsche Boxster GTS 718. There was no warning and nothing happened to have caused this. This seat is hardly used as I am the sole driver of this. The seat belt was looked at by a body shop and dealer and we were warned it is an extremely unsafe to have someone in that seat . It does not work as designed and would be dangerous for someone in a short stop or accident etc. At just reached the 4 year mark from when I bought it, seems like a defect in the belt mechanism, according to car experts, as mentioned above .

Back Over Prevention › Sensing System › Camera
Filed Jun 30, 2022CA

There is an intermittent problem where the backup camera fails to display an image when the gear selector is in Reverse. Backup camera reveals hazards that are not visible from the driver’s seat. Dealer has so far had three opportunities to diagnose the problem (and failed). Dealer was provided video of engaging reverse while the display failed to show an image. No other inspections were done. No other warnings, etc. I have had the car for 14 months and this (and other related) issues occurred sporadically during that time

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2017
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20240100Routine
20231000Routine
2021 — this page2000Routine
20190100Routine
20180200Routine
20173600Routine
20160100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.