Porsche 911 (997)
Owners filed 9 complaints across 4 model years of the Porsche 911 (997). The 2008 drew the most (4); the 2010 the fewest (1).
Model years4
Complaints9
Recalls0
Fires0
Deaths0
Which Porsche 911 (997) years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2008 is the weakest year on record, with 4 complaints concentrated in the engine.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.