2007 Porsche Boxster (987)

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › clutch assembly › pedal/hand lever(motorcycle). No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)1
000
Power Train › Clutch Assembly1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)
Filed Aug 10, 20071,950 milesNC

THIS CAR IS A SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ON TWO OCCASIONS AFTER DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL IT HAS REMAIN ON THE FLOOR. IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THE TRANSMISSION CANNOT BE SHIFTED AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PHYSICALLY PULL OUT ON THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO RETURN IT TO IT'S PROPER OPERATING POSITION. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND, THRU AN INTERNET SEARCH, THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF PORSCHE AUTOMOBILES FOR AT LEAST THE PAST THREE MODEL YEARS. THIS PROBLEM RENDERS THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE AND CAN PUT THE OPERATOR AT RISK. *TR

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Aug 10, 2007418 milesDC

BRAND NEW CAR (1 WEEK OLD) WITH 400 TOTAL MILES. ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR WITH 2ND GEAR ENGAGED. WAS UNABLE TO OPERATE THE CLUTCH, ALTHOUGH IT REMAINED ENGAGED IN 2ND GEAR. AS TRAFFIC CAME TO A STOP, VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO INABILITY TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH. WAS NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE 1ST GEAR OR RESTART THE CAR. AFTER BLOCKING TRAFFIC FOR 5+ MINUTES, WAS ABLE TO FORCE GEAR LEVEL INTO 1ST GEAR AND RESTART THE IGNITION, MOVING FORWARD. WAS NOT ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH TO SWITCH GEARS. AFTER TOWING, DEALER EXAMINED CAR AND REPLACED CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2009
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20111000Routine
20102000Routine
20093000Routine
20081000Routine
2007 — this page2000Routine
20052000Routine

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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.