1996 Porsche Carrera

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Air Bags › Frontal98V089001
Filed Nov 27, 19981,968 vehiclesPorsche Cars N.a. Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSSENGER VEHICLES. INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG CAN OCCUR.

Risk. DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG WITHOUT WARNING COULD CAUSE A DRIVER TO LOSE VEHICLE CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH AND PERSONAL INJURY.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND A SPECIAL FILTER HORN RELAY WILL BE INSTALLED THAT PROTECTS THE AIR BAG UNIT FROM VOLTAGE PEAKS.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Apr 28, 1997CA

REAR WINDOW WIPER ARM FAILED.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20014000Routine
19993000Routine
19980100Routine
19972100Routine
1996 — this page1100Routine
19951000Routine
19921200Routine
19911200Routine
19903200Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Nov 27, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.