Porsche Cayenne
Owners filed 508 complaints across 23 model years of the Porsche Cayenne. The 2014 drew the most (53).
Which Porsche Cayenne years should you avoid?
No Porsche Cayenne year stands out. Across the 10 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 39), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Porsche Cayenne model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 5 | 1 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control | Routine | |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Do not drive | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | — | — | Back Over Prevention | Routine | |
| 2021 | 21 | 5 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2020 | 24 | 4 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2019 | 48 | 6 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2018 | 13 | 1 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2016 | 40 | 2 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2015 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2014 | 53 | 3 | 1 | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2013 | 40 | 3 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2012 | 27 | 4 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2011 | 30 | 3 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2009 | 15 | 2 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2008 | 27 | 3 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | — | — | Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.