Porsche Macan
Owners filed 241 complaints across 11 model years of the Porsche Macan. The 2017 drew the most (63).
Which Porsche Macan years should you avoid?
Going by 241 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Porsche Macan years to avoid are 2017.
- 201763 complaints, 2.0× a typical Macan year, most often about the airbags.
Too new to judge: 2025. 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 Macan model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Too new | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | — | 2 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings | Routine | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings | Routine | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes | Do not drive | |
| 2020 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2019 | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2018 | 35 | 5 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2017Avoid | 63 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2016 | 24 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2015 | 28 | 2 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.