Porsche Cars North America, Inc.: Air Bags › Air Bag/Restraint Control Module
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 17, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 7,517. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2016-2017 911 and Boxster, 2016 Cayman and Panamera vehicles. The air bag Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may have a defective power supply capacitor that can result in air bag deactivation or inadvertent deployment of the air bags.
The risk
Deactivated air bags increase the risk of injury. Inadvertent deployment of the air bags increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will install new software and replace the air bag ECU as necessary, free of charge. Interim notices informing owners of the safety risk were mailed September 13, 2019. Owners received a second notice and the recall began February 12, 2020. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AKB4.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Porsche 911 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Porsche Redundant Boxster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Porsche 718 Boxster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Porsche 718 Cayman | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Porsche 911 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Porsche Panamera | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 19V533000.
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