Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Porsche 911

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
142
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    1
  • Tires
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND Pillars
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
98V089001·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1998-11-27

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

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

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

95V248000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM1995-12-28

THE INSIDE PIPES OF THE HEAT EXCHANGERS MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO CRACKING.

RiskWITH THE HEATER SWITCHED ON, EXHAUST FUMES FROM THE HEAT EXCHANGER COULD ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. ENTRY OF EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT COULD, IN EXTREME CASES, CAUSE ASPHYXIATION AND/OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HEAT EXCHANGER IN THESE VEHICLES.

95V247000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE1995-12-28

THE COVER SLEEVES ON THE EXHAUST TAILPIPES HAVE BEEN SECURED WITH ONLY TWO INSTEAD OF FOUR WELDING SPOTS.

RiskTHE COVER COULD LOOSEN DURING DRIVING AND DETACH CAUSING A ROAD HAZARD FOR OTHER DRIVERS AND/OR NEARBY PEDESTRIANS.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TAILPIPES AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THEM WITH TAILPIPES ON WHICH THE COVER SLEEVE HAS BEEN SECURED WITH FOUR WELDING SPOTS.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
RQ98017·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1998-10-06 → 1999-02-16

INADVERTENT DRIVER'S SID AIR BAG

Led to recall98V089001

EA96002·WHEELS1996-03-29 → 1996-04-30

ALLEGED WHEEL FAILURE

DP95006·WHEELS1995-10-06 → 1996-03-19

ALLEGED DEFECTIVE WHEELS

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