Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Porsche 928

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.

2
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
78
Service bulletins

Recalls

2 campaigns
89V106000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR1989-06-28

INADEQUATE HEAT SHIELD ABOVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER COULD OVERHEAT.

RiskMATERIALS NEAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER, INCLUDING LINES FORAUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, COULD IGNITE AND CAUSE AN UNDERBODY FIRE.

FixREPLACE HEAT SHIELD FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER WITH A LARGER, IMPROVED HEAT SHIELD.

85V084000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1985-07-01

THE ENGINE CARRIER HAS A FAULTY WELD TO THE SUPPORT BRACKET EYES. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE WELD COULD GIVE WAY AND THE BRACKET EYE SEPARATE FROM THE CARRIER. WITH HIGHER MILEAGE ACCUMULATION A BREAK IN THE ENGINE CARRIER COULD DEVELOP AND RESULT IN A STEERING BLOCKAGE, LOSS OF CONTROL WITH POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE THE ENGINE CARRIER AND THE CARRIER SUPPORT.

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