Porsche Fuel System, Gasoline: Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

Porsche is recalling about 493 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, gasoline. The leaking fuel could come into contact with the exhaust system, increasing the risk of a fire.

Campaign
01V016000
Manufacturer
PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.
Reported
23 January 2001
Vehicles
493
Built between
Apr 2000 – Jul 2000
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
1 February 2001
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between April 2000 and July 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2001 Porsche 911 TurboBuilt April 2000 to July 2000

What the defect is

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. It is possible that the fuel supply line could leak due to chaffing with the intake manifold and/or the fuel return line could leak due to chaffing with a spring band clamp used to secure a coolant line.

What could happen

The leaking fuel could come into contact with the exhaust system, increasing the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A PROTECTIVE SHEATH ON THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE. IN ADDITION, FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED BETWEEN APRIL 7 AND MAY 22, 2000, THE SPRING BAND CLAMP WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SCREW TYPE HOSE CLAMP AND INSTALLED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CANNOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE FUEL RETURN LINE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 1, 2001.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 2000 to July 2000
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 January 2001
  3. Owners notified1 February 2001

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 January 2001.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact porsche at 1-800-545-8039.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
A102 - A110
Recalling manufacturer
PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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