- Vehicles
- 120
- Built between
- Sep 2016 – Nov 2016
- Models
- 6
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 15 May 2017
- Repaired
- 83%
- Unrepaired
- 21
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 2016 and November 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2017 Porsche 718 BoxsterBuilt September 2016 to October 2016
- 2017 Porsche 718 CaymanBuilt September 2016 to October 2016
- 2016 Porsche 911Built October 2016 to October 2016
- 2017 Porsche 911 CarreraBuilt September 2016 to October 2016
- 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RSBuilt November 2016 to November 2016
- 2017 Porsche 911 Targa 4Built October 2016 to October 2016
Repair progress
21 of 120 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2018.
83% repaired — 99 of 120 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2016 911 GT3 RS and 911 R vehicles and 2017 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4, 911 Carrera 4S, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S, 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, 911 Targa 4, 911 Targa 4S, 911 Turbo S, 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, 718 Boxster, 718 Boxster S, 718 Cayman and 718 Cayman S vehicles. The passenger frontal air bag inflator initiator may fail to ignite during a crash.
What could happen
If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the passenger frontal air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What gets fixed
Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected air bags, free of charge. The recall began May 15, 2017.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 2016 to November 2016
- Recall reported to NHTSA2 March 2017
- Owners notified15 May 2017
- Latest repair reportQ3 2018 — 83% repaired
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 2 March 2017.
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 may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AH03.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- AH03
- Recalling manufacturer
- Porsche Cars North America, 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
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
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.