Porsche Exterior Lighting: Hazard Flashing Warning Lights

Porsche is recalling about 1,928 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. If the hazard warning lights cannot be activated, there is an increased risk of a crash in a hazard situation.

Campaign
19V878000
Manufacturer
Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Reported
11 December 2019
Vehicles
1,928
Built between
May 2019 – Dec 2019
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 February 2020
Repaired
99%
Unrepaired
12

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2019 and December 2019. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2020 Porsche 911 CarreraBuilt May 2019 to December 2019

Repair progress

12 of 1,928 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2021.

99% repaired — 1,916 of 1,928 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 2020 911 Carrera S Coupe, Cabrio, Coupe, 4 Coupe, 4S Coupe, 4 Cabrio, 4S Cabrio, and S Cabrio vehicles. Due to a software error, the hazard warning lights may not function when activated by an operator. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

What could happen

If the hazard warning lights cannot be activated, there is an increased risk of a crash in a hazard situation.

What gets fixed

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the control unit, free of charge. The recall began February 7, 2020.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2019 to December 2019
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA11 December 2019
  3. Owners notified7 February 2020
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2021 — 99% 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 11 December 2019.

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 AKC1.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
AKC1
Recalling manufacturer
Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
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.

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