2006 PORSCHE CAYENNE — Complaint #1866450
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS filed January 18, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1866450 (ODI reference 11502395) concerns a 2006 PORSCHE CAYENNE and was filed on January 18, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 14, 2023. The vehicle had 53,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:cooling system:hoses/lines/piping/fittings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PORSCHE CAYENNE cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:cooling system:hoses/lines/piping/fittings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 PORSCHE CAYENNE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2006 Porsche Cayenne. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle started to overheat. The contact stated that she was able to navigate the vehicle off the road. The contact then stated that the coolant had drained from the vehicle. The coolant warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the coolant pipes detached, and the radiator hose needed to be replaced. The contact mentioned that the radiator hose was previously replaced; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 53,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1866450 |
| ODI Number | 11502395 |
| Date Filed | January 18, 2023 |
| Failure Date | January 14, 2023 |
| VIN | WP1AB29P26L |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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