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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SEAT BELTS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The seat belt mechanism does not retract on the passenger side of my 2021 Porsche Boxster GTS 718. There was no warning and nothing happened to have caused this. This seat is hardly used as I am the sole driver of this.  The seat belt was looked at by a body shop and dealer and we were warned it is an extremely unsafe to have someone in that seat . It does not work as designed and would be dangero</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I was traveling North on the 127 expressway in Michigan on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in my brand new Porsche Boxster. It is a manual transmission. There was not a lot of traffic. It was maybe around 4:00 pm and the weather was fine. In the distance I could see a lane closure marked by orange and white barrels. I was going 70 mph. I tried to slow down, but when I pressed down on the brake pedal, NOTH</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>There is an intermittent problem where the backup camera fails to display an image when the gear selector is in Reverse.  Backup camera reveals hazards that are not visible from the driver’s seat.  Dealer has so far had three opportunities to diagnose the problem (and failed). Dealer was provided video of engaging reverse while the display failed to show an image.  No other inspections were done. </description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2016-2017 911 and Boxster, 2016 Cayman and Panamera vehicles.  The air bag Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may have a defective power supply capacitor that can result in air bag deactivation or inadvertent deployment of the air bags.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VISIBILITY/WIPER</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>WHILE DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AFTER MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN THE LANE CLOSET TO THE CURB AT NIGHT WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT.  I PULLED OVER ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY AND NOTICED MY PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WAS DESTROYED AND THE COVER WAS MISSING AS WELL AS THE MIRROR.  THE MIRROR WAS ROTATED INWARDS TOWARD THE PASSENGER WINDOW.  WE CALLED THE HIGHWAY PATROL </description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2017-2019 718 Boxster, 718 Boxster S, 718 Cayman and 718 Cayman S vehicles and 2018-2019 718 Boxster GTS and 2018-2019 718 Cayman GTS vehicles.  In the event of a crash, a crossmember may detach from the luggage compartment bracket, possibly causing a fuel leak.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: WHEELS</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>REAR TIRES ARE COMPLETE BALD AFTER 5000 MILES. WE HAVE HAD CAR FOR OVER A YEAR. DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED AND VERIFIED ALIGNMENT IS FINE AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. WHEN WE PURCHASED VEHICLE PARTS WERE MISSING FROM REAR TIRE AND WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVE ABLE AT HIS POINT. THEY ARE SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DRIVEN BELOW 45 DEGREE. THIS IS MY </description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2017 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, 911 Targa S, 911 Targa 4S, 911 Turbo Cabriolet, 718 Boxter and 718 Boxter S vehicles.  During manufacturing, the windshield may not have been properly bonded to the vehicle, allowing it to detach in a crash.  As such, these vehicles</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>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</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2017 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera S, 911 Carrera 4, 911 Carrera 4S, 911 Targa 4, 911 Targa 4S + GTS, 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, 718 Boxster, 718 Boxster S, 718 Cayman, and 718 Cayman S vehicles.  The screws that fasten the fuel collection pipes in the engine compartme</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA recall: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain model year 2017 718 Boxster, 718 Boxster S, 718 Cayman, 718 Cayman S, 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera S, 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S, 911 Turbo, 911 Turbo S, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, and 911 Turbo Cabriolet vehicles.  The seat mounted side air bag inflator initiator may fail to ignite during a crash.</description>
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