https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Porsche 911 GT3. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:14:46 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1937012 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2018 Porsche 911 GT3. The contact stated that while reversing, the back over prevention system failed to display a rear-view image. After a visual inspection of the rear of the vehicle, the contact became aware that the reverse lights also failed to illuminate. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the transmission https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1658356 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT I HAD TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE THE COOLANT LINES SECURED INTO THE ENGINE OF MY CAR. THIS CAR HAS A KNOWN FAULT IN WHERE THE COOLANT LINES COME UNSECURED FROM THE VEHICLE, DUMPING ALL COOLANT WITHIN SECONDS. NOT ONLY DOES THIS OVERHEAT THE ENGINE, BUT SLIPPERY COOLANT ALL OVER THE REAR TIRES OF A VEHICLE MEANS A CRASH CAN OCCUR. https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#recall-19V875000-porsche-porsche-911-gt3-2018 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2014 Cayman and Cayman S, 2014-2016 911 GT3, 2016 911 GT3 RS and 911 R, 2018 911 GT3 and 911 GT2 RS and 2019 911 GT3 RS, 911 GT3, and 911 GT2 RS vehicles. The Child Restraint System (CRS) instructions within the Owner's Manual may not provide enough specificity for proper installation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1350870 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN SUDDENLY THE COOLANT SYSTEM FAILED AND COOLANT SPILLED FROM UNDER THE ENGINE CAUSING MY CAR TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL. THE COOLANT ALSO POSED A HAZARD TO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD DUE TO THE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY NATURE OF THE LIQUID. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE COOLANT LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED AND WELDED RATHER THAN THE EPOXY GLUE THAT WAS USED I https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1208767 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING AROUND A CORNER ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY SPUN AROUND. I THEN SAW STEAM COMING FROM THE ENGINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THERE WAS COOLANT ON THE GROUND. ONE OF THE COOLANT FITTINGS HAD COME COMPLETELY LOOSE, AND ALL THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT. THE ONLY REAL FIX IS TO WELD ALL THE COOLANT FITTINGS. THERE ARE 9 OF THEM AND THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REMOVED TO DO THE WELDING. IT COS https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1208768 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING AROUND A CORNER ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY SPUN AROUND. I THEN SAW STEAM COMING FROM THE ENGINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THERE WAS COOLANT ON THE GROUND. ONE OF THE COOLANT FITTINGS HAD COME COMPLETELY LOOSE, AND ALL THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT. THE ONLY REAL FIX IS TO WELD ALL THE COOLANT FITTINGS. THERE ARE 9 OF THEM AND THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REMOVED TO DO THE WELDING. IT COS https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1190849 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT ON VERY HOT DAY, OVER 100 DEGREES F, AFTER HAVING JUST EXITED A FREEWAY ONTO A CITY STREET, WHILE ACCELERATING FROM RED LIGHT, A GLUED-IN WATER COOLANT PIPE/TUBE POPPED OUT FROM ITS CAST HOUSING, CAUSING CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF ALL COOLING FLUIDS WHICH SPILLED ONTO THE ROADWAY, IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN ENGINE TEMPERATURE FROM 185 TO OVER 260 DEGREES F, AND LOSS OF POWER. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1190850 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT ON VERY HOT DAY, OVER 100 DEGREES F, AFTER HAVING JUST EXITED A FREEWAY ONTO A CITY STREET, WHILE ACCELERATING FROM RED LIGHT, A GLUED-IN WATER COOLANT PIPE/TUBE POPPED OUT FROM ITS CAST HOUSING, CAUSING CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF ALL COOLING FLUIDS WHICH SPILLED ONTO THE ROADWAY, IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN ENGINE TEMPERATURE FROM 185 TO OVER 260 DEGREES F, AND LOSS OF POWER. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1142955 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT A COOLANT LINE FITTING THAT IS EPOXIED INTO THE BLOCK BECAME SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED. THE COOLANT ALL FLOWED OUT OF THE LEAK NEARLY INSTANTLY. THE POOL OF COOLANT CREATED A HAZARD FOR FOLLOWING CARS AND THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND THE CAR TOWED TO A SERVICE FACILITY. *JS https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1071743 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT "PERMANENT" COOLANT HOSE ATTACHMENT FAILED; IT CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING IN THE ENGINE RESULTING IN COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO TIRE, WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A TURN , INCLUDING 270 DEGREE SPIN, AND LEAVING ROADWAY; FORTUNATELY NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEARBY, SO A COLLISION WAS AVOIDED. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL FAILURE WITH THE GT3 ENGINE. NOTE: THIS WAS NOT A COOLANT HOSE OR HOSE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1071744 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT "PERMANENT" COOLANT HOSE ATTACHMENT FAILED; IT CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING IN THE ENGINE RESULTING IN COOLANT SPRAYED ONTO TIRE, WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A TURN , INCLUDING 270 DEGREE SPIN, AND LEAVING ROADWAY; FORTUNATELY NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEARBY, SO A COLLISION WAS AVOIDED. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL FAILURE WITH THE GT3 ENGINE. NOTE: THIS WAS NOT A COOLANT HOSE OR HOSE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1032127 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT WENT TO STREETS OF WILLOW DRIVING EVENT. DURING 3RD RUN SESSION I NOTICED STEAM COMING FROM BEHIND AS I WAS TAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE CAR WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO DO SO AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. STEAM KEPT BILLOWING AND THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE LOST ALL IT'S COOLANT IN A FEW SECONDS. 5(!) CARS BEHIND ME ALL SPUN IN THE 180 DEGREE TURN BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. FORTUNATELY NONE OF T https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1012158 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING AT MILLER MOTORSPORTS IN TOOELE UTAH IN DRIVERS EDUCATION EVENT WHEN MY ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO INCREASE FROM 180 DEGREES UP PAST 200 DEGREES. AS THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO 250 DEGREES, A COOLANT FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF THE TRACK AND SHUT DOWN THE CAR WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF THE FAILURE LIGHT AND I HAD TO BE TOWED OFF THE MILLER MOTORSPORTS TRACK. I HAD LOST A https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1012159 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING AT MILLER MOTORSPORTS IN TOOELE UTAH IN DRIVERS EDUCATION EVENT WHEN MY ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO INCREASE FROM 180 DEGREES UP PAST 200 DEGREES. AS THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO 250 DEGREES, A COOLANT FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OFF THE TRACK AND SHUT DOWN THE CAR WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF THE FAILURE LIGHT AND I HAD TO BE TOWED OFF THE MILLER MOTORSPORTS TRACK. I HAD LOST A https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1009617 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT COOLANT HOSE COUPLING CAME LOSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT SPILLED RESULTED IN TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF VEHICLE TRACTION, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERHEATING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1009618 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT COOLANT HOSE COUPLING CAME LOSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT SPILLED RESULTED IN TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF VEHICLE TRACTION, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERHEATING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1009620 Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT COOLANT HOSE COUPLING CAME LOSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT SPILLED RESULTED IN TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF VEHICLE TRACTION, FORTUNATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE OVERHEATING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1007624 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT THE EPOXY HOLDING AN ALUMINUM ELBOW THAT CONNECTS A COOLANT HOSE TO THE WATER PUMP (I BELIEVE) LET GO, THE ELBOW WORKED ITS WAY LOOSE FROM THE PUMP AND EMPTIED THE COOLANT FROM THE SYSTEM OUT ONTO THE ROAD SURFACE. I BECAME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE NEEDLE HAD PEGGED AT THE HIGH END OF THE GAUGE RANGE, AFTER WHICH THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1001055 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT SUDDEN COOLANT LINE FITTING FAILURE. THE EPOXY FAILED AND A COOLANT FITTING COMPLETELY POPPED OUT OF THE ENGINE HOUSING NEAR THE ALTERNATOR. RESULTED IN RAPID COOLANT LOSS. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED/HAULED APPROX 140 MILES TO REPAIR FACILITY NEAR MY HOME. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE BILL FOR THIS SERVICE. I AM HAVING ALL COOLANT FITTINGS WELDED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO ANY OF THE OTHER LINE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-1000631 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING AT A DRIVERS EDUCATION EVENT AT WATKINS GLEN RACE TRACK, A COOLANT FITTING CAME APART AND OUT OF ITS HOUSING RELEASING ABOUT 3-4 GALLONS OF COOLANT ONTO THE TRACK. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. SINCE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY PORSCHE AGREED TO COVER THE FAILURE UNDER GOOD WILL AND A NEW HOUSING (SAME DESIGN) WAS INSTALLED BY THE LOCAL PORSCHE DEALER. HOWEVER, IN OCTOBER, 2011 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-998004 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT A COOLANT LINE CAME LOOSE THEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. I WAS VERY LUCKY I DID NOT SPIN IN THE COOLANT, AND GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE LINES WERE ORIGINALLY "GLUED" IN FROM THE FACTORY. THIS WAS A POOR DESIGN AND IS A WEAKNESS OF THE CAR WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IN TERMS OF DESTROYING THE ENGINE, AND GETTING IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IN ORDER TO P https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-998005 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT A COOLANT LINE CAME LOOSE THEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. I WAS VERY LUCKY I DID NOT SPIN IN THE COOLANT, AND GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE LINES WERE ORIGINALLY "GLUED" IN FROM THE FACTORY. THIS WAS A POOR DESIGN AND IS A WEAKNESS OF THE CAR WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IN TERMS OF DESTROYING THE ENGINE, AND GETTING IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IN ORDER TO P https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-994469 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON I-79(3 LANE HIGHWAY) AT 70 MPH WHEN I NOTICED A LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE/STEAM FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR. I THEN NOTICED OTHER CARS PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE COOLANT SPRAYING FROM MY CAR. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. OUNCE I WAS ABLE TO GET PORSCHE DEALER TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE, IT WAS INDICATED THAT MY COOLANT FITTINGS FAI https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-990597 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON TRACK, A COOLANT FITTING BROKE LOOSE AND DUMPED ALL THE ANTIFREEZE DOWN ONTO THE TRACK SURFACE. A VEHICLE ON TRACK BEHIND ME RAN OVER THE ANTIFREEZE, LOST CONTROL AND SKIDDED OFF THE TRACK. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WASN'T INJURED AND THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE MUCH DAMAGE TO HIS CAR, EXCEPT PERHAPS SOME SCUFFING OF THE PAINT ON HIS FRONT BUMPER. THE FITTING THAT CAME https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-988219 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT COOLANT PIPES LEAKING AFTER DRIVE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-987908 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO MY AWARENESS OF NHTSA PE13-009. I AM THE THIRD OWNER OF A 2004 PORSCHE GT3 THAT I USE PRIMARILY FOR TRACK DRIVING DAYS AND OCCASIONALLY FOR STREET USE. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2010, I WAS AWARE OF MANY REPORTS FROM OWNERS OF SIMILAR CARS THAT HAD EXPERIENCED SUDDEN COOLANT LOSS FROM ANY OF EIGHT GLUED-IN TUBE-LIKE ALUMINUM FITTINGS TO WHICH COOLANT HOSES ARE ATTACHED. https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-987787 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT I HAD THE 8 COOLANT FITTINGS, PRONE TO EPOXY FAILURES, SECURED TO HOUSINGS BY WELDING. COST FOR WELDING WAS $275. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-986558 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING AT UPPER COOLANT CONSOLE. EPOXY FAILED AT ALUMINUM COOLING HOSE AND COOLING CONSOLE CONNECTION POINT. AT A LATER DATE, REPEATED FAILURE OF COOLING HOSE CONNECTIONS AT RIGHT FRONT RADIATOR. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-986369 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT I PURCHASED MY 2004 PORSCHE GT3 IN MAY OF 2009. IT HAD JUST UNDER 20,000 MILES ON IT. IN AUGUST, 2010, I WAS DRIVING ON TRACK AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND ONE OF THE COOLANT FITTINGS CAME LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE EPOXY THAT HOLDS THE PRESS-FIT COUPLER TO ONE OF THE HEAT EXCHANGERS HAD LOST ITS ABILITY TO RETAIN THE FITTING AND CAME DISCONNECTED. ALL OF THE ENGINE COOLANT WAS LOST IN A SINGLE https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3 https://plaincars.com/make/porsche-911-gt3#complaint-984233 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT I AM REPORTING THE ISSUE OF COOLANT LINE FITTING FAILURE. I HAVE NOT HAD A FAILURE YET BUT THAT MY MECHANIC HAS ADVISED ME THAT THIS ISSUE MUST BE ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED BEFORE THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS IS A KNOWN AND EXPENSIVE ISSUE SO RATHER THAN WAITING FOR A FAILURE, I WAS ADVISED BY A MECHANIC THAT IT IS GOING TO FAIL AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. *TR