Total Complaints
5 filings
PORSCHE PORSCHE · model year
5 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2001PORSCHEPORSCHE carries 5 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2001 PORSCHE is tires with 1 filings, followed by visibility:glass, side/rear (1) and service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 4 investigation files overlapping the 2001 PORSCHE. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
5 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| TIRES | 1 |
| VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 1 |
DT: CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR AN ANNUAL SERVICE MAINTENANCE. AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY FOUND PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE NEEDED A CLUTCH, AND ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF OIL LEAKS. *AK
Mileage: 22,000
DT: CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR AN ANNUAL SERVICE MAINTENANCE. AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY FOUND PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE NEEDED A CLUTCH, AND ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF OIL LEAKS. *AK
Mileage: 22,000
DT: CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR AN ANNUAL SERVICE MAINTENANCE. AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY FOUND PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE NEEDED A CLUTCH, AND ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF OIL LEAKS. *AK
Mileage: 22,000
SIDEWALL PINHOLES IN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT HAS CAUSED FRONT END FAILURE. MR
SIDEWALL PINHOLES IN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT HAS CAUSED FRONT END FAILURE. MR
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.