2019 Porsche 911
This year drew an ordinary 46 complaints for a Porsche 911 — the model's median is 38. What they were about is the unusual part: 100% of them mention cars, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Porsche 911 ran from 2012 to 2019, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
| Complaints filed | 46 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 38 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- cars — 100% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (500×).
- gt3rs — 50% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (250×).
- less — 50% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (250×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING 2019 GT3RS WITH LESS THAN 6KI MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON A HILL AND ACCELERATING, RECEIVED LOW ENGINE PRESSURE WARNING AND ENGINE LOST POWER. PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA REPLACED ENTIRE MOTOR.
THE CARS AUTO IDLE OFF FUNCTION THAT SAVES FUEL BY TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AT STOP SIGNS AND LIGHTS IN INOPERATIVE. I HAVE HAD IT INTO MULTIPLE DEALERS 4 TIMES SINCE 12/2020 WITH THE COMPLAINT. IN MY OPINION THERE IS A [VIN] SENSOR THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND NO…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V201000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 19V875000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Porsche 911 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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