2020 Porsche 911
This year drew an ordinary 68 complaints for a Porsche 911 — the model's median is 38. What they were about is the unusual part: 35.3% of them mention request, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Porsche 911 was redesigned for 2020. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
| Complaints filed | 68 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 38 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- request — 35.3% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (176.5×).
- several — 35.3% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (176.5×).
- loss — 35.3% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (176.5×).
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
I am writing to express my significant frustration regarding the handling of NHTSA Recall 25V896. I dropped off my vehicle several weeks ago following the recall notice, only to be informed later that the software remedy is not expected until Q2 2026. It is un…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V155000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 25V896000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 19V445000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 21V697000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 21V201000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 20V381000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 19V878000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V313000 STRUCTURE 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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