2021 Porsche 911
This year drew an ordinary 65 complaints for a Porsche 911 — the model's median is 38. What they were about is the unusual part: 20% of them mention heard, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 4 of the Porsche 911, which began in 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 65 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 38 |
| Involving a fire | 13 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- heard — 20% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (100×). Owners wrote it as: heard, explosion, saw, engulfed.
- writes — 20% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (100×). Owners wrote it as: writes, regards, missing, computer.
- seat — 20% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (100×).
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
2021 Porsche 911. Consumer writes in regards to missing computer chip for proper steering.
I started my car and about one minute later I heard an explosion from the rear of the vehicle and saw it engulfed in flames.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V157000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V608000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V467000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V155000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 24V809000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V896000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V697000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 23V715000 AIR BAGS 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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