Porsche Macan
12 model years on record, 505 complaints filed. That is too few to measure against. Every finding on this site compares a year with the same model's other years, and that needs about 40 complaints in a year and 4 years to compare it with. This nameplate has 2. So nothing is claimed either way — the recalls and ratings below are the record, and they are the whole record.
Which generation to buy
A nameplate is not one car. Measured on recalls, not complaints: this comparison spans a decade, and complaints pile up with age and with sales, so they would rank the oldest generation worst whatever the cars were like. A recall is issued once, by the manufacturer, conceding a defect. Each generation is scored against the median for model years of the same age.
The one to buy: the 2015–2023 car — and within it, 2023, which carries no recalls.
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2015–2023
About as many recalls as its age-peers
Median 2 recalls a model year, against 2 for cars the same age — 1×. Best year 2023 (0), worst 2017 (7).
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2024–present
Fewer recalls than its age-peers still accumulating
Median 0 recalls a model year, against 1 for cars the same age — 0×. Best year 2026 (0), worst 2024 (0).
The years to look at closely: 2017 (pump), 2016 (air bags). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.
Every year
- 2026 nothing on record 0 complaints
- 2025 nothing on record 18 complaints
- 2024 0 recalls 11 complaints
- 2023 0 recalls 6 complaints
- 2022 0 recalls 5 complaints
- 2021 1 recall 11 complaints
- 2020 2 recalls 26 complaints
- 2019 1 recall 19 complaints
- 2018 6 recalls 35 complaints
- 2017 pump 256 complaints
- 2016 air bags 84 complaints
- 2015 7 recalls 34 complaints
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.
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