Porsche Panamera
17 model years on record, 433 complaints filed.
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 2017–2023 car — and within it, 2023, which carries 1 recall.
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2010–2016
More recalls than its age-peers
Median 4 recalls a model year, against 3 for cars the same age — 1.33×. Best year 2015 (3), worst 2010 (5).
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2017–2023
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 (1), worst 2018 (8).
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2024–present
More recalls than its age-peers still accumulating
Median 2 recalls a model year, against 1 for cars the same age — 2×. Best year 2024 (2), worst 2025 (2).
The years to look at closely: 2018 (reverse), 2015 (issue able). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.
Every year
- 2026 2 recalls 1 complaints
- 2025 2 recalls 2 complaints
- 2024 2 recalls 2 complaints
- 2023 1 recall 4 complaints
- 2022 1 recall 1 complaints
- 2021 4 recalls 14 complaints
- 2020 2 recalls 25 complaints
- 2019 2 recalls 0 complaints
- 2018 reverse 147 complaints
- 2017 6 recalls 9 complaints
- 2016 4 recalls 42 complaints
- 2015 issue able 57 complaints
- 2014 3 recalls 13 complaints
- 2013 3 recalls 35 complaints
- 2012 5 recalls 18 complaints
- 2011 5 recalls 41 complaints
- 2010 5 recalls 22 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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