2015 Porsche Panamera
Complaints about this year name issue able far more often than the other years of this generation — 39% of them, about 96× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 1 of the Porsche Panamera, which began in 2010 and ran to 2016. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 57 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 14 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- confirm — 38.6% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (193×).
- become — 38.6% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (193×).
- issue able — 38.6% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (193×).
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.
Also unusual this year
- able confirm — 39% of complaints, 96× usual
- confirm parts — 39% of complaints, 96× usual
- parts become — 39% of complaints, 96× usual
What owners wrote
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V322000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT CALLED PORSCHE OF ARLINGTON (LOCATED AT 3100 RICHMOND HWY, ARLINGTON, VA 22202) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE [VIN] WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V446000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 19V322000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 22V656000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Porsche Panamera 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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