2018 Porsche Panamera
Complaints about this year name reverse far more often than the other years of this generation — 33% of them, about 82× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 2 of the Porsche Panamera, which began in 2017 and ran to 2023. 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 | 147 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 14 |
| Involving a crash | 16 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- times — 32.7% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (163.3×).
- these — 22.4% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (112.2×).
- fix — 21.8% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (108.8×).
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
- gear — 33% of complaints, 82× usual
- transmission — 33% of complaints, 82× usual
- times — 33% of complaints, 82× usual
What owners wrote
Transmission fault causes car to be stuck in gear and will not shift. This issue appears to be happening quite frequently with these ecars, regardless of mileage. It's dangerous, especially if it occurs on the highway .
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEAL…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V898000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 19V180000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V841000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 19V115000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 19V735000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 23V033000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V388000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V443000 SEAT BELTS 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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