Model years to avoid

Porsche Taycan

7 model years on record, 274 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 3. 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 2020–present car — and within it, 2023, which carries 11 recalls.

  1. 2020–present

    Far more recalls than its age-peers

    Median 11 recalls a model year, against 2 for cars the same age — 5.5×. Best year 2023 (11), worst 2021 (21).

The years to look at closely: 2022 (may), 2021 (error), 2020 (error). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2026 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2025 4 recalls 2 complaints
  3. 2024 6 recalls 9 complaints
  4. 2023 11 recalls 19 complaints
  5. 2022 may 79 complaints
  6. 2021 error 70 complaints
  7. 2020 error 95 complaints

What does a Porsche Taycan say about you?

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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.