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Porsche Cayenne · 2016

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V169000·2016-03-23

    Porsche Recalls Cayenne Vehicles Due to Brake Pedal Pivot Pin Defect

    Porsche is recalling 2011-2016 Cayenne vehicles because a missing circlip may allow the brake pedal to dislodge, potentially preventing the driver from braking.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE CAYENNE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V656000·2022-08-30

    Porsche Recalls Vehicles for Missing Headlight Adjustment Caps

    Porsche is recalling 2001-2020 models because missing caps on headlight adjustment screws can cause improper alignment, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    PORSCHE — PORSCHE CAYENNE TRANSSYBERIA, CAYENNE, PANAMERA, BOXSTER S
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA06005 Engineering Analysis · air bags:frontal:sensor/control module-inactive
  • PE05060 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal:sensor/control module-inactive

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2011 · engine 31 complaints, median 80,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,662 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.6/5 · 3 complaints
  • 2025: 4.8/5
  • 2024: 4.2/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2023: 4.5/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2022: 4.5/5 · 3 complaints

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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