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1988 Porsche 924 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 7, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 2, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Porsche 924. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Fuel system
Filed Apr 7, 2000

THE HOSE MATERIAL USED IN BOTH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE HOSE, AND THE HIGH PRESSURE RETURN FUEL LINE HOSE, LOCATED ABOVE THE ENGINE AND ATTACHED TO THE METAL FUEL LINES, ARE SUBJECT TO HARDENING, AND HAS CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK AND SPRAY AT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INCLUDING THE HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM AND IGNITION COMPONENTS, THAT COULD HAVE IGNITED AND RESULTED IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. THESE TWO FUEL LINE HOSES ARE POSITIONED NEXT TO, AND ARE OF THE SAME HOSE MATERIAL, AND ARE OF THE SAME DANGEROUS PROPENSITY AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 90V061000 (THE SHORT SECTION OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE HOSE BETWEEN THE FUEL RAIL AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR). THESE FUEL LINE HOSES ARE DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY AND MUST BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BY THE FACTORY WITH HOSES MADE OF IMPROVED MATERIAL AS WAS DONE IN CAMPAIGN 90V061000. IT IS VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ABLE TO SMELL THE FUEL IN TIME WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY BEFORE THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE. THESE TWO ORIGINAL HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE HOSES HAD HARDENED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK AND SPRAY OVER THE ENGINE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE FUEL PRESSURE IS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR PULL THE APPROPRIATE FUSE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. - THANK YOU. *AK

NHTSA ID
711184
Incident
Aug 1, 1999
Fuel system
Filed Jan 2, 1997

THE RUBBER FUEL LINE HAS NUMEROUS HOLES AND IS ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK, COULD CAUSE A FIRE HAZARD. *AK

NHTSA ID
806985
Incident
Dec 23, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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