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1991 Porsche Carrera 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 Aug 4, 2009
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 Aug 4, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1991 Porsche Carrera. 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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Airbags
Filed Aug 4, 2009
1 injury reported

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN MY 1991 PORSCHE CARRERA 2 AT APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED, SEVERELY BRUISING MY CHEST, HURTING MY NECK, AND BURNING MY LEGS WITH SOME SORT OF A BURNING CHEMICAL. I REPORTED IT TO PORSCHE WHO EVENTUALLY CAME AND GOT THE CAR, KEPT IT FOR 4-5 MONTHS, AND CLAIMED TO HAVE REPLACED SOME COMPONENTS OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THEY REFUSED TO SHARE WITH ME WHAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE THIS. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME, AND IT WAS STORED ALL WINTER UNTIL MAY 2009 WHEN I BEGAN DRIVING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE INCIDENT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES LATER, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I CALLED PORSCHE WHO NOW REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. I LIVE OVER 5 HOURS FROM THE NEAREST DEALER AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT. I ALSO FEEL SINCE THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED THE SYSTEM, THE WARNING LIGHT BEING ON IS RELATED TO WHATEVER THEY DID. I AM AFRAID THIS AIRBAG EXPLOSION IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN- WHICH AT A HIGHER SPEED COULD PROVE FATAL OR AT LEAST VERY INJURIOUS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10279283
Incident
Jun 4, 2008
Mileage
91,800 mi

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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