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2010 Porsche Panamera 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 Jun 10, 2025
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 May 4, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Porsche Panamera. 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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Electrical
Filed Jun 10, 2025

The design of this car incorporates something called a "rear hatch drain". This drain can be clogged with debris over time, which leads to a situation in which rainwater drains into the battery hold area. There is no warning for this occurrence; I only discovered it once the tail lights and liftgate began to malfunction. This quickly deteriorated into not being able to start the car at all. This is unsafe because it creates a situation wherein the lights and battery can malfunction/die without any warning. This public safety defect also erodes consumer confidence, as electrical issues are incredibly expensive to repair. Porsche does not even include what should be a basic point of inspection as part of the $300 that they charge anytime they touch of look at the vehicle that the consumer brings in.

NHTSA ID
11666096
Incident
Jun 7, 2025
Fuel system
Filed Mar 19, 2021

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED I'M TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REPLACED BUT FAILED ONCE AGAIN

NHTSA ID
11403857
Incident
Mar 19, 2021
Fuel system
Filed Feb 25, 2017

FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP CAUSED LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE DRIVEN TO PORSCHE DEALER WHO WAS TOO BUSY TO DO A SCAN FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK AND SENT ME AWAY ON A 65 MPH HIGHWAY. MY REPAIR SHOP SCANNED AND IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. CAR AT HOME TO BE TOWED INTO PORSCHE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. CANNOT BE DRIVEN BECAUSE LOSS OF POWER COULD CAUSE SUDDEN STOP AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID
10956944
Incident
Dec 1, 2016
Mileage
65,000 mi
Engine
Filed Oct 30, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PORSCHE PANAMERA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10651470
Incident
Oct 17, 2014
Mileage
47,000 mi
Electrical
Filed May 4, 2010
Crash reportedFire reported

A SMALL HIT ON THE FRONT BY A MOTOR CYCLE. NO DAMAGE TO MOTORCYCLE AND JUST A SMALL DENT TO PANAMERA ON THE FRONT. BUT THE PANAMERA CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10328766
Incident
Apr 24, 2010
Mileage
1,200 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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