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2020 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 6, 2024
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 Mar 15, 2023

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Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2020 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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Driver assistance
Filed Jun 6, 2024

The Adaptive Cruise Control keeps faulting randomly and triggering the seatbelt warning ⚠️. Also when the adaptive cruise control fails the cruise control disengaes altogether. This is very dangerous when driving. I have taken this car to the dealership 4 times within 2 months for this problem and no one can fix it.

NHTSA ID
11592913
Incident
May 31, 2024
Filed Jul 12, 2023

Received Manufacturer Recall Number APA1, NHTSA Recall Number 23V033, which states that "on the affected vehicles, there is a possibility of humidity ingress into the external coolant pump for the climate control system." The recall notice stated that "this could cause a short circuit and, in some instances, thermal damage. This can occur even after the vehicle is turned off, if the engine residual heat function is activated by the operator by pressing the AUTO-REST button on the central control panel." The notice stated further that "THE REMEDY FOR THIS RECALL IS NOW AVAILABLE. Remedy is to replace the external coolant pump and related connection." The notice also stated that "[i]f the manufacturer has failed or is unable to remedy this safety recall for your vehicle in a timely manner, please contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at: 1-888-327-4236 or TTY: 1-800-424-9153 or file an online complaint with NHTSA." Contacted Porsche South Bay in Hawthorne, California regarding the recall notice and Porsche South Bay failed to remedy this safety recall.

NHTSA ID
11531852
Incident
Feb 15, 2023
Filed Jul 2, 2023

Received Manufacturer Recall Number APA1, NHTSA Recall Number 23V033, regarding recall. The recall summary stated that on the affected vehicles, including our vehicle, there is a possibility of humidity ingress into the external coolant pump for the climate control system. The recall also stated that this issue "could cause a short circuit and, in some instances, thermal damage. This can occur even after the vehicle is turned off, if the engine residual heat function is activated by the operator by pressing the AUTO-REST button on the central control panel. Remedy THE REMEDY FOR THIS RECALL IS NOW AVAILABLE. Remedy is to replace the external coolant pump and related connection If the manufacturer has failed or is unable to remedy this safety recall for your vehicle in a timely manner, please contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at: 1-888-327-4236 or TTY: 1-800-424-9153 or fi le an online complaint with NHTSA." We have contacted several Porsche dealerships in our area on several occasions and the manufacturer has failed to remedy this problem. We first contacted a dealership about the issue in March 2023, and Porsche has still failed to remedy this problem.

NHTSA ID
11530019
Incident
Mar 15, 2023
ElectricalEngine
Filed Mar 15, 2023

Received a recall notice from Porsche yesterday regarding a potential wiring problem with the climate control coolant pump that, under certain humid conditions, could result in an electrical short and engine fire. In the notice, they recommend “out of an abundance of caution” to “park the vehicle outside and away from other vehicles or structures”. Sounds serious. Called my Porsche dealer in Atlanta to schedule an appointment ASAP to get the problem repaired. The repair parts are unavailable and they don’t know when they will be shipped. Was told that it could be a month or more before they know. My complaint is not the defect (which Porsche identified); but, the manner in which this is being handled. Parts for a defect that sounds this serious should be available before sending ominous-sounding recall notices to customers.

NHTSA ID
11512043
Incident
Mar 14, 2023
Engine
Filed Mar 15, 2023

The contact owns a 2020 Porsche Panamera. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle started losing motive power, jerked, and the vehicle would not properly accelerate. The vehicle was later taken to the local dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

NHTSA ID
11511948
Incident
Mar 11, 2023
Mileage
50,000 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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