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Service bulletin 122-W5S3Z-06

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10109349
Published by NHTSA2017-08-01
Manufacturer's number122-W5S3Z-06
Manufacturer's date2013-01-10
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

Concerns: Electronic logbook in Porsche Communication Management (PCM) 3.1 Information: This is to inform you of a voluntary Workshop Campaign on the above-mentioned vehicles. Implausible entries can appear in the logbook (e.g. negativemileage, double entries) on the affected vehicles due to incorrect PCM software. Earlier entries in the logbook can even be overwritten in some cases.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE CAYENNE2013
PORSCHE CAYENNE S2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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