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Service bulletin No. 16-20

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10175902
Published by NHTSA2020-06-01
Manufacturer's numberNo. 16-20
Manufacturer's date2020-05-14
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

List of approved A40 engine oils for all applicable vehicles as of 1984.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE 7182017
PORSCHE 718 BOXSTER2016
PORSCHE 718 BOXSTER2017
PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN2016
PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN2017, 2018, 2019
PORSCHE 9111996, 1997
PORSCHE 9111999, 2000
PORSCHE 9112002
PORSCHE 9112005
PORSCHE 9112013, 2014
PORSCHE 9112018, 2019, 2020
PORSCHE 911 (997)2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 (997)2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA2020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 42013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 CABRIOLET1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 GTS2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4S2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4S2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA CABRIOLET1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S2005, 2006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S CABRIOLET2005, 2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT22003, 2004, 2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT22007, 2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT22012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT22019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT2 RS2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT32005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT32007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT32009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT32015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT32018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 R2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TARGA 42012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TARGA 42015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TARGA 42017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TARGA 4S2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TARGA 4S2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO S2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911 TURBO S2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 911SC2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 9182015
PORSCHE 918 SPYDER2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE 918 SPYDER2016
PORSCHE 9681997
PORSCHE 9682001
PORSCHE 987 CAYMAN2009
PORSCHE 996 TURBO2002
PORSCHE 997 (911)2008
PORSCHE BOXSTER1996
PORSCHE BOXSTER1997, 1998
PORSCHE BOXSTER2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
PORSCHE BOXSTER2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
PORSCHE BOXSTER (987)2005, 2006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE BOXSTER (987)2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE BOXSTER S2000, 2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE BOXSTER S2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE BOXSTER SPYDER2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CABRIOLET1999
PORSCHE CARRERA1996
PORSCHE CARRERA1999
PORSCHE CARRERA GT2004 to 2005
PORSCHE CARRERRA GT2006
PORSCHE CAYENNE2005, 2006, 2007
PORSCHE CAYENNE2011, 2012, 2013
PORSCHE CAYENNE2015, 2016
PORSCHE CAYENNE2018, 2019, 2020
PORSCHE CAYENNE (E2)2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE E-HYBRID2019, 2020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS2007, 2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE S2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE S2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE S E-HYBRID2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE S E-HYBRID2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE S HYBRID2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO COUPE2020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO S2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO S HYB COUPE2020 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYMAN2005
PORSCHE CAYMAN2007
PORSCHE CAYMAN2009
PORSCHE CAYMAN2011
PORSCHE CAYMAN2013, 2014
PORSCHE CAYMAN R2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYMAN S2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE CAYMAN S2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE MACAN2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
PORSCHE MACAN2020
PORSCHE MACAN S2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE MACAN S2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE MACAN TURBO2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA2011, 2012, 2013
PORSCHE PANAMERA2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
PORSCHE PANAMERA2020
PORSCHE PANAMERA 42011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 42013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 42016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 42018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4 EXECUTIVE2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4 HYBRID2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4 HYBRID EXECUTI2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4 SPORT TURISMO2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4S2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4S2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA 4S SPORT TURISMO2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA GTS2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA GTS2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA S2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA S2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA S E-HYBRID2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA S E-HYBRID2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO EXECUTIVE2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO S2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO S E-HYBRID2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
PORSCHE PIWIS TESTER III
PORSCHE SAFETY BELT
PORSCHE SKI BAG
PORSCHE TARGA1996
PORSCHE TAYCAN2020

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19V8750002019-12-11. CHILD SEAT; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
20172962017-06-07. Engine
17V3680002017-06-07. ENGINE
15V0160002015-01-20. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
14V0900002014-03-24. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
13V0630002013-02-26. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
13V0580002013-02-22. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
12V3290002012-07-12. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
20122092012-07-11. Engine
06V0080002006-01-12. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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No. 28-262026-10-02. Service bulletin. Manufacturer's Certificate for Overview of Approved Porsche C40 Engine Oils. Note that this bulletin covers all models back to model year 1984, for which C40 engine oils are allocated.
No. 27-262026-10-02. Service bulletin. Manufacturer's Certificate for Overview of Approved Porsche C20 Engine Oils. Note that the bulletin covers all models back to model year 1984, for which C20 engine oils are allocated.
No. 26-262026-10-02. Service bulletin. Manufacturer's Certificate for Overview of Approved Porsche C30 Engine Oils. Note that the bulletin includes all models back to model year 1984, for which C30 engine oils are allocated.
No. 25-262026-10-02. Service bulletin. Manufacturer's Certificate for Overview of Approved Porsche A40 Engine Oils. Note that this bulletin covers all vehicles from model year 1997 to 2020, for which A40 engine oils are assigned. Model years 1997-2001 are not available for selection in the system.
13/262026-08-06. Service bulletin. Allocation of Approved Engine Oils MY 2027 (13/26)
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20/262026-07-07. Other. Overview of Approved Porsche C20 Engine Oils (20/26)
19/26 17012026-07-07. Other. Overview of Approved Porsche C30 Engine Oils (19/26)