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Service bulletins for the 2018 Porsche Macan

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.

584 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Bulletins, newest first
No. 16-202020-06-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT. List of approved A40 engine oils for all applicable vehicles as of 1984.
122-M8J3B-052020-05-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. List of approved C40 engine oils for all Porsche models since 1984.
122-F4J4K-042020-04-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. List of approved engine oils for all Porsche models.
122-D4S6F-042020-04-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Instructions for clearing check engine fault Memory Entries Relating to Oxygen Sensor
122-X9C4Z-032020-03-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE. Instructions for correcting a check engine light with fault P138800 on Macan models. Remedy is to reprogram the engine electronics with software 38.600.020 or higher.
122-T9S3B-022020-02-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. List of approved C30 engine oils for all Porsche vehicles since 1984.
122-Y2L6A-022020-02-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Technical information concerning possible leaking coolant pipes at the front of the cylinder head in certain Cayenne and Macan vehicles. The remedy is to install a coolant pipe with a toothed ring.
122-Z2X7A-022020-02-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. List of approved C20 engine oils for all Porsche vehicles since 1984.
122-S7K8Z-022020-02-04. Service bulletin. WHEELS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. List of approved A40 engine oils for all Porsche vehicles since 1984.
122-T6A9F-022020-02-04. Service bulletin. SEATS; WHEELS; ENGINE. Parts withdrawal for various parts that were used in Recall and workshop campaigns.
122-Q8S9W-012020-01-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Technical information about repairing the cylinder head cover near the injector holes if leaking.
122-G2B4B-112019-11-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. List of approved A40 engine oils for Porsche vehicles.
122-W5C2W-082019-08-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Information about possible engine knocking and how to clean carbon deposits is they are dirty and causing knocking.
122-X2X7N-072019-07-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Notice to dealers that coolants will be moved out of the special tool cabinet in the dealer service department in order to make room for new special tools. All coolant tools will be moved to the "Coolant Cart" because they need to be housed in the same place.
122-V5F8X-072019-07-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. Information on new model designation logos which can be purchased and applied to the rear exhaust area of a vehicle, displaying the model designation on the outside of the vehicle.
122-R9H5B-072018-08-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Concerns: Belt tensioner Information: Checking belt tensioner in the event of a complaint about "leaks" before carrying out any other work.
122-R9H5B-072018-07-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Concerns: Belt tensioner Information: Checking belt tensioner in the event of a complaint about "leaks" before carrying out any other work.
122-A6Z3V-032018-03-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE). Subject: Intake valves and intake ports Information: Carboned-up valves in the engine can be reworked and cleaned using cleaning equipment. If there is a complaint about knocking combustion, e.g. during acceleration at high load, the condition of the intake valves and portsmust be checked before doing any other work. If the check shows that the intake valves and intake ports have carbon deposits and are dirty, they must be cleaned using the VAS 294 011 - cleaning unit. There should be no need to replace the components. Date of Introduction: The VAS 294 011 - cleaning unit can be ordered immediately for dealers. Remedial Action: The VAS 294 011 - cleaning unit is used for cleaning carboned-up intake valves and intake ports. Compressed air is used to spray a special granulatemixture into the intake port,where it loosens and removes carbon build-up. The dirty granulate is extracted during spraying using an industrial vacuum cleaner.
122-F8U4Z-022018-02-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. Subject: Air-conditioning control unit (also control panel/switch console) Symptom: When starting the vehicle, an unsuitable air conditioning setting is preset in the rear air-conditioning control unit. Only air conditioning settings from driver's key 1 are stored and applied to all other driver's keys. Cause: The last air conditioning settings from driver's keys 2-4 cannot be read out quickly enough. The last stored setting from driver's key 1 is used.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.