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Service bulletins for the 2016 Porsche Panamera

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.

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

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No. 17-202020-10-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Service campaign information on Porsche Workshop Campaign WKK5 Workshop campaign - Re-programming air conditioning and high-voltage battery control units.
PIWIS2001v2020-07-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT. Information on new PIWIS tester update 39.500.020 and .025.
No. 41-202020-07-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Instructions on how to perform a PVTS Software update in the event that a car will not start.
No. 20052020-06-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Information on new VCI cables available for purchase by dealers.
122-D6B2X-092019-09-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Instructions for retrofitting Sport Plus Mode on vehciles without sport chrono package already installed.
122-T4M9P-092019-09-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Instructions for retrofitting Sport Plus Mode on vehciles without sport chrono package already installed.
122-H5U6B-062019-06-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Technical Bulletin detailing new Special Tool, Flexray Vehicle Network Tester, which is now a required tool to communicate with the vehicles modules and the Porsche in-house tester known as the PIWIS Tester III.
122-P6P7K-102017-11-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. There is increased friction in the air spring compressor valves at temperatures below ?13° F (?25° C). This can result in a situation in which the maximum control current is not sufficient to actuate the valves. As a result, a warning message will be displayed in the instrument cluster and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) will stop working temporarily. Re-program PASM control unit using the PIWIS Tester with software version 33.010.030 (PIWIS Tester 3) or version 17.100.030 (PIWIS Tester II) or a higher software version installed.

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