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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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122-X3Y7Q-072017-10-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Concerns: AGM starter battery (referred to below simply as 'battery') Situation: Support for the care andmaintenance of the AGMstarter battery (at the dealership): From the time the vehicle is delivered to the Porsche Centre until it is handed over to the customer, the battery must be maintained and charged regularly, depending on use.
122-R8X7Z-072017-10-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Customer complaints concerning battery-related topics Recurring customer complaints concerning topics relating to battery capacity and quality.
122-J8L3U-082017-10-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Concerns: PDK transmission/control unit for PDK transmission Information: Procedure and repairmeasures in the event of complaints relating to PDK: ? Gearbox emergency operation/other warning messages ? Fault memory entries in the fault memory of the PDK control unit ? Leaks on the PDK transmission ? Complaints relating to comfort ? Complaints relating to noises
122-W6E3D-032017-10-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. No cooling in the passenger compartment. NOTE: A low state of charge of the High Voltage Battery can cause the AC to be deactivated until the state of charge increases to an adequate level. Customers who do not plug their vehicle in on a regular basis may have this issue. There are two shut off valves in the refrigeration circuit. 1. The chiller shut off valve is normally open and requires 12V be applied to it from the AC control unit to close it. This would stop cooling of the high voltage battery. a. Power and ground from the AC CU can be checked at the connector of the valve. 2. The evaporator shut off valve is normally closed and requires 12V to be applied to it, via a relay, in order for the valve to open and provide cooling to the passenger compartment. a. The evaporator shut off valve can be diagnosed easily by removing the relay and jumping the load contacts of the relay to see if power makes it to the valve. Power at the valve opens it and the evaporator gets cold with normal AC operation. b. The relay winding circuit can be tested for power and ground from the AC CU.
122-J8S9J-112017-10-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Customer complaint about loss of coolant, visible on the underside of the engine/where the vehicle was parked. Sometimes a yellow warning comes on in the instrument cluster with the information message? "Refill coolant Observe engine temperature". Component tolerances between the coolant pipe flange and distributor housing can cause leaks.
122-Y6G5Z-112017-10-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE. The unwarranted errormessages "Hybrid system fault" and "Reduced engine power" can appear sporadically in the instrument cluster on the affected vehicles under certain driving conditions because the diagnostic function for the hybrid decoupler is too sensitive. If this happens, engine power will be reduced and the Check Engine light will be activated until the ignition is switched off and on again.
122-W4G8S-102017-10-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Technical Concern: By design, the vehicle gateway allows certain vehicle features to time-out, in stages. This allows the vehicle to sleep. One feature that can time-out is the 12 V DC power point (cigarette lighter) in the center console area. One of the recommended methods of using the battery maintainer is to plug the battery maintainer into this power point. If this power point becomes disabled, it will not allow current flow from the battery maintainer to the vehicle, the vehicle battery will not trickle charge, and the battery maintainer will eventually shut off.
122-G8Z4D-102017-10-15. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. Information: A Cayenne with optional equipment no. 1D6 will come with a Trailer hitch receiver and wiring up to the receiver hitch that includes a control unit to operate the trailer parking lights, turn signals and brake lights. The Cayenne is also pre-wired for a brake controller. You will need to do the following to hook up the trailer electrics and/or an electric brake controller:
122-B3K4R-052017-10-15. Service bulletin. WHEELS. Issue: Fault P029900-Turbo/Super Charger Underboost stored in the DME. Information: A vacuum line at the vacuum reservoir in the left front wheel well was not connected properly during production and may become disconnected (see the picture below). The repair is to simply reconnect the line and make sure it is not under tension.
122-W8J3S-092017-09-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Technical Concern: Porsche designs plug-in hybrid vehicles to protect the health of the high voltage battery. One way the vehicle does this is by disabling high electrical load features when the high voltage battery has a low state of charge.
122-H7B7W-092017-09-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. Information: Very small leaks may not be found on a normal inspection. Extra effort to locate these leaks is required.
122-U5S5J-092017-09-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Information: During the packaging of a High Voltage Lithium Ion battery, copies of The test log for classification of lithium-ion high voltage batteries (located in PIWIS - Standard Forms) must be attached inside the box and to the document bag on the exterior of the box as per the Workshop Manual 2X00IN Packing non-critical high-voltage battery (970, 971, 92A) or Workshop Manual 2708IN Packaging instructions for high-voltage battery (918)
122-Q5C4S-062017-07-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. Issue: Oil in the wiring harness. Information: If oil is found in the engine wiring harness during a repair, the wiring harness and all the affected components (including the oil pump control valve) must be replaced.

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