# NHTSA recall 14V816000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

**NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 14V816000
- Manufacturer's number: AF01
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2014\-12\-23
- Owners notified: 2015\-05\-29
- Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
- Units potentially affected: 39

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Porsche 918 vehicles manufactured February 25, 2014, to September 18, 2014.  The front lower control arms may fracture.


## What can happen

The fracture of a lower control arm while the vehicle is being drivem increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front lower control arms, free of charge.  The recall began on May 29, 2015.  Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AF01.  Note: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicle until it has been remedied.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-18
- Vehicles in the campaign: 39
- Reported remedied: 38 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 PORSCHE 918](/makes/porsche/918/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-02\-25 to 2014\-09\-18.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [122\-A7C8T\-10](/bulletins/10145555.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin
- [122\-L5R7Q\-05](/bulletins/10117425.md), 2017-09-14, Service bulletin
- [122\-M4K7W\-05](/bulletins/10117412.md), 2017-09-14, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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