# NHTSA recall 16V885000

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.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 16V885000
- Manufacturer's number: AG09
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-12\-09
- Owners notified: 2017\-02\-20
- Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
- Units potentially affected: 306

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain model year 2015 918 Spyder vehicles manufactured November 6, 2013, to July 27, 2015.  The affected vehicles have front lower control arms that may crack at the ball joint.


## What can happen

A cracked lower control arm may affect vehicle handling, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the lower control arms, free of charge.  The recall began on February 20, 2017.  Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AG09.


## 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 2018 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-07\-11
- Vehicles in the campaign: 306
- Reported remedied: 248 \(81%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 2, 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 SPYDER](/makes/porsche/918/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-11\-06 to 2015\-07\-27. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## 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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