# NHTSA recall 16V946000

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: 16V946000
- Manufacturer's number: AG10
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-12\-30
- Owners notified: 2017\-03\-27
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Units potentially affected: 85

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain model year 2017 718 Boxster, 718 Boxster S, 718 Cayman, 718 Cayman S, 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera S, 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S, 911 Turbo, 911 Turbo S, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, and 911 Turbo Cabriolet vehicles.  The seat mounted side air bag inflator initiator may fail to ignite during a crash.


## What can happen

If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the side air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected air bag modules, free of charge.  The recall began April 2017.  Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AG10.


## 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: 85
- Reported remedied: 77 \(90%\)
- 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

- [2017 PORSCHE 718 BOXSTER](/makes/porsche/718-boxster/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-28 to 2016\-10\-25.
- [2017 PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN](/makes/porsche/718-cayman/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-28 to 2016\-10\-25.
- [2017 PORSCHE 911](/makes/porsche/911/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-09\-30 to 2016\-10\-21.

## 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\-F5S3K\-09](/bulletins/10165176.md), 2019-09-23, Service bulletin
- [122\-Q6N7V\-08](/bulletins/10143832.md), 2018-08-20, Service bulletin
- [122\-S2H7Q\-04](/bulletins/10134872.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin
- [122\-N7L9D\-02](/bulletins/10128655.md), 2018-02-12, 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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