# NHTSA recall 18V318000

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: 18V318000
- Manufacturer's number: AJ05
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-05\-16
- Owners notified: 2018\-07\-27
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 3

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain 2018 Porsche Macan S and Macan vehicles.  These vehicles have a control unit that may fail and prevent safety\-related functions such as driver display alerts and possibly impair drivability and post\-crash functions.


## What can happen

Failure of the control unit may increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected control unit, free of charge.  The recall began July 27, 2018. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AJ05.


## 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 2019 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-21
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3
- Reported remedied: 3 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, 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

- [2018 PORSCHE MACAN](/makes/porsche/macan/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-01\-22 to 2018\-01\-22.
- [2018 PORSCHE MACAN S](/makes/porsche/macan/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-01\-22 to 2018\-01\-22. 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.

- [No. 12\-26](/bulletins/11037795.md), 2026-10-02, Service bulletin
- [GR13D790](/bulletins/11034838.md), 2026-07-08, Other
- [No. TLLI2602](/bulletins/11033656.md), 2026-06-05, Service bulletin
- [No. TLLI2601](/bulletins/11033655.md), 2026-06-05, Service bulletin
- [No. D785](/bulletins/11033625.md), 2026-06-05, Service bulletin
- [No. 2604](/bulletins/11033597.md), 2026-06-05, Service bulletin
- [No. D783](/bulletins/11033534.md), 2026-06-04, Service bulletin
- [No. 46\-26](/bulletins/11033388.md), 2026-06-04, Service bulletin
- [No. D778](/bulletins/11032277.md), 2026-05-06, Service bulletin
- [No. D777](/bulletins/11032276.md), 2026-05-06, 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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