# NHTSA recall 18V898000

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: 18V898000
- Manufacturer's number: AJ13
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-12\-19
- Owners notified: 2019\-03\-21
- Component: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 17667

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain 2017\-2018 Porsche Panamera, Panamera 4, Panamera 4S, Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4S Executive, Panamera Turbo Executive, 2018 Panamera 4 Executive, Panamera 4 E\-Hybrid, Panamera Turbo S E\-Hybrid, Panamera 4 E\-Hybrid Executive, Panamera S E\-Hybrid Executive, Panamera 4 Sport Turismo, Panamera 4S Sport Turismo, Panamera 4 E\-Hybrid Sport Turismo, Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo, and Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo vehicles.  A software failure may result in an intermittent loss of electric power steering assist.


## What can happen

An intermittent loss of power steering assist can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the power steering control unit, free of charge. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AJ13.


## 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 2020 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-07\-07
- Vehicles in the campaign: 17667
- Reported remedied: 17102 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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 PANAMERA](/makes/porsche/panamera/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-10\-07 to 2018\-12\-06.
- [2018 PORSCHE PANAMERA](/makes/porsche/panamera/2018/recalls.md)

## 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\-X5Z7M\-01](/bulletins/10153557.md), 2019-02-25, 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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