# NHTSA recall 19V179000

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: 19V179000
- Manufacturer's number: AKA4
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2019\-03\-06
- Owners notified: 2019\-05\-17
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 417

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain 2018 718 Boxster, Boxster S and Boxster GTS, 718 Cayman, Cayman S and Cayman GTS, 911 Carrera, Carrera T, Targa 4 GTS, Carrera 4, Carrera S, Carrera 4S, Carrera GTS, Carrera 4 GTS, Carrera Cabriolet, Carrera S Cabriolet, Carrera 4S Cabriolet, Carrera GTS Cabriolet, Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Targa 4, Targa 4S, Turbo, Turbo S, Turbo S Exclusive Series, Turbo Cabriolet, Turbo S Cabriolet and GT3 vehicles.  The side air bag impact sensors may not have been properly tightened to the vehicle.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash, the air bags may not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will tighten the air bag sensors, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began May 17, 2019.  Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AKA4.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-10\-05
- Vehicles in the campaign: 417
- Reported remedied: 366 \(87%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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

- [2018 PORSCHE 718 BOXSTER](/makes/porsche/718-boxster/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-10\-24 to 2018\-02\-12.
- [2018 PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN](/makes/porsche/718-cayman/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-11\-14 to 2018\-03\-07.
- [2018 PORSCHE 911](/makes/porsche/911/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-02\-07 to 2018\-05\-16.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [74/25](/bulletins/11035924.md), 2026-08-06, Service bulletin
- [122\-S5A6X\-10](/bulletins/10166879.md), 2019-10-31, Service bulletin
- [122\-T3P7J\-10](/bulletins/10166878.md), 2019-10-31, Service bulletin
- [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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