# NHTSA recall 21V271000

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: 21V271000
- Manufacturer's number: AMA9
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-04\-21
- Owners notified: 2021\-06\-18
- Component: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON\-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 1568
- Part numbers: 958007610

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain 2021 Cayenne, Cayenne S, Cayenne Turbo, Cayenne GTS, Cayenne Coupe, Cayenne S Coupe, Cayenne Turbo Coupe, and Cayenne GTS Coupe vehicles.  The lock nut on the trailing arm of the rear axle may break due to stress corrosion.


## What can happen

A broken lock nut may misalign the rear axle, causing a loss of control and increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the lock nuts, free of charge.  The recall began on June 18, 2021.  Owners may contact Porsche customer service at  1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AMA9.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-10
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1568
- Reported remedied: 1540 \(98%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, 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

- [2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2021/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.

- [SPTL2609](/bulletins/11037868.md), 2026-10-02, Service bulletin
- [SPTL2608](/bulletins/11037083.md), 2026-09-04, Service bulletin
- [No. D781](/bulletins/11032393.md), 2026-05-07, Service bulletin
- [No. D757](/bulletins/11029108.md), 2026-03-02, Service bulletin
- [No. D705.1](/bulletins/11012557.md), 2025-01-07, Service bulletin
- [No. D705](/bulletins/11012556.md), 2025-01-07, Service bulletin
- [No. D686](/bulletins/11003051.md), 2024-07-03, Service bulletin
- [No. 89\-11](/bulletins/10209869.md), 2022-04-05, Service bulletin
- [No. 10\-22\-1](/bulletins/10208640.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin
- [No. 10\-22\-2](/bulletins/10208513.md), 2022-03-04, 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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