NHTSA recall 21V318000
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 | 21V318000 |
| Manufacturer's number | AMB0 |
| Manufacturer | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2021-05-05 |
| Owners notified | 2021-06-25 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER; SEATS |
| Units potentially affected | 136 |
| Part numbers | 9Y0963557E |
| Report | Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-04-10 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 136 |
| Reported remedied | 131 (96%) |
| 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.
What is wrong
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2021 Cayenne GTS, Cayenne GTS Coupe, 2020-2021 Cayenne Coupe, Cayenne S Coupe, Cayenne E-Hybrid Coupe vehicles. The passenger seat back heating element was not installed and may impact the calibration of the Occupant Classification System.
What can happen
The front passenger air bag may fail to deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will install a heating element, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 25, 2021. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AMB0.
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.
| 2020 PORSCHE CAYENNE | |
|---|---|
| 2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE | |
| 2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE E-HYBRID | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2020 PORSCHE CAYENNE S | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE S | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2020 PORSCHE redundant CAYENNE E-HYBRID |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 74/25 | 2026-08-06. Service bulletin. Belt Lock Warning on Driver Side Permanently Active / No Fault Memory Entries: Delete Airbag Control Unit Fault Memory (SY 74/25) |
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| No D769 | 2026-04-06. Service bulletin. Parts information for Parts Withdrawal - Repair Set for Seat Occupied Sensor. Part numbers 9J1881256AJ, 9J1881256AK, 9J1881256AL, 9J1881256AM, 9J1881256AN are affected. The cars involved are ones that use the part numbers mentioned. |
| No. D767 | 2026-03-02. Service bulletin. Parts information for parts withdrawal for Repair Set for Seat Occupied Sensor. Parts involved are 95C881256F and 95C881256H. The cars affected are ones that use the part numbers mentioned |
| No. 22-13 | 2024-05-02. Service bulletin. Technical information on a complaint - seat cover wrinkled |
| No. 95-23 | 2023-09-09. Service bulletin. Symptom-based workshop manual for the Cayenne - front seat symptom. knocking/whinning noise from the seat frame. |
| No. 2316 | 2023-08-04. Service bulletin. Instructions on advanced technical information for the Cayenne - front seats make excessive noise during longitudinal adjustment |
| WMJ6 | 2022-08-16. Service bulletin. Porsche intranet posting with information on Workshop Campaign WMJ6 - reprograming and-or coding seat control unit |
| No. 2116.1 | 2022-05-03. Service bulletin. Instructions on advanced technical information for red warning in the instrument cluster - occupant seat belt not fastened. |
| No. 135-21 | 2022-02-04. Service bulletin. Technical information for WMJ6 - re-programing and/or coding seat control unit. |
| No. 11-18 | 2022-01-04. Service bulletin. Installation and conversion instructions on retrofitting Porsche rear seat entertainment. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.