# 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

## 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.


## 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: 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2020 PORSCHE CAYENNE](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2021/recalls.md)
- [2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE E\-HYBRID](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2021/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2021/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2020 PORSCHE CAYENNE S](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2020/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE S](/makes/porsche/cayenne/2021/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- 2020 PORSCHE redundant CAYENNE E\-HYBRID

## 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
- [No D769](/bulletins/11030809.md), 2026-04-06, Service bulletin
- [No. D767](/bulletins/11029201.md), 2026-03-02, Service bulletin
- [No. 22\-13](/bulletins/10254053.md), 2024-05-02, Service bulletin
- [No. 95\-23](/bulletins/10242111.md), 2023-09-09, Service bulletin
- [No. 2316](/bulletins/10240420.md), 2023-08-04, Service bulletin
- [WMJ6](/bulletins/10217867.md), 2022-08-16, Service bulletin
- [No. 2116.1](/bulletins/10210790.md), 2022-05-03, Service bulletin
- [No. 135\-21](/bulletins/10207246.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin
- [No. 11\-18](/bulletins/10205916.md), 2022-01-04, 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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