# NHTSA recall 21V794000

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: 21V794000
- Manufacturer's number: AMC1
- Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-10\-13
- Owners notified: 2021\-12\-02
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
- Units potentially affected: 11827

## What is wrong

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. \(Porsche\) is recalling certain 2020\-2021 Taycan vehicles.  The pre\-collision automatic hazard lights may activate in non\-emergency situations.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."


## What can happen

An activation of hazard lights in non\-emergency situations could confuse other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will reprogram the hazard lights, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 2, 2021.  Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1\-800\-767\-7243.  Porsche's number for this recall is AMC1.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 2, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 11827
- Reported remedied: 11794 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2020 PORSCHE TAYCAN](/makes/porsche/taycan/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 PORSCHE TAYCAN](/makes/porsche/taycan/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.

- [No. 86\-26](/bulletins/11037805.md), 2026-10-02, Service bulletin
- [No. 25\-24](/bulletins/10252615.md), 2024-04-03, Service bulletin
- [No. 162\-21](/bulletins/10203934.md), 2021-12-07, Service bulletin
- [No. D563](/bulletins/10194834.md), 2021-06-02, Service bulletin
- [122\-K9M7R\-06](/bulletins/10188268.md), 2021-03-06, Service bulletin
- [No. 5\-20](/bulletins/10177921.md), 2020-08-05, 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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