More than 18,000 Porsche vehicles are being removed from the market due to airbag problems and camera setback.
Porsche Cars North America issued two withdrawals last week, one for 9,735 of its 2022-2023 Taycan Sports Cars and another for 8,571 or its Safetysa crossovers.
The recovery report of the affected Taycans said that a “manufacturing error” in its occupant classification system for the “Airbag’s Automatic Activation/Deactivation” could make the airbag in the front passenger air bag go out.
“An air bag that does not implement the duration of an accident increases the risk of injuries,” said the NHTSA.
In the report, the Porsche Cars North America pointed out the “connection of the gate of the heating carpet of the seat cushion in the transition of the connection cable to the heating cable” as the source of the problem.
Taycan owners affected by the retirement may make the Porsche dealers exchange the front passenger seat cushion for a “new optimized” to solve the problem, according to the retirement report.
For the EVs of Porsche Macan of 2024-2025, the retirement addressed a “software problem that has since been corrected” that could lead to the image of the rearview camera that is not shown how the driver places the vehicle, according to a separate recovery report by NHTSA.
Porsche also said in that report that a “subset” of the affected electric macanes “can also have an insufficient union of the inverse chamber housing, which can allow the intrusion of moisture that can also result in blurred images of the reverse chamber in those vehicles.”
“Vehicles subject to this withdrawal will obtain a new software data set to solve the system’s activation and communication problems, and the reserve cameras will also be inspected and replaced as necessary to address any deficiency with the camera housing links.
“The safety of our customers is of the utmost importance. For this reason, we continuously perform specific controls during production, we monitor customer vehicles in search of irregularities and react quickly when the problems are a panecillo or a Pette de Pette. Measured. To the North America cars he told Fox Business.
Meanwhile, another brand under the umbrella Volkswagen – withdrew 44,387 SQ8, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, Q7, Q8, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, Sedan, S8, Squid The model of the model The model The model, the Ahicle Model dethwatles from Dethatles from Fromwatles Fom, the panel screens can not function due to the “software error”, Chinese to NHTSSA.
If that happens, information such as motor speed, vehicle speed, equipment and mileage may not be greedy for drivers of the affected vehicles in the instrument panel, according to the recovery report.
Audi said it is providing a free software update for the instrument panel.
“Audi of America takes very seriously the safety of your client and the quality of our vehicles. To guarantee the highest levels of safety and quality, we are issuing a withdrawal of certain 2021 that my Audi told Foxiness.” We are applying this action in a great precaution for the safety of our clients. ”
There have been no injuries or accidents from any of the three separate problems, according to the memory reports.
Porsche is sending cards by mail to the owners of affected vehicles Macan and Taycan in early June. The owners of the retired Audi vehicles can expect to receive a letter by mail at the end of May.