Recall Detail

PORSCHE / CARRERA / 1996

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 9197 Vehicale/Equipment Name: PORSCHE
Recalled Component Id: 000008999000071487000000257 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: CARRERA Model Year: 1996
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V089001 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Manufacturer That Filed Report: PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.
Start date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1995 End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 30 1996
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1968
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 11 1999 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Report Received Date: Nov, 27 1998
Record Creation date : Feb, 16 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passsenger vehicles. inadvertent deployment of the air bag can occur. Consequence Summary: Deployment of the air bag without warning could cause a driver to lose vehicle control increasing the risk of a vehicle crash and personal injury.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the air bag system and a special filter horn relay will be installed that protects the air bag unit from voltage peaks. Recall Notes: Owner notification began february 11, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact porsche at 1-800-545-8039.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
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