Porsche Panamera 4S, Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4, Panamera, Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, Panamera 4 E-Hybrid. Published by Transport Canada as 2018722 on 20 December 2018. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a fault in the power steering system may cause an intermittent loss of steering assist without warning. A loss of power assist would result in a sudden, unexpected increase in steering effort, especially at low vehicle speeds. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Porsche PANAMERA 4S in the other registers
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The American register
The British register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018722
- Recall date
- 20 December 2018
- Make
- Porsche
- Models
- Panamera 4S, Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4, Panamera, Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, Panamera 4 E-Hybrid
- Model years
- 2017 to 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,537
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a fault in the power steering system may cause an intermittent loss of steering assist without warning. A loss of power assist would result in a sudden, unexpected increase in steering effort, especially at low vehicle speeds. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the power steering control unit software.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2018722.
Porsche elsewhere in this register
Porsche is named on 156 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2018661 · 28 November 2018 · Macan S, Cayenne E-Hybrid, Macan GTS · Accessories
- 2018583 · 25 October 2018 · Cayenne · Seats And Restraints
- 2018313 · 13 June 2018 · Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4s, Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid · Suspension
- 2018225 · 2 May 2018 · 918 Spyder · Suspension
- 2019078 · 20 February 2019 · Panamera, Panamera Turbo, Panamera E-Hybrid · Brakes
- 2019080 · 22 February 2019 · 718 Boxster, 718 Cayman · Fuel System
- 2019114 · 6 March 2019 · 911 Turbo, 911 Targa, 718 Cayman · Airbag
- 2019115 · 6 March 2019 · Panamera Turbo, Panamera E-Hybrid, Panamera · Electrical
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018719 · 20 December 2018 · 5900, 4900, Business Class M2 · Steering
- 2018720 · 20 December 2018 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Steering
- 2018724 · 20 December 2018 · ML Class, Gle Class, C Class · Steering
- 2018726 · 20 December 2018 · Maybach S-Class, S Class · Steering
- 2018729 · 20 December 2018 · S Class, Maybach S-Class · Steering
- 2018737 · 21 December 2018 · Xl2-45 Coach, XL Coach, X3-45 Coach · Steering
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Porsche: 156 in the register, and 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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