Porsche 911 Carrera, Porsche 911 Carrera 4, Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Gts, Porsche 911 Carrera 4s, Porsche 911 Carrera Gts, Porsche 911 Carrera S, model years 2011 to 2012. Filed by Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 5 August 2011. 235 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Porsche is recalling certain model year 2011 911 speedster and 911 gts rs 4.0; and model year 2012 boxster (including s and spyder); cayman (including s and r); 911 carrera (including s, gts, 4, 4s, and 4 gts); 911 targa 4 and targa 4s; and 911 turbo and turbo s models manufactured from may 31, 2011, through june 10, …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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's own number for this recall: AB02. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V409 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11V409 cover?
- Porsche 911 Carrera, Porsche 911 Carrera 4, Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS, Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Porsche 911 Speedster, model years 2011-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- PORSCHE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 911 SPEEDSTER AND 911 GTS RS 4.0; AND MODEL YEAR 2012 BOXSTER (INCLUDING S AND SPYDER); CAYMAN (INCLUDING S AND R); 911 CARRERA (INCLUDING S, GTS, 4, 4S, AND 4 GTS); 911 TARGA 4 AND TARGA 4S; AND 911 TURBO AND TURBO S MODELS MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 31,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE SEAT BELT MAY NOT BE ROUTED OPTIMALLY AROUND THE OCCUPANT, OR MAY POTENTIALLY LOOSEN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY DURING A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. PORSCHE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SEAT BELT ANCHORS AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PORSCHE AT 1-800-767-7243.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Porsche calls this recall AB02, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE SEAT BELT MAY NOT BE ROUTED OPTIMALLY AROUND THE OCCUPANT, OR MAY POTENTIALLY LOOSEN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY DURING A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V409 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| System at fault | Seat Belts |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 August 2011 |
| Model years | 2011-2012 |
| Vehicles named | PORSCHE 911 CARRERA, PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4, PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 GTS, PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4S, PORSCHE 911 CARRERA GTS, PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S, PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS, PORSCHE 911 SPEEDSTER, PORSCHE 911 TARGA 4, PORSCHE 911 TARGA 4S, PORSCHE 911 TURBO, PORSCHE 911 TURBO S, PORSCHE BOXSTER, PORSCHE BOXSTER S |
What the notice says today
The consequence
SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE SEAT BELT MAY NOT BE ROUTED OPTIMALLY AROUND THE OCCUPANT, OR MAY POTENTIALLY LOOSEN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY DURING A CRASH.
The remedy
PORSCHE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SEAT BELT ANCHORS AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PORSCHE AT 1-800-767-7243.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Porsche 911 Carrera recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Carrera 4 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Carrera GTS recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Carrera S recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 GT3 RS recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Targa 4 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Turbo recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Porsche 911 Turbo S recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Porsche Boxster recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Porsche Boxster S recalls: 3 US campaigns
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Porsche notices we hold
- 25V896: 2019-2025 Cayenne, Cayenne E-Hybrid, 2020-2025 911, Taycan, 2024-2025 Panamera, and 2025 Panamera E-Hybrid
- 25V634: 2024-2026 Panamera, Cayenne, and 2025 Panamera E-Hybrid
- 25V492: 2024-2025 Macan 4 Electric
- 25V415: 2025 Panamera E-hybrid, Taycan, and Panamera
- 25V221: 2022-2023 Taycan
- 25V220: 2024-2025 Macan Electric
- 25V079: 2025 911
- 25V078: 2023 911
All 92 Porsche campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V409 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
17950126 - Consequence
dd31e2d6 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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