Porsche 911 Carrera, model year 2020. Filed by Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 1 July 2020. 14 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Coupe vehicles. The front axle differential bracket may not have been tightened correctly. If it comes loose, the differential could potentially cause damage to surrounding components.
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: ALA8. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V381 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 20V381 cover?
- Porsche 911 Carrera, model year 2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Coupe vehicles. The front axle differential bracket may not have been tightened correctly. If it comes loose, the differential could potentially cause damage to surrounding components.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Components such as the fuel tank or drive shafts may become damaged from the loose differential. Damage to the fuel tank can result in fuel leakage, which in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will remove the front axle differential to check the screw threads, and to inspect surrounding components for any consequential damage.
- 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 ALA8, 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: “Components such as the fuel tank or drive shafts may become damaged from the loose differential. Damage to the fuel tank can result in fuel leakage, which in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V381 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Power Train:Driveline:Differential Unit |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 July 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2020 |
| Vehicles named | PORSCHE 911 CARRERA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Components such as the fuel tank or drive shafts may become damaged from the loose differential. Damage to the fuel tank can result in fuel leakage, which in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will remove the front axle differential to check the screw threads, and to inspect surrounding components for any consequential damage. Depending on the inspection result, the front axle differential will be reinstalled or replaced using new screw joints torqued to the required specification. All work will be performed free of charge. The recall began August 20, 2020. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is ALA8.
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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V381, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v381/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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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 20V381 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
27b3c08a - Consequence
ea439c8c - Remedy
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