Porsche Macan, Porsche Macan Gts, Porsche Macan S, Porsche Macan Turbo, model years 2015 to 2018. Filed by Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 3 March 2021. 39,547 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Macan, Macan Turbo Kits, Macan GTS, 2015-2018 Macan S, and Macan Turbo vehicles. The front passenger seat occupancy sensor mat may degrade and fail to detect a passenger in the front seat.
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: AMA2. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V131 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 21V131 cover?
- Porsche Macan, Porsche Macan GTS, Porsche Macan S, Porsche Macan Turbo, model years 2015-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Macan, Macan Turbo Kits, Macan GTS, 2015-2018 Macan S, and Macan Turbo vehicles. The front passenger seat occupancy sensor mat may degrade and fail to detect a passenger in the front seat.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The air bag will not deploy during a crash if a front passenger is undetected, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensor mat and seat cushion, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 25, 2021. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AMA2.
- 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 AMA2, 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: “The air bag will not deploy during a crash if a front passenger is undetected, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V131 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Sensor:Occupant Classification:Front Passenger |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 March 2021 |
| Model years | 2015-2018 |
| Vehicles named | PORSCHE MACAN, PORSCHE MACAN GTS, PORSCHE MACAN S, PORSCHE MACAN TURBO |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The air bag will not deploy during a crash if a front passenger is undetected, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensor mat and seat cushion, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 25, 2021. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AMA2.
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 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Porsche Macan recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Porsche Macan GTS recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Porsche Macan S recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Porsche Macan Turbo recalls: 7 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 21V131 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
0c448843 - Consequence
96abd357 - 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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