NHTSA campaign 11E021000 · Equipment recall

PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC. Recall 11E-021: AFTERMARKET CENTER WHEEL MOUNTING KITS

NHTSA recall 11E021000 is an equipment recall reported by PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC. on May 17, 2011, with 54 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Porsche 911 Turbo for model years 2010–2011. Owners were notified on June 28, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 11E021000 (also written 11E-021 or 11E021)
Filed by: PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Report received: May 17, 2011
Potentially affected: 54 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: June 28, 2011
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11E021000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Porsche

Porsche 911 Turbo
- 2010, 2011

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11E021000.

Defect description

PORSCHE IS RECALLING CERTAIN AFTERMARKET CENTER WHEEL MOUNTING KITS EQUIPPED WITH CENTER WHEEL LOCK AND HUB ASSEMBLIES BEARING THE TORQUE SPECIFICATION INSCRIPTION "500 NM" ON THE CENTER BOLT SOLD FOR USE ON MODEL YEAR 2010 AND 2011 PORSCHE 911 TURBO VEHICLES. SHOULD VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AFFECTED KITS BE OPERATED UNDER RACING CONDITIONS, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE WHEEL RETENTION SYSTEM MAY FAIL.

Safety consequence

IF THE WHEEL RETENTION FAILS, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

PORSCHE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CENTER BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 28, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PORSCHE AT 1-800-PORSCHE (1-800-767-7243.)

Notes

PORSCHE'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS AB01.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11E021000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.