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Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S (2003–2023). The most-complained-about year is 2003.

3
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
2003
year with most recalls
2003
year with most complaints

Pick your Porsche 911 Carrera 4S model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2023 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S10
2012 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S10
2009 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S01
2003 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S11

What Porsche 911 Carrera 4S owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 1.

All Porsche 911 Carrera 4S recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Retractor (seat belts)

    NHTSA 24V123000 Reported 910 vehicles potentially affected Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

    Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2023 911 Carrera T, 911 Carrera 4 GTS, 911 Carrera GTS, 911 Turbo S, 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S, 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4, 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, 911 Targa 4 GTS, 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S,…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the rear three-point belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 11, 2024. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's…

    Model years: 2023

  2. Seat belts

    NHTSA 11V409000 Reported 235 vehicles potentially affected PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    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, 2011. There is a…

    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…

    Model years: 2012

  3. Seats

    NHTSA 04V070000 Reported 1,805 vehicles potentially affected PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Certain passenger vehicles fitted with front seat backs, which do not meet porsche's strength standards.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace both the front seats. Owner notification began on april 26, 2004. Owners should contact porsche at 1-800-545-8039.

    Model years: 2003

Other Porsche models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.