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Porsche 911 GT3 RS Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 6 model years of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS (2008–2023). The most-complained-about year is 2011.

6
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
2011
year with most recalls
2011
year with most complaints

Pick your Porsche 911 GT3 RS model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS10
2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS10
2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS20
2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS21
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS10
2008 Porsche 911 GT3 RS10

What Porsche 911 GT3 RS owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2011 model year has the most, with 1.

All Porsche 911 GT3 RS recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Air bags

    NHTSA 23V715000 Reported 2,923 vehicles potentially affected Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

    Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2021-2023 911 Turbo S, 2022 911 Turbo, 2022-2023 911 GT3 Touring, 911 GT3, 911 Carrera 4 GTS, 2022-2024 911 Carrera GTS, 2023 911 GT3 RS, 911 Dakar, and 2024 911 Carrera T vehicles equipped with optional full bucket seats. The seat-mounted air bags may deploy unnecessarily…

    Remedy: Dealers will reprogram the air bag control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 11, 2023. Owners may contact Porsche's customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this…

    Model years: 2023

  2. Child seat and owners/service/other manual (equipment)

    NHTSA 19V875000 Reported 15,501 vehicles potentially affected Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

    Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2014 Cayman and Cayman S, 2014-2016 911 GT3, 2016 911 GT3 RS and 911 R, 2018 911 GT3 and 911 GT2 RS and 2019 911 GT3 RS, 911 GT3, and 911 GT2 RS vehicles. The Child Restraint System (CRS) instructions within the Owner's Manual may not provide enough specificity for proper…

    Remedy: Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will provide a an Owner's Manual supplement with proper CRS installation instructions, free of charge. The recall began February 7, 2020. Owners may contact Porsche customer…

    Model years: 2016, 2019

  3. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 17V134000 Reported 120 vehicles potentially affected Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

    Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2016 911 GT3 RS and 911 R vehicles and 2017 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4, 911 Carrera 4S, 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S, 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, 911 Targa 4, 911 Targa 4S, 911 Turbo S, 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, 718 Boxster, 718 Boxster S, 718…

    Remedy: Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected air bags, free of charge. The recall began May 15, 2017. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall…

    Model years: 2016

  4. 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: 2011

  5. Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (wheels)

    NHTSA 11V285000 Reported 1,702 vehicles potentially affected PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Porsche is recalling certain model year 2010-2011, 911 turbo; turbo s, 911 gt3, gt3 rs and gt2 rs high performance vehicles, manufactured from may 18, 2009 through september 17, 2010, and equipped with center locking hub and wheel assemblies. Over time the hubs can wear prematurely.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the central locking hubs and wheels with an improved design, free of charge. The safety recall began on june 28, 2011. Owners may contact porsche at 1-800-767-7243.

    Model years: 2010, 2011

  6. Instrument cluster/panel (electrical system)

    NHTSA 07V557000 Reported 37 vehicles potentially affected PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    On certain 2 door coupe vehicles, the switch console for the porsche active suspension management (pasm) and the traction control (tc-off) switches was inappropriately installed. The leds in the switches can signal a functional change in the pasm mode or the deactivation of traction control even though the switches are not actuated.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the switch console free of charge. The recall began on december 7, 2007. Owners may contact porsche at 1-800-767-7243.

    Model years: 2008

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.