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Porsche Cars North America, Inc.: Seat-Mounted Air Bag May Deploy Unnecessarily

Air bags that deploy unnecessarily can increase the risk of injury.

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Date
2023-10-25
Country
United States
Brand
Porsche
Units
2,923 affected
Category
Vehicles
Source
NHTSA

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What to do

  1. Check whether your vehicle is affected by entering its VIN (vehicle identification number) on the manufacturer's or the agency's recall lookup.
  2. Contact a dealer to book the repair. Recall repairs are normally free of charge.
  3. If the notice says not to drive or to park outside, follow that until the repair is done.

General guidance from Recall Atlas. The official notice from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the exact models, batch codes and remedy, and it takes priority.

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