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Porsche Boxster S

Every Porsche Boxster S model year on file, 2000 to 2014. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years163 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years102000 to 2014
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3,340Summed across model years
By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 7, 44% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0246820002001200220037200420052011201220132014
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Porsche Boxster S complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
6
Engine and cooling
6
Brakes
2
Fuel system
1
Latches and locks
1
Powertrain
1
Visibility and wipers
1
Airbags
1
Steering
1
Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Porsche Boxster S model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Porsche Boxster S by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2014Not decoded0NoneNone10395
2013Convertible10.01810409
2012Not decoded0NoneNone10387
2011Not decoded10.010010373
2005Convertible10.0700361
2004Not decoded0NoneNone10275
2003Convertible728.67820363
2002Convertible10.01720346
2001Convertible250.01820251
2000Convertible30.05010180
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Porsche Boxster S

  • 22V-656 Aug 30, 2022
    Caps that cover the low-beam headlight horizontal adjustment screws are missing, which can allow the headlights to be improperly adjusted
    Lighting · 223k vehicles
  • 21V-679 Sep 1, 2021
    Rear-axle carrier side sections may fracture
    Powertrain · 4,934 vehicles
  • 11V-409 Aug 5, 2011
    There is a possibility that the mounting holes in the seat belt anchor plates fitted to the vehicle are too small
    Seat belts · 235 vehicles
  • 10V-125 Mar 30, 2010
    Porsche has notified nhtsa of a defect in certain model year 2011 boxster spyder 2 door convertible passenger vehicles
    Visibility and wipers · 9 vehicles
  • 03V-004 Jan 23, 2003
    Certain 2-door convertible passenger vehicles equipped with the tiptronic (automatic) transmission may have been produced with an incorrectly…
    Powertrain · 12k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.