2000 Porsche 911 & 2000 Porsche 911 Carrera recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Incorrect programming of the electronic logic unit CAN cause an incorrect fuel level.
💥 The risk
The vehicle could run out of fuel causing a loss of power.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will update the software in the instrument cluster so that the fuel level and the range of remaining fuel are determined and displayed correctly.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V109000
- Manufacturer
- PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 2,734
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-545-8039
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 14, 2000
- Built
- Sep 24, 1998 – Feb 19, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during may 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact porsche at 1-800-545-8039.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).