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Porsche 911

Every model year 2016–2026: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

11 Model years 2016–2026

52 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

48 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2026 Safety Signal

2018 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2026 911 →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Active NHTSA advisory on 4 model years of the 911 — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Porsche 911 model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2026	Gas	A	0	1	—	21 mpg
2025	Gas	A	2	2	—	21 mpg
2024	Gas	F	5	7	—	21 mpg
2023	Gas	F	8	3	—	21 mpg
2022	Gas	F	8	10	—	21 mpg
2021	Gas	F	8	6	—	21 mpg
2020	Gas	F	8	7	—	20 mpg
2019	Gas	B	3	2	—	25 mpg
2018	Gas	B	2	2	—	25 mpg
2017	Gas	C	5	6	—	25 mpg
2016	Gas	B	3	2	—	23 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2018

On the filed record so far, the 2018 is the cleanest 911 year we hold, and the 2021 the one to check hardest. The 2021 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2018	B	0.2	0
2016	B	0.3	0
2019	B	0.4	0
2017	C	0.6	1
2020	F	1.3	1	1 critical
2022	F	2	2	Advisory
2023	F	2.7	1	Advisory
2021	F	1.6	1	Advisory

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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2026: 15 → 20 EPA configurations
2025: 38 → 15 EPA configurations
2023: 33 → 38 EPA configurations
2022: 19 → 33 EPA configurations
2021: best combined mpg 20 → 21; 12 → 19 EPA configurations
2020: best combined mpg 25 → 20; 43 → 12 EPA configurations
2019: 41 → 43 EPA configurations
2018: 34 → 41 EPA configurations
2017: best combined mpg 23 → 25; 37 → 34 EPA configurations

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Common questions about the Porsche 911

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Porsche 911 year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2018 911 comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade B (89/100), 2 recalls and 2 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Porsche 911 years should I avoid?

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every 911 model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Porsche 911 have?

Across model years 2016–2026, NHTSA has posted 52 recall campaigns for the Porsche 911. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.