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2016 Porsche 911

Gas Compact car

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Specs & fuel economyRecallsComplaintsCrash ratings
C
Safety Signal
76 / 100
CSafety Signal · 76 / 100
3Recalls · NHTSA campaigns
2Complaints · owner reports
—Crash rating · NHTSA overall
23 mpgFuel economy · best combined

The 2016 Porsche 911 is sold in the U.S. as a gas compact car with 37 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the 911 Carrera, is EPA-rated at 23 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of C. Owners have filed 2 complaints, most often about exterior lighting.

Specs & fuel economy (EPA)

ConfigurationPowertrainDriveEngine / motorCityHwyCombAnnual fuel*
911 CarreraGasRWD3.4L 6-cyl202823$3,350
911 Carrera 4Gas4WD3.4L 6-cyl202723$3,350
911 Carrera CabrioletGasRWD3.4L 6-cyl212823$3,350
911 CarreraGasRWD3.4L 6-cyl192722$3,500
911 Carrera 4Gas4WD3.4L 6-cyl192722$3,500
911 Carrera 4 CabrioletGas4WD3.4L 6-cyl202722$3,500
911 Carrera 4SGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl192622$3,500
911 Carrera CabrioletGasRWD3.4L 6-cyl192722$3,500
911 Carrera SGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl192722$3,500
911 Carrera SGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl202722$3,500
911 Carrera S CabrioletGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl192622$3,500
911 Carrera S CabrioletGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl192722$3,500
911 Targa 4Gas4WD3.4L 6-cyl192622$3,500
911 Carrera 4 CabrioletGas4WD3.4L 6-cyl192621$3,700
911 Carrera 4 GTSGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Carrera 4 GTSGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl192521$3,700
911 Carrera 4 GTS CabrioletGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Carrera 4SGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl192621$3,700
911 Carrera 4S CabrioletGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Carrera 4S CabrioletGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl192621$3,700
911 Carrera GTSGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl182621$3,700
911 Carrera GTSGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl192621$3,700
911 Carrera GTS CabrioletGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl192521$3,700
911 Targa 4Gas4WD3.4L 6-cyl182621$3,700
911 Targa 4 GTSGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Targa 4 GTSGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Targa 4SGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Targa 4SGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182521$3,700
911 Carrera 4 GTS CabrioletGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl182520$3,900
911 Carrera GTS CabrioletGasRWD3.8L 6-cyl182520$3,900
911 TurboGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl turbo172420$3,900
911 Turbo CabrioletGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl turbo172420$3,900
911 Turbo SGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl turbo172420$3,900
911 Turbo S CabrioletGas4WD3.8L 6-cyl turbo172420$3,900
911 GT3GasRWD3.8L 6-cyl152017$4,550
911 GT3 RSGasRWD4.0L 6-cyl152017$4,550
911 RGasRWD4.0L 6-cyl142016$4,850

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year and EPA reference fuel/electricity prices. Source: fueleconomy.gov vehicle records.

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Recalls (3)

Equipment

high
15,501 vehicles

Problem: 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 installation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage Systems."

Risk: Improper CRS installation increases the risk of an injury to the occupant in the event of a crash.

Fix: 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 service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AKC0.

NHTSA campaign 19V875000 · reported Dec 11, 2019 · Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Air Bags

high
7,517 vehicles

Problem: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2016-2017 911 and Boxster, 2016 Cayman and Panamera vehicles. The air bag Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may have a defective power supply capacitor that can result in air bag deactivation or inadvertent deployment of the air bags.

Risk: Deactivated air bags increase the risk of injury. Inadvertent deployment of the air bags increase the risk of a crash.

Fix: Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will install new software and replace the air bag ECU as necessary, free of charge. Interim notices informing owners of the safety risk were mailed September 13, 2019. Owners received a second notice and the recall began February 12, 2020. Owners may contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is AKB4.

NHTSA campaign 19V533000 · reported Jul 17, 2019 · Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Air Bags

high
120 vehicles

Problem: 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 Cayman and 718 Cayman S vehicles. The passenger frontal air bag inflator initiator may fail to ignite during a crash.

Risk: If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the passenger frontal air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Fix: 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 is AH03.

NHTSA campaign 17V134000 · reported Mar 2, 2017 · Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

NHTSA investigations

Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module — Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture (open)

From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 Blomquist Report at www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substa

Opened Sep 17, 2021 · action EA21002

Owner complaints

2 complaints filed

0 involved a crash, 0 a fire, 0 injuries, 0 deaths reported by owners.

Filed by year — 2020: 1 · 2021: 1

Most-cited components

  • Exterior Lighting — 1
  • Visibility/Wiper — 1
“The front windshield and rear window glass seals have failed. Black tar like material flows and spears the windows. Especially bad when driving during summer months. Vehicle only has 6200 miles. Is out of warrenty. Dealer says repair costs at my expense. Contacted Porsche North America Customer Assistance. They also sa…”Dec 14, 2021 · Visibility/Wiper · NHTSA owner report
“WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AFTER HEAVY BRAKING, THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT DISLODGED FROM THE CAR, DANGLED FOR A SECOND ON THE HOOD FROM THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, THEN FLEW OFF THE CAR COMPLETELY”Mar 23, 2020 · Exterior Lighting · NHTSA owner report

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Crash ratings

NHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.

Other 911 model years

A

2026 911

0 recalls · 0 complaints

A

2025 911

2 recalls · 1 complaints

D

2024 911

4 recalls · 6 complaints

F

2023 911

8 recalls · 3 complaints

F

2022 911

8 recalls · 10 complaints

F

2021 911

8 recalls · 5 complaints

F

2020 911

8 recalls · 7 complaints

C

2019 911

3 recalls · 2 complaints

B

2018 911

2 recalls · 2 complaints

F

2017 911

5 recalls · 5 complaints

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). Floor 35. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Complaint counts and NHTSA crash ratings are shown separately and are not blended into the grade.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records (ids 36253, 36261, 36255, 36252, 36260, 36263, 36265, 36254, 36256, 36257, 36258, 36259). Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed weekly.

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