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Porsche Macan

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

29 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

231 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2026 Safety Signal

2022 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2026 Macan →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Active NHTSA advisory on 1 model year of the Macan — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Porsche Macan model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2026	Electric Gas	A	0	0	—	332 mi
2025	Electric Gas	B	3	9	—	315 mi
2024	Electric Gas	B	3	11	—	308 mi
2023	Gas	A	0	6	—	21 mpg
2022	Gas	A	0	6	—	21 mpg
2021	Gas	B	1	12	—	21 mpg
2020	Gas	B	2	28	—	21 mpg
2019	Gas	A	1	21	—	21 mpg
2018	Gas	D	6	36	—	22 mpg
2017	Gas	D	7	71	—	22 mpg
2016	Gas	D	6	31	—	19 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 2022

On the filed record so far, the 2022 is the cleanest Macan 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
2022	A	0	2
2023	A	0	2
2019	A	0.1	3
2020	B	0.3	5
2018	D	0.8	4
2017	D	0.8	8
2016	D	0.6	3	1 critical
2021	B	0.2	2	Advisory

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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2026: best range 315 → 332 mi; 8 → 11 EPA configurations
2025: best range 308 → 315 mi; 6 → 8 EPA configurations
2024: added electric; 4 → 6 EPA configurations
2023: 3 → 4 EPA configurations
2022: 4 → 3 EPA configurations
2020: 2 → 4 EPA configurations
2019: best combined mpg 22 → 21; 5 → 2 EPA configurations
2017: best combined mpg 19 → 22; 2 → 5 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Porsche Macan

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Porsche Macan year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2022 Macan comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 6 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Porsche Macan years should I avoid?

2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 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 Macan model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Porsche Macan have?

Across model years 2016–2026, NHTSA has posted 29 recall campaigns for the Porsche Macan. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.