2017 Porsche Macan problems
The 2017 Porsche Macan has 77 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (27%) concerns air bags. After that come brakes (13%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 77 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 15,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 19 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 15,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Porsche Macan with enough data (43 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I went on a test drive on this car and the car caught fire from the engine. I noticed after the fact that there was a recall on the vehicle for fuel pump malfunction that can cause fire. I've contacted porsche about 15 times and they wont return my call at all. I also stared a case with them and they wont answer back. The vehicle is completely burnt. Need assistance.
Was pulling into a parking lane, at a shopping center with my foot on the brake, ready to put the vehicle in park, when the car suddenly felt as if it locked down brakes failed and the engine accelerated out of my control head on into another vehicle parked across a divider. I had no control of steering or brakes .. The car flashed a power steering failure.. Airbags never deployed, and my vehicle sustained over $8,000 in damages. I had asked for data report that porsche extracted from my car with no response.
Per porsche dealer, "2 broker bolts on the timing cover causing an oil leak." very, very expensive (thousands of dollars) to repair as vehicle is 50 months old. No recall just yet by porsche per dealer, though has affected porsche cars with this engine in significant numbers as is readily noted on online forums and acknowledged by dealer.