Porsche 718 BoxsterYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 6 owner complaints and 8 safety recalls on record for the Porsche 718 Boxster.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints6Top: Back over prevention Safety recalls82016–2024 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Porsche 718 Boxster years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the 718 Boxster median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls 2021Not rated–/1002 complaints · 0 recalls 2019Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2017Not rated–/1003 complaints · 6 recalls 2016Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Porsche 718 Boxster problems

All model years combined: 6 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

1Back over prevention

1Power train

1Seat belts

1Service brakes1 crash/fire/injury

1Visibility/wiper

1Wheels

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Back over prevention	1	0
Power train	1	0
Seat belts	1	0
Service brakes	1	1
Visibility/wiper	1	0
Wheels	1	0

8 recalls

Porsche 718 Boxster recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)24V-343 · 2024 · May 15, 2024 · 14 vehicles Air bags: air bag/restraint control module19V-533 · 2016–2017 · Jul 17, 2019 · 7,517 vehicles Air bags19V-179 · 2018 · Mar 6, 2019 · 417 vehicles Fuel system, gasoline19V-113 · 2017–2019 · Feb 20, 2019 · 14,388 vehicles Visibility: windshield17V-135 · 2017 · Mar 2, 2017 · 21 vehicles Passenger side: inflator module17V-134 · 2017 · Mar 2, 2017 · 120 vehicles Delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings17V-054 · 2017 · Jan 25, 2017 · 4,090 vehicles Air bags: side/window16V-946 · 2017 · Dec 30, 2016 · 85 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the 718 Boxster

Sep 17, 2021
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2017–2018 · still open
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