2012 Porsche Panamera: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 13 complaints about the 2012 Porsche Panamera and NHTSA has issued 5 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is engine, named in 5 of them.

13
Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
0
Injuries
46.2
Severity index

Severity index 46.2 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 46.2p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2012 Porsche Panamera sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

EngineEngine: 5 complaints (38.5%)5 38%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 2 complaints (15.4%)2 15%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (15.4%)2 15%StructureStructure: 2 complaints (15.4%)2 15%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 1 complaints (7.7%)1 8%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ENGINE538.5%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM215.4%
POWER TRAIN215.4%
STRUCTURE215.4%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM17.7%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING17.7%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL17.7%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER17.7%

Complaints filed per year

0122011: 12012: 22017: 12018: 12019: 22020: 12021: 22022: 12024: 21112217181920212224
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20111
20122
20171
20181
20192
20201
20212
20221
20242
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
19V44600012/06/2019POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2003-2006 Cayenne S, Cayenne Turbo, 2004-2010 Cayenne, 2006 Cayenne Turbo S, 2010-2016 Panamera S, Panamera 4 S, Panamera Turbo, 2011-2016 Panamera, Panamera 4, 2012-2013 Panamera Turbo S, 2013-2016 Panamera 4 GTS, 2
19V32200024/04/2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEMPorsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2010-2016 Panamera 4S and Panamera S, 2011-2016 Panamera, Panamera 4 and Panamera Turbo, 2012-2016 Panamera Turbo S and Panamera S E-Hybrid, 2013-2016 Panamera GTS, 2013 Panamera Platinum Edition and Panamera 4 Plati
17V36800007/06/2017ENGINEPorsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2010-2012 Panamera S, Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo vehicles, 2011-2012 Panamera and Panamera 4 vehicles, and 2011 Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo vehicles. The affected vehicles have camshaft controllers that may come
12V32900012/07/2012ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGERPORSCHE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 PANAMERA TURBO, 2012 PANAMERA TURBO S, AND 2012 CAYENNE TURBO VEHICLES. THE TURBINE WHEEL OF A TURBOCHARGER MAY FRACTURE DUE TO A CASTING DEFECT. IF A FRACTURE OCCURS, VEHICLE PERFORMANCE WILL BE DECREASED AND THE TURBINE SHAFT
22V65600030/08/2022EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTSPorsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2003-2020 Porsche Macan, Cayenne, Panamera, and Cayman S, 2001-2004 Boxster, Boxster S, 2004 Boxster 50 JAHRE SPYDER 550 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of all affected models and model ye
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.