NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Porsche Boxster Recalls
The 2001 Porsche Boxster has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 30, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Porsche Boxster. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 13
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2001 Porsche Boxster, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Porsche Boxster
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 22V656000
- Reported
- August 30, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 222,858
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Boxster, 20 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 03V004000
- Reported
- January 23, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,234
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Boxster, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Boxster, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Boxster, 46 other models
2001 Porsche Boxster complaints by year
NHTSA has received 13 owner complaints about the 2001 Porsche Boxster, the newest on November 27, 2023. Of these, 1 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2001 Porsche Boxster, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (23%) and the air bags (15%).
None of the 2001 Porsche Boxster's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
- Air Bags2
- Power Train2
- Service Brakes2
- Structure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2001 Porsche Boxster peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 2. 15% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
The 13 complaints about the 2001 Porsche Boxster are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Porsche Boxster by model year
Other 2001 Porsche models
Newest record on this page: November 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted