NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Porsche Cayenne Recalls
The 2005 Porsche Cayenne has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 30, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Porsche Cayenne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2005 Porsche Cayenne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 Porsche Cayenne
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 2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2014, 2016–2017 Cayenne, 20 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 19V446000
- Reported
- June 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 99,665
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006, 2008–2010 Cayenne, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 17V576000
- Reported
- September 20, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,145
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006 Cayenne, 2 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 04V593000
- Reported
- December 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Cayenne, 2 other models
2005 Porsche Cayenne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2005 Porsche Cayenne, the newest on October 27, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 Porsche Cayenne, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (31%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (22%) and the fuel system, gasoline (19%).
1 of the 2005 Porsche Cayenne's 4 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2005 Porsche Cayenne owners gave the mileage (21 complaints), the median was 66,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Fuel System, Gasoline6
- Air Bags4
- Power Train4
- Electrical System3
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Porsche Cayenne peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 9. 19% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
The 32 complaints about the 2005 Porsche Cayenne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Porsche Cayenne by model year
Other 2005 Porsche models
Newest record on this page: October 27, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted