NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Porsche Cayenne Recalls
The 2008 Porsche Cayenne has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 30, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Porsche Cayenne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 27
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2008 Porsche Cayenne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 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 2003–2006, 2009–2014, 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, 2009–2010 Cayenne, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 08V076000
- Reported
- February 20, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,573
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Porsche Cayenne
2008 Porsche Cayenne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 27 owner complaints about the 2008 Porsche Cayenne, the newest on October 14, 2025.
In complaints about the 2008 Porsche Cayenne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (26%), followed by the engine (22%) and the power train (22%).
1 of the 2008 Porsche Cayenne's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2008 Porsche Cayenne owners gave the mileage (24 complaints), the median was 72,340 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System7
- Engine6
- Power Train6
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Exterior Lighting2
- Suspension2
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Porsche Cayenne peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 6. 4% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
The 27 complaints about the 2008 Porsche Cayenne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Porsche Cayenne by model year
Other 2008 Porsche models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted