NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Porsche Cayenne Recalls
The 2016 Porsche Cayenne has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 30, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Porsche Cayenne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 40
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 Porsche Cayenne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 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, 2008–2014, 2017 Cayenne, 20 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 16V169000
- Reported
- March 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88,300
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 Cayenne
2016 Porsche Cayenne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 40 owner complaints about the 2016 Porsche Cayenne, the newest on September 13, 2026. Owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Porsche Cayenne, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the power train (18%) and the exterior lighting (15%).
1 of the 2016 Porsche Cayenne's 2 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2016 Porsche Cayenne owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 16,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other16
- Air Bags11
- Power Train7
- Exterior Lighting6
- Engine5
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Porsche Cayenne peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 8. 33% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 40 complaints about the 2016 Porsche Cayenne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Porsche Cayenne by model year
Other 2016 Porsche models
Newest record on this page: September 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted