NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Porsche Cayenne Recalls
The 2021 Porsche Cayenne has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Porsche Cayenne. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 21
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2021 Porsche Cayenne, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2021 Porsche Cayenne
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V896000
- Reported
- December 19, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172,107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020, 2022–2024 Cayenne, 3 other models
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 22V040000
- Reported
- January 28, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,241
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Cayenne
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 21V493000
- Reported
- June 30, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Porsche Cayenne
Seats
- Campaign
- 21V318000
- Reported
- May 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 136
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Cayenne, 3 other models
Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly
- Campaign
- 21V271000
- Reported
- April 21, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,568
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Porsche Cayenne
2021 Porsche Cayenne complaints by year
NHTSA has received 21 owner complaints about the 2021 Porsche Cayenne, the newest on August 31, 2026.
In complaints about the 2021 Porsche Cayenne, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the engine (14%).
None of the 2021 Porsche Cayenne's 5 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System6
- Unknown Or Other5
- Air Bags4
- Engine3
- Forward Collision Avoidance2
- Power Train2
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2021 Porsche Cayenne peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 7. 52% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
The 21 complaints about the 2021 Porsche Cayenne are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Porsche Cayenne by model year
Other 2021 Porsche models
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted