Porsche has issued a recall and a don’t drive warning on sure 718 and 911 fashions due to considerations a wheel might fall off.
The difficulty has to do with some wheel bolts not being constructed to the proper specification, and in consequence might fracture, one thing that might end in a lack of steering management or a wheel to turn into indifferent.
Porsche mentioned drivers will instantly discover a vibration if there is a fractured wheel bolt current.
Porsche’s manufacturing data present that solely a small batch of autos are affected. Based on the recall discover printed by the NHTSA on Oct. 28 (recall marketing campaign quantity 24V809000), there are 1,851 affected autos within the U.S., all of them from the 2024 mannequin yr.
The precise fashions embody the 718 Cayman GT4 RS and 718 Spyder RS, and sure 911 fashions.
Porsche mentioned it first turned conscious of a number of incidents associated to the problem in September, and that it’s nonetheless figuring out the trigger.
The treatment includes a vendor checking the middle lock wheel bolt and changing any out of specification components, if needed.
Proprietor notification letters are anticipated to be mailed out on Dec. 27, however anybody on the lookout for additional data can contact Porsche at 1-800-767-7243 or go to Porsche’s recall web page.
