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Porsche Panamera Turbo S: $445,000 car recalled with turbo fault

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By David Zalstein |
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Four Porsche Panamera Turbo S models have been recalled after a turbocharger fault was discovered that could result in an engine bay fire.

According to the official recall notice published on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) website, the $443,600 twin-turbo V8 Porsche Panamera models recalled were fitted with turbochargers that did not conform to quality standards, with the fault, in extreme cases, possibly leading to fire.

Porsche Panamera Turbo S - 1

The ACCC recommends, “Consumers should contact their nearest Porsche dealer to arrange for both turbochargers to be replaced.”

The 410kW/750Nm Turbo S tops the four-door’s range ahead of the Panamera Diesel, Panamera, Panamera 4, Panamera S, Panamera 4S, Panamera S Hybrid, Panamera GTS and Panamera Turbo.

Porsche Panamera Turbo S - 2

Porsche isn’t the first high-end manufacturer to deal with recalls in Australia this year: in May, one Ferrari 458 Italia and one Ferrari California were recalled for a crankshaft tolerance issue, while Rolls Royce brought in 25 Rolls Royce Ghosts and 81 Phantoms to repair a turbo cooling pump and braking system fault, respectively.


 
  • Westie

    Darwinian. Let the ugly thing burn!!!

    • Smart US

       legendary german engineering

      • Phil

        Did you just steal someone else’s schtick?

  • F1

    Cars with direct injection and turbo are usually short lived..

    That’s why VGroup is workin and coming up with new and different engines to make their cars more reliable/durable

    The 1.4 Twincharged with DI is DEAD

    Toyota has a sweet- spot with Direct+Port injection (D4-S)

    And Volkswagen has copied Toyota/Lexus with their D4-S

    • Imo

      Take your hand out of your pants & focus on what you’re saying.

  • Topsy Kretts

    “Panamera Turbo S tops the range after the Panamera, Panamera 4, Panamera 4S, Panamera S, Panamera 4S”, lolololololololol so many errors no mention of the diesel etc

  • Daniel

    I don’t know why people sensationalise recalls so much, it’s a small fault that they’ve owned up to and seeing as the Panamera hasn’t even been out for three years, they’ll all be fixed on warranty. I don’t see what it costing $445,000 has to do with anything. It’s not as if Porsche have a bad reliability history.

    • Phil

      History always has a starting point…

  • Nick

    Does the Panamera Turbo S costing $175,000 in US suffer the same issue?

    • Phil

      Can you afford one?

  • Nick

    On and what to we get again for the extra $265,000 again? Cheap Health insurance wasn’t it?

    • Phil

      Move then.

  • john

    After a quick glance and seeing panamera and recall in the heading I thought porsche had finally recalled the panamera to burn the shells and give it a body it deserves. Alas it was the drivetrain instead! The panamera is one damn good car hidden under a face that even a mother could not love! 

  • peddy.d

    I think it should say, “Consumers and robbers should contact their local porsche dealer to arrange for both turbochargers to be replaced.”

  • Edward

    I thought Lambo had trademarked the whole ‘catching on fire’ thing.