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What 7 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Porsche Cayman S

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (7)Airbags (3)Seat belts (2)Electrical system (1)Engine (1)Fuel system (1)Lights (1)Steering (1)Visibility & wipers (1)

1 of 7 complaints match · Lights · clear filters

Sep 16, 2024Lights

Tail lamps are prone to hairline cracks difficult to see, when driven in rain or car wash tail lamp floods and causes electrical system to short circuit resulting in death or accident in inclement weather due to low visibility.

NHTSA ODI 11614898

Working with the data? Download all 7 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 27, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2016 Porsche Cayman S verdict →