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What 6 owners told NHTSA about the 2023 Porsche Macan S Diesel

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 (6)Crash / fire / injury (4)Driver assistance (3)Airbags (1)Brakes (1)Engine (1)Speed control (1)

1 of 6 complaints match · Airbags · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Jan 25, 2024Airbags1 injury

Car sensor showed collision happening, without any external car onsite on a highway. And after pulling the car onto a safe place on the shoulder, upon hitting park gear the side rail airbags deployed. No accident happened to the car but airbags deployed unprovoked causing neck and face injuries to driver. Diagnostic report showed no damage to externally or undercarriage damage, with airbags deploying 18sec after sensor malfunction

NHTSA ODI 11567819

Working with the data? Download all 6 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 2023 Porsche Macan S Diesel verdict →