Porsche Macan Electrical Problems
86 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 9 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2017. Best year: 2024.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
I was involved in an accident October 12, 2021 in which the passenger side of my car was hit. The damage was from the front passenger door to the rear bumper. The total damage to date 02/18/2022 is approximately $25K. In the incident - n...
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 ...
I have a non working passenger side headlight. No indication on my interior alert system that there is a problem with my headlight. I have read that Porsche is aware of this problem on their vehicles.
Right headlight assembly (low beam) stops working properly. Running light and high beam works fine but not the low beam. Installed a replacement bought on ebay which worked for a few months but the same issue eventually reappeared.
The right passenger headlight which is supposed to be an LED light was out 1. early for an LED light and 2. without any notification. The lack of notification put both me and other drivers at harm Seems to be a known issue for the 2020...
My 2019 Porsche Macan S driver side low beam lamp failed. As this vehicle is so advanced, it is failing to report headlamp failures. It is safety concern because during the nights it can create blind spots and opposite traffic failed t...
The backup camera will flip upside down or go completely blank or not work at all. I had my car in reverse and the camera didn’t come on and one time I flipped upside down and now it don’t work at all.
I want to report a series of premature material and component failures on my 2019 Porsche Macan (under the VIN given in this claim). In September 2025, our vehicle suffered a complete internal LED headlight blowout. When I explicitly a...
I am filing a consumer protection complaint regarding a manufacturer defect and safety-related failure involving my 2020 Porsche Macan S. My vehicle experienced a complete LED headlight assembly failure, resulting in loss of illumination...
Passenger low beam led stopped functioning at 39k, with no warning light of it ceasing to function. Safety of passengers and driver were at risk. Went through diagnostics at dealership, diagnosed to need a complete headlight assembly re...
Water intrusion into the rear of the vehicle flooded due to a manufacturers defect. this area houses the battery and other electrical wiring. The water created a potential electrocution and short of much of the wiring, but the rust c...
Passenger low beam headlight does not work. There is no “fault” message under “exterior lighting” indicating a problem with headlight.