FaultScore

Worst years for a Porsche Macan

Owners have filed 304 complaints about the Porsche Macan with NHTSA across model years 2015 to 2025. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2017 Porsche Macan

74 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2016 Porsche Macan

31 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Porsche Macan year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 C 17 6 1 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 C 16 4 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 9 2 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 9 0 0 Electrical System
2021 C 16 8 1 Brakes
2020 C 31 1 1 18,000 Lights
2019 C 24 3 0 Lights
2018 D 46 0 2 27,000 Airbags
2017 F 74 6 3 15,000 Airbags
2016 A 31 0 0 48,600 Airbags
2015 B 31 0 0 63,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Porsche Macan

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 54 17.8%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2020

Brakes 28 9.2%

Worst in 2017

Lights 27 8.9%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2017

Steering 20 6.6%

Worst in 2017

Other & Unspecified 18 5.9%

Worst in 2018

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 4.9%

Worst in 2015

Fuel & Propulsion 15 4.9%

Worst in 2018

Body & Structure 13 4.3%

Worst in 2015

Acceleration & Cruise Control 8 2.6%

Worst in 2017

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 8 2.6%

Worst in 2017

Seat Belts 4 1.3%

Worst in 2018

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Porsche Macan, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2014 peak 14 Aug 2026

Compare the Porsche Macan

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.