Porsche Is Recalling Caymans And Boxsters Because Their Spoilers Go Too High

Usually, if a recall letter lands in your letterbox, it’s something to take pretty seriously on your car and one to get sorted as soon as you can. Occasionally though, a few amusing reasons to bring a car back in pop up - like in the case of some Porsche spoilers popping up too far.

A recall notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states 53 examples of 718s sold in the US, both in Cayman and Boxster flavour, have defective rear wings.

According to Porsche, “due to improper re-coding of the rear vehicle electronics control unit” the active wing on a run of GTS and S models made between July and September 2023 have their active wings going higher than the proper spec when deploying. It says that the software was manually re-coded by an employee despite having the on the production line proper software initially.

You may be thinking “Oh no, my spoiler looks bigger, what a shame” and while that’s a valid point, Porsche has raised a couple of reasons for the recall. The first is that it blocks the third brake light, which is a potential safety hazard in itself, but also that the car’s aerodynamics may be affected, “increasing the risk of a crash”.

Owners will soon be informed if their cars are affected, which will need to be re-coded by a Porsche dealer. It’ll come at no extra cost, as Porsche states “all of the affected vehicles are still covered under Porsche New Car Limited Warranty.”

Porsche hasn’t stated if the recall affects any cars outside of the US market and, at least at the time of writing, no notice has been publicly published by the UK’s DVSA.