MODELYEARINDEX

Porsche Cayenne

172 complaints across 5 scored model years and 15 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Porsche Cayenne Full report
D
Grade 2014–2021
2019 vs model median 1.2×
Model median3× median
Electrical 8
Driver Assist 6
Lights & Visibility 4
Avoid

2019

Best

2016 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2014
1.36× 23 C
2016
1.00× 19 C
2019
1.21× 28 D
2020
1.00× 16 C
2021
0.61× 17 B
2023 P
1.09× 11 B
2025 P
1.11× 13 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG19
City / Highway17 / 23
Engine3L, 6 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$4,000

Recalls

15 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
22V656000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS 2014, 2016 222,858
25V896000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019–2025 172,107
16V169000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES 2014, 2016 88,300
19V735000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2019, 2020 44,128
19V115000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2019 14,110
20V271000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES 2020 1,805
21V271000 SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY 2021 1,568
22V040000 SUSPENSION:REAR 2021 1,241

+ 7 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2019 Cayenne
Complaints in window
28
Severity-weighted
34
Model median (weighted)
28
vs model median
1.21×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
6
Open investigations
0
Score 54.7 D