The 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera has 3 recalls, the most serious being an airbag that can deploy without a crash, triggered by voltage spikes from ordinary electrical components like the horn relay, posing a direct injury risk to the driver.
The exhaust tailpipes have a separate concern: the decorative cover sleeves may have been attached with only two weld points instead of the required four, which can allow them to work loose at speed and fall onto the road as a hazard for other vehicles or pedestrians. There is also a compliance recall involving a passenger side mirror label applied with an incorrect font size, which means the standard warning text reminding drivers that objects are closer than they appear may not meet the required specifications.