Open safety recalls, the components owners report failing most often, crash-test results and running costs for the 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet — assembled from NHTSA and EPA records.
Everything on this page applies to the model as a whole. Run its 17-character VIN to decode that exact car — its engine, trim, assembly plant and factory equipment — alongside these records. Free, no account.
Run a VIN →Recalls and complaints are filed against a specific model year, so figures differ from one year to the next even within a single generation. See every Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet year.
No EPA fuel-economy match for this model (naming may differ or it predates EPA records).
Rated configuration: 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet w/SAB
The parts named most often across 1 owner complaintfiled with NHTSA for this make, model and year — the closest free answer to “what is likely to go wrong?”
Complaints are self-reported and skew toward problems people find alarming, so treat this as where to look, not a defect rate.
I AM FILING THE REPORT OUT OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY, NOT ONLY OF MYSELF AND FAMILY, BUT OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE FAILURE OF THE COOLANT LINES WOULD DISPERSE COOLANT RAPIDLY ONTO THE ROAD CAUSING EXTREME SLIPPERY CONDITIONS CREATING A SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE UNCONTROLLABLE. *TR
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