Various parts of the car intermittently rattle while driving. Primarily affects door panels.
Summary
Value
First reported
March 2021
Most recent report
December 2022
Total confirmed cases
37
Affected years
2020, 2021, 2022
Affected models
All
Cause of problem
Poor fit of the door panel and the fact that it is not held tightly with screws or plastic rivets.
A significant gap exists between the panel and the door chassis, and the door panel can move and rattle.
The rattle is due to how Porsche assembled the door panels, using something like hot glue to hold certain pieces together. The problem is that this glue separates, resulting in interior door panel parts that should be held tightly together now vibrating while driving, going over bumps, or even listening to music. Porsche has since changed the way they hold the door panels together using rivets instead of this glue-like material. This may require replacing your doors, though.
Could also be due to "faulty plastic bonds on door panel".
Action needed
This might be a known issue with Porsche that requires exchange of the door insides.
Due to the infrequency of the rattle and/or the context required to make it happens, dealers often
aren't able to reproduce the problem and won't be able to fix it. If the dealer is able to fix it,
one reported fix is to remove the b pillar cover and pack in "foam".
Another dealer attempted to fix this with the following write-up:
TO PROPERLY FIX CONCERN WE HAVE TO REMOVE ALL 4 DOOR PANELS.
TO PROPERLY CORRECT ISSUE REMOVED ALL INTERIOR DOOR PANELS.
UPON REMOVING FRONT DOOR PANELS THE UPPER RETAINING CLIPS WEREN'T INSERTED CORRECTLY ONTO DOOR PANEL.
PROPERLY REINSTALLED FRONT DOOR PANELS AND VERIFIED ALL GUIDE TABS WERE INSERTED PROPERLY UPON INSPECTING AND REMOVING REAR DOOR PANELS THE GUIDE TABS ON PANELS WERE INSERTED CORRECTLY ONTO DOOR CAUSING THE GAP BETWEEN DOORS AND PANEL TO BE VISABLE, INSPECTED ALL TABS AND ALL WERE IN CONTACT.
But this did not fix the problem.
As a self-fix, you can insert foam pieces into the door panel gaps: instructions.
Summary of problem
Various parts of the car intermittently rattle while driving. Primarily affects door panels.
Cause of problem
Action needed
This might be a known issue with Porsche that requires exchange of the door insides.
Due to the infrequency of the rattle and/or the context required to make it happens, dealers often aren't able to reproduce the problem and won't be able to fix it. If the dealer is able to fix it, one reported fix is to remove the b pillar cover and pack in "foam".
Another dealer attempted to fix this with the following write-up:
But this did not fix the problem.
As a self-fix, you can insert foam pieces into the door panel gaps: instructions.
Amazon products:
Sound deadening on the panels can reduce rattling while also potentially improving audio quality. Learn more
Related threads
Cars affected (reverse chronological)