Porsche Panamera 2010–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TI-109-1 · NHTSA communication 10051671 · issued Jan 31, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Traction Control System
component
2010–2013
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Porsche: the porsche traction management (ptm) is transmitting too much drive torque to front axle, and this increases wear on ring gear and pinion shaft toothing and front axle final drive makes noises.. Models 2010-2014 panamera 4, 4s, gts. *pe
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.