Porsche 718 Boxster 2009–2020 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin No. 41-20 · NHTSA communication 10175897 · issued May 1, 2020

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Electrical System

component

2009–2020

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Instructions for how to perform a software update on the Control unit for the auxiliary alarm system in the event that the vehicle will not start.

Vehicles covered

2017 Porsche 718 Boxster
2018 Porsche 718 Boxster
2019 Porsche 718 Boxster
2017 Porsche 718 Cayman
2018 Porsche 718 Cayman
2019 Porsche 718 Cayman
2012 Porsche 911
2013 Porsche 911
2014 Porsche 911
2015 Porsche 911
2016 Porsche 911
2017 Porsche 911
2018 Porsche 911
2019 Porsche 911
2020 Porsche 911
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
2016 Porsche 918 Spyder
2009 Porsche Cayenne
2010 Porsche Cayenne
2011 Porsche Cayenne
2012 Porsche Cayenne
2013 Porsche Cayenne
2014 Porsche Cayenne
2015 Porsche Cayenne
2016 Porsche Cayenne
2017 Porsche Cayenne
2018 Porsche Cayenne
2019 Porsche Cayenne
2020 Porsche Cayenne
2014 Porsche Macan
2015 Porsche Macan
2016 Porsche Macan
2017 Porsche Macan
2018 Porsche Macan
2019 Porsche Macan
2020 Porsche Macan
2010 Porsche Panamera
2011 Porsche Panamera
2012 Porsche Panamera
2013 Porsche Panamera
2014 Porsche Panamera
2015 Porsche Panamera
2016 Porsche Panamera
2017 Porsche Panamera
2018 Porsche Panamera
2019 Porsche Panamera
2020 Porsche Panamera

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.