Owners have filed 3 complaints on the Porsche 718 Boxster, covering 2017–2023. The system named most often is Service Brakes (1 reports). Worst years by volume: 2017, 2023; cleanest: 2023, 2017. 1 reports describe a crash. On average the car was 1.0 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Porsche 718 Boxster
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 3 718 Boxster complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Service Brakes 1 Read
I was traveling North on the 127 expressway in Michigan on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in my brand new Porsche Boxster. It is a manual transmission. There was not a lot of traffic. It was maybe around 4:00 pm and the weather was fine. In the distance I could see a lane closure marked by orange and white barrels. I was…
Wheels 1 Read
Rear tires are complete bald after 5000 miles. We have had car for over a year. Dealership has inspected and verified alignment is fine and there are no signs of aggressive driving. When we purchased vehicle parts were missing from rear tire and we had to wait for them to be replaced. The car is not drive able at his…
Visibility/wiper 1 Read
While driving with my wife at approximately 20 mph after making a right turn in the lane closet to the curb at night we heard a very loud bang that sounded like a gunshot. I pulled over about two blocks away and noticed my passenger side mirror was destroyed and the cover was missing as well as the mirror. The mirror…
718 Boxster years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Service Brakes | 1 | — | |
| 2017 | Visibility/wiper | — | — |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 3 |
| Average complaints per series | 1 |
| Worst single series | 1 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 1.0 years |
A model average of 1 hides a worst series at 1. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the 718 Boxster?
By complaint volume, 2017, 2023 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which 718 Boxster years are the cleanest?
2023, 2017 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Porsche 718 Boxster have?
3 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2017–2023. Of those, 1 describe a crash and 0 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.