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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
WP0CA2987XU••••••1999 Porsche BOXSTER
This build draws 2.8× more complaints than the average 1999 Porsche BOXSTER build (5 vs 2).
5on this build
20on the model
11builds in total
Most reportedEngine And Engine Cooling 3Air Bags 2
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagsOct 2010
Porsche boxter airbag ( SRS) malfunction. Spontaneous deployment. Monday, oct.11 2010 approx. 2:00. Vehicle had been unused for 4 weeks. I attempted to start the veh. Battery was almost dead. No action from starter. Veh alarm sounded. Alarm remained blaring unless key was in #1…
Engine And Engine CoolingDec 2005
I had driven the car without incident to a store. When I tried to start the car later it would not start. It was determined by both an independent mechanic and a porsche dealer that the car had sustained catastrophic engine failure of an unknown origin. (they were not be able to…
Air BagsJan 2004
I have had a reoccuring airbag light coming on, the dealer has had it on 5 occasions, and the previous owner had it to two different dealers ons 4 occasions. I thought that the dealer had it repaired in january of 2003, then it came back on again in jan of 2004. The dealer…
Engine And Engine CoolingAug 1999
Engine lost power and failed. Diagnosis was that #3 cylinder "blew out." dealer replaced failed engine with remanufactured engine under warranty
Engine And Engine CoolingAug 1999
Catasrophic engine failure in heavy traffic resulting in loss of breaks and very heavy steering. Had this happened on the free way the results could have been fatal. Further more many other porsche boxster owners have had the same problem. Engine replaced under warranty
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN WP0CA2987XU620555 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.