Porsche 991 Taillights Falling Off Is A Common Issue Among Early Examples | Carscoops carscoops
Some owners lost both taillights of their 991, while others found them hanging out of the casing. All of them said that they came off due to a broken plastic lug that was holding the taillights together. According to testimonies, Porsche changed the taillight mounting design in the 991 after the 2013 model year, adding a metal piece to keep it together even after the plastic cracks, melts, or fails.
Setting aside any design flaws, some people claim that the taillight falling off also has to do with improper servicing tactics. There are cases where the plastic lugs were already cracked, hinting at overtightened screws when the taillight was being refitted. Reading between the lines, we would double-check both of our taillight mounts if we drove a pre-2013 991 model, just to make sure we don’t lose them down the road.
Lights falling off is definitely not expected from a modern vehicle, especially at the price point of a 911. It is even weirder that it’s coming from a Porsche, since the German automaker is regularly praised for reliability and customer satisfaction in
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