December 29, 2004
Porsche is recalling the 911 Cabriolet sports car to check the roof mechanism.
Porsche said the recall affects 18,165 of the vehicles built between Aug. 11, 1993, and Jan. 26, 1998. The cars' soft tops could open unexpectedly at high speeds.
The carmaker said it did not know of any accidents or injuries attributed to the problem.
Porsche said it had at first assumed that an error in service was to blame for the fault in a car it was monitoring, as no such problem had shown up in normal quality control. After two further cases were reported in Germany, it established that a tear in the roof-winding drive was to blame.
