Porsche 911 Dakar: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

911 Dakar sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the 911 Dakar on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Porsche 911 Dakar

Across every 911 Dakar model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Electrical System2 complaints across all 911 Dakar years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Unknown Or Other1 complaints across all 911 Dakar years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
• Fuel/Propulsion System1 complaints across all 911 Dakar years · typical job: Fuel pump or injector replacement$680–$1,620
• Engine1 complaints across all 911 Dakar years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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