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• Over 12,500 Fisker Ocean owners have a new issue
• The Ocean’s exterior door handles could stick and fail to open
• Fisker has filed for bankruptcy

Fisker is recalling 12,523 Ocean electric SUVs globally because of an issue that could cause exterior door handles to stick and fail to open, the company announced Friday.

The recall encompasses 8,204 vehicles in the U.S., 513 in Canada, and 3,806 in Europe, according to a company press release. In the U.S., Oceans were delivered as both 2023 and 2024 models. Fisker estimates that 2.5% of vehicles could have the defect, which the company attributes to a “malfunctioning mechanism.”

Fisker Ocean

Fisker will inspect all four exterior door handles on affected vehicles with a “specialized force checking tool” provided by the supplier of the door handles, and will replace them if necessary, free of charge.

Owner letters are expected to be mailed August 30. Owners can also contact Fisker at 1-844-347-5371 and reference recall number TSB55062401, or contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at 1-888-327-4236. The NHTSA’s reference number for this recall is 24V466000.

2023 Fisker Ocean

This is the third recall of the Ocean in this month alone, and the NHTSA has four open investigations into issues related to the vehicles, according to Reuters. Fisker, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, contracted assembly and some development work to Magna, which built the Ocean at the same Austrian factory where the Jaguar I-Pace is assembled.

Ocean production was slow to ramp up, but once it did, sales were even slower. Left with a glut of undelivered EVs, Fisker paused production in March as it sought to draw down inventory and seek additional funding. Around the same time, Fisker slashed prices by up to $24,000 while, with concerns about quality issues already creeping in, Tesla began freezing Oceans out as trade-ins.

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• Porsche recalled 31,689 Taycans model years 2022 to 2025
• The recall stems from an issue with the front brake hoses
• Porsche will notify owners beginning July 3

Porsche is recalling 31,689 Taycan models due to the potential for faulty front brake hoses that can crack and leak fluid.

The affected vehicles include those from model years 2020 to 2025, from when the Taycan was first introduced right up to the current model year, which saw an updated Taycan range.

These vehicles have front brakes hoses that may become stressed at the point of minimum bending radius, potentially leading to damage of the hoses’ inner fabric liner, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall report. This stress can occur when the hoses are compressed during “certain steering and driving conditions,” the report said.

2025 Porsche Taycan

“The safety of our customers is of paramount importance,” a Porsche spokesperson told Green Car Reports. “Out of abundance of caution, Porsche recently decided to conduct a recall to replace front brake hoses in the affected Porsche Taycan vehicles due to potential for a leak. If this occurs the driver is alerted via notification messages in the instrument cluster. Customers will be notified in due course, and the remedy will be free of charge.”

2025 Porsche Taycan

Dashboard warning messages may include “brake fluid low” or “PSM failure.” The new brake hoses being installed by dealers have an increased bending radius. These new hoses were also implemented in production on May 13, 2024, so vehicles built after that date already have them from the factory.

Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on July 3. Owners looking for further information can contact Porsche at 1-800-767-7243 or visit Porsche’s recall page. Owners can also call the NHTSA at 1-888-327-4236. The agency’s reference number for this recall is 24V455000.

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