Porsche starts recall of vehicles in China

Luxury carmaker Porsche (China) is recalling 218 vehicles in the Chinese mainland due to a design defect, the country's consumer quality watchdog said Friday.

The defect means that the driver will not have an accurate reading of how much fuel has been used

According to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the vehicles, including Cayenne, Cayenne S Hybrid, Cayenne GTS, are being recalled because of a software design defect in the vehicles' instrument panel system, reported Xinhua citing an official statement.

The company will recode instrument panels free of charge beginning Friday, it added.