The daughter of actor Paul Walker has filed a lawsuit against Porsche, claiming the car her father was in when he died had numerous design flaws.

Meadow Rain Walker, 16, is suing the company for unspecified damages, arguing that defects in the Porsche Carrera GT meant he was trapped in the vehicle after the 2013 crash.

The suit claims the car lacked a proper stability control system, as well as safeguards to protect passengers and stop it from catching fire after a crash.

Celebrity website TMZ claims to have seen the legal papers and that they allege the car had "a history of instability and control issues".

The lawsuit reportedly claims the actor became trapped because the car's seatbelt "snapped Walker's torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis" - meaning he could not escape the fire.

Porsche has so far not commented on the claims.

Walker, 40, died in the one-car crash in Santa Clarita, California, in November 2013.

He was on a break from filming the seventh instalment of the Fast & Furious film franchise at the time.

Walker had completed most of his scenes before his death, but Universal Pictures was forced to put production on hold to figure out how to continue filming without him.

The film was eventually released in the UK in April this year.