Faulty Panamera?
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Till135

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116 posts

162 months

Sunday 30th July 2017
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Hi all. Purchased my Panamera GTS '65 plate around 5 weeks ago from the main dealer. Within a week I noticed that the sport exhaust on/off wasn't working and the coast function didn't work. Took it in and also found that they couldn't connect it with the Porsche car connect app (v minor but odd?).
Couldn't get it sorted quickly as we were going on hols. So it went in on Thursday. Sports exhaust is fixed, they can't get the car to work with the app but the main thing is they can't see what's wrong with "coast". Referred it to Porsche Germany Friday am but had not heard back by the end of Friday.
This is a v low mileage car (3500miles), x-Porsche Reading employee car.
Do I need to start getting suspicious? Has anyone else had issues with Coast? In my complete paranoid mind, do I need to start getting twitchy about potential rejection of car?
Any thoughts?

qwick69

324 posts

120 months

Monday 31st July 2017
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My 2017 Panamera Turbo takes ages for the coast feature to work. It wont kick in until about 30 miles of driving. But to be honoust, it doesnt really bother me. Economy isnt my prime objective when driving the car.

George Smiley

5,048 posts

110 months

Monday 31st July 2017
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Sorry for slight hijack but

1.) App for the panamera?
2.) What does the sports exhaust sound like as considering an upgrade for my 4s

Hope you get yours sorted soon

Till135

Original Poster:

116 posts

162 months

Monday 31st July 2017
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Interesting then. The sports exhaust was an easy fix (and it does sound brilliant btw), the Porsche Car Connect app is now working (whether I use it or not is a different matter) BUT the funny thing is that the Coast function does not exist on the GTS. Porsche Germany got in contact with the main dealer and pointed out that this function never existed on the GTS. So there we are. Nobody knew that. I didn't want it for economy, it was simply that if it should work then I expected it to work.
Phew!! Will be extremely glad and happy to pick the beast back up later.

George Smiley

5,048 posts

110 months

Monday 31st July 2017
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Glad yours is sorted

Will prob get the exhaust fitted but alas mine predates the app.