Porsche halt sales of 19-23 used Taycans
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Got a warning on the app yesterday in relation to the issue and advising to contact dealer for inspection, and a recall notice through the post today setting out similar.
Notice advises to book an inspection and not charge over 80% until the inspection confirms no issue or there is an issue and the parts are changed. The inspection process needs to be repeated every 60days until a software update is available to take over the monitoring. That is expected to be available “second half of 2025”.
I read it as once the inspection is done, I can charge to full again for 60 days at which point it will need checking again.
Inspection is booked in 2weeks.
Can’t be that much of a risk, they only sent the notice by 2nd class!
Notice advises to book an inspection and not charge over 80% until the inspection confirms no issue or there is an issue and the parts are changed. The inspection process needs to be repeated every 60days until a software update is available to take over the monitoring. That is expected to be available “second half of 2025”.
I read it as once the inspection is done, I can charge to full again for 60 days at which point it will need checking again.
Inspection is booked in 2weeks.
Can’t be that much of a risk, they only sent the notice by 2nd class!
Am2050 said:
Got a warning on the app yesterday in relation to the issue and advising to contact dealer for inspection, and a recall notice through the post today setting out similar.
Notice advises to book an inspection and not charge over 80% until the inspection confirms no issue or there is an issue and the parts are changed. The inspection process needs to be repeated every 60days until a software update is available to take over the monitoring. That is expected to be available second half of 2025 .
I read it as once the inspection is done, I can charge to full again for 60 days at which point it will need checking again.
Inspection is booked in 2weeks.
Can t be that much of a risk, they only sent the notice by 2nd class!
Sounds like a LG battery issue again, but could be Porsche specific BMS, or other bits. Keep us posted please. Notice advises to book an inspection and not charge over 80% until the inspection confirms no issue or there is an issue and the parts are changed. The inspection process needs to be repeated every 60days until a software update is available to take over the monitoring. That is expected to be available second half of 2025 .
I read it as once the inspection is done, I can charge to full again for 60 days at which point it will need checking again.
Inspection is booked in 2weeks.
Can t be that much of a risk, they only sent the notice by 2nd class!
Just had my Taycan MOT'd at the main dealer. Whilst I was there. they performed the battery check and updated the battery management software and and also the remote update software. Good news - battery inspection came back as 'green'.
Bad news. When I got home I noticed the battery capacity has dropped nearly 30%, giving me a max range of just 175 miles. Turns out, Porsche have modified the code to reduce the battery capacity to ensure cars are safe. I am totally gobsmacked they have done this without telling me. When I called them to discuss this morning they eventually admitted this is what Porsche have done. Unbelievable. Not sure what to do now but 175miles of range is not very helpful. I did ask them to roll back the update but they refused.
Anybody else had the same?
Bad news. When I got home I noticed the battery capacity has dropped nearly 30%, giving me a max range of just 175 miles. Turns out, Porsche have modified the code to reduce the battery capacity to ensure cars are safe. I am totally gobsmacked they have done this without telling me. When I called them to discuss this morning they eventually admitted this is what Porsche have done. Unbelievable. Not sure what to do now but 175miles of range is not very helpful. I did ask them to roll back the update but they refused.
Anybody else had the same?
Wow, that’s crazy.
You should be able to claim against this then:
https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...
You should be able to claim against this then:
https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...
I have already . I think they have sneakily set the threshold so it s sits just above the warranty level; will do some maths. I wonder if the warranty is based on the useable capacity of 83.7 or the actual battery capacity of 93.4. Still thoroughly annoyed as I sit here using a public charger for journey that I would normally do without a stop. How been wondering if I should be charging to 80 of the new 100% which would be the square route of F all! Their comms are truly, truly dreadful.
Edited by Kippercheese on Saturday 31st May 18:15
Grantstown said:
I did check in another group and it seems that others have had this update and suffered no detriment to their range.
When JLR did a similar update to the iPace (same batch of possibly faulty LG batteries) it didn't affect range unless the tweaked BMS / software detected an issue with the battery.Johnson897210 said:
Always impressive to see how much the wannabes value the Porsche badge.
Personally a range sub 400 is fecking useless but the eco clowns consistently tell me the average driver only needs 80.
If a Taycan owner really has to do 400 miles without stopping then they will probably take one of their other cars Personally a range sub 400 is fecking useless but the eco clowns consistently tell me the average driver only needs 80.
Discombobulate said:
Johnson897210 said:
Always impressive to see how much the wannabes value the Porsche badge.
Personally a range sub 400 is fecking useless but the eco clowns consistently tell me the average driver only needs 80.
If a Taycan owner really has to do 400 miles without stopping then they will probably take one of their other cars Personally a range sub 400 is fecking useless but the eco clowns consistently tell me the average driver only needs 80.
Johnson897210 said:
Discombobulate said:
Johnson897210 said:
Always impressive to see how much the wannabes value the Porsche badge.
Personally a range sub 400 is fecking useless but the eco clowns consistently tell me the average driver only needs 80.
If a Taycan owner really has to do 400 miles without stopping then they will probably take one of their other cars Personally a range sub 400 is fecking useless but the eco clowns consistently tell me the average driver only needs 80.
I would be gutted if I had bought one to get an allocation on a GT car on which the OPC took the premium ... when they were a thing .... !!
I'm sure it's a problem that Porsche would not have wished ... but when I saw that even a 2.5mm (?) indentation in the battery case of one of these cars could write-off the battery, I did wonder about the thought behind their engineering design. And it would appear that as usual, the customer pays ??
I'm sure it's a problem that Porsche would not have wished ... but when I saw that even a 2.5mm (?) indentation in the battery case of one of these cars could write-off the battery, I did wonder about the thought behind their engineering design. And it would appear that as usual, the customer pays ??
Flying machine said:
Totally agree. I do similar 200mile+ journeys not infrequently for work and found the range on my old CT turbo to be a real nuisance, before this sort of nonsense from Porsche. There were several recalls in the 3 years I had the Taycan and I was very pleased to get rid of the car earlier this year.
I get this and would feel the same. Which is why - despite being what Johnson might describe as an eco-loon and EVangelist - I have kept ICE in the garage for such trips. But many of us don't do that sort of mileage. My wife and I do around 25,000 a year split between 2 EVs (majority) and two ICE. And the last time I did 400 miles in a single day was on a trip to the Alps last September (in the ICE). Indeed, we have now done around 70,000 mils in our EVs and only used public chargers around 10 times. So range - or lack of it - has never really been an issue for us. But I do understand that we are an exception.My advice to those who do cover big mileages is that if you need huge range to make life with an EV stress free - or can't charge at home - don't buy one, no matter how tempting the finances may make it look.
Reading this thread with interest, not because I own a Taycan, but because I'd love to own one for how they look and drive, but am once again reminded that with all of these new cars comes complexity, uncertaintly, unreliability and worst of all - a reliance (read dependency) on a main dealer, and I'm just not sure the juice is really worth the squeeze any more.
I drive old stuff now on the whole now which come from a simpler time that is tried and tested.
Sad really as you can't beat a modern day interior.
I drive old stuff now on the whole now which come from a simpler time that is tried and tested.
Sad really as you can't beat a modern day interior.
nickpan said:
Reading this thread with interest, not because I own a Taycan, but because I'd love to own one for how they look and drive, but am once again reminded that with all of these new cars comes complexity, uncertaintly, unreliability and worst of all - a reliance (read dependency) on a main dealer, and I'm just not sure the juice is really worth the squeeze any more.
I drive old stuff now on the whole now which come from a simpler time that is tried and tested.
Sad really as you can't beat a modern day interior.
your last point is one of the many reasons I dislike pretty much all modern carsI drive old stuff now on the whole now which come from a simpler time that is tried and tested.
Sad really as you can't beat a modern day interior.
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