Porsche Taycan Complaints

178 consumer complaints on file.

#11507680February 16, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I was driving at high speed on the freeway when, suddenly and without warning, the vehicle lost all power. A message reading “Electrical System Error Park Vehicle in a Safe Place”. I was able to glide across five lanes in rush hour traffic to the breakdown lane.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11506332February 8, 2023
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Cabin Heat not working at all. Fan blows but the cabin does not get warm.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11505223February 2, 2023
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Heater is not working. Causing dangerous conditions with windows fogging up.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11504373January 30, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
Vehicle heat all of sudden not working. Thus, unable to operate vehicle due to condensation on windows limiting visibility, in addition to cold cabin air. Car dropped off at Porsche dealer, and they confirmed no part availability to fix this widespread issue with Taycans.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11504074January 27, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
High voltage heater unit stopped working. Unable to defog front windshield leading to dangerous loss of visibility, in addition to unable to heat cabin. I see LOTS of similar reports online. At dealer, awaiting part which will take weeks.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11501045January 10, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
Several times when driving (3) the vehicle loses all power and stops. Warning error messages are displayed on the dashboard screen ("Electrical system error") and "Engine Control Error" This is a dangerous situation, as the car suddenly just went dead on the middle of the highway. with cars having to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting my vehicle. The vehicle has been in the Porsche dealer once to have this issue rectified, but has happened again twice since that time.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11499810January 2, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Heater randomly stopped working, defrost won't function and that will cause a safety concern
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11499717January 2, 2023
VISIBILITY/WIPER
The heating unit and defrosting unit fail on the Porsche Taycans. I have seen this in other Porsche Taycans and it is nearly impossible to see through the windshield when it fails. I had to cautiously limp it to a Porsche dealership due to not being able to see out of the front windshield. There were no warning lamps or messages displayed simply zero heat and the driver side and passenger side windshield areas immediately fog up and it is impossible for it to be reduced.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11498168December 19, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I have 71 documented cases of Porsche Taycan heating systems failing at https://github.com/evstatus/PorscheTaycan/issues/1 The issue affects all Taycan models going as far back as 2020. This is a safety issue that requires that the car be flatbed towed when the heating system fails, as it affects the ability to effectively defrost and defog the windows in cold environments.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11498160December 19, 2022
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Cabin heater in the car failed during very cold temperatures. Making the windows fog up considerably. Limiting my trips to short distances until this problem can be fixed due the safety concern of the windows fogging during longer trips. No warnings to the failure, dealer is aware of this being a common issue on the Taycan.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11497731December 16, 2022
VISIBILITY/WIPER
No windshield defrosting and defogging in my 2022 Taycan 4S (purchased new a year ago). Impaired visibility. No heat in passenger compartment. Dealer found electric heater failed and needed replacement. The high-voltage electric in-line heater heats the coolant used for windshield defrosting and defogging, as well as passenger compartment heat. See attachment for system description. The Taycan electric heater is a critical vehicle component to ensure visibility and avoid crashes. In the last 2 years, over 70 Taycan owners (US, Canada, Europe) have reported Taycan electric heater failures in online forums. Three owners have had a second Taycan heater failure a year after the first heater was replaced. Taycan model years 2020, 2021 and 2022. See attachment for owner online posts with URLs.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11496955December 11, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
While driving my Porsche Taycan 2021 (5000 miles) Nov 4th, 2022, at highway speeds on I-15 to Vegas, the instrument cluster started flashing "Electric System Error" and instructed me to park in safe place immediately and call Roadside Assistance. I had to park on the hard shoulder and wait for a tow truck. It was scary as there were big rigs passing my every 10-20 seconds. Car was towed to the Porsche dealer in Vegas. Upon inspection it was found that the "High Voltage Converter" had malfunctioned and had to be replaced. This is very concerning that a critical EV component can fail in new car, which had done just over 5000 miles. Dealer replaced the component and now the vehicle is running fine but I am very skeptical to take the car out on long drives.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11496914December 11, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
Spontaneous shutdown of the vehicle while driving. Critical failure of motility while driving. Driving at 50km per hour extremely dangerous as car just shutdown and I had to try to roll off the road but it died so I had to put it in neutral and push it by hand on a busy road. Car has been at the dealer for 3 weeks now. The spontaneous shut occurred and a red light came on.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11495919December 3, 2022
POWER TRAIN
There have been four total episodes when the car would not accelerate when the acceleration pedal was pressed. The last time it happened (late October 2022) the acceleration was very sluggish and I barely made it home. This happened on a residential street, and continued for 10+ minutes. If this power loss occurred on a highway, it could have lead to a very dangerous situation. There were no errors/warnings on dash. I brought the car for service to address this issue on Nov 2nd to Porsche Irvine. They told me that they identified a problem and had to replace "rear control unit" but since it's not available, they cannot provide ETA and car is still in service for 30 days now.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11490582October 24, 2022
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The display is one LED unified panel and it goes dark and loses its ability to function while the car is in motion. It will prompt you to reboot while the car is in motion. In order to reboot the system driver must lean forward toward the passenger seat left portion of the screen and take 1 hand off the wheel to reboot and takes ones eyes away from the view plane of the road for more than 5 seconds
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11490080October 19, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The vehicle has stalled out repeatedly while driving. When starting from an intersection it will lose all power and a turtle icon shows up on the screen and the car will not move more than 5 MPH. After rolling to a stop, and restarting the car drives okay. Then a few days or a week, month later, it happens again. Also, the PCM repeatedly weekly, fails to boot up and I have no backup camera or controls of the car. The dealer erases codes and gives the car back, they don't know what's wrong.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11489455October 16, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
New car was dead on arrival due to electrical system error. Still not able to fixed after 2 months.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11487362October 1, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
When driving the vehicle, the center console screen (the Porsche Communication Manager), spontaneously went blank/black. The screen appeared to reboot while the car was on and froze with the word "PORSCHE" across the center screen. The screen inoperable while the car was in motion. The navigation, climate control, back-up camera, radio, and many other controls are all utilize through this center touch screen. Those were all inoperable until the car was stopped, turned-off, and then turned on again.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11485935September 22, 2022
POWER TRAIN, BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
The car experiences issue, after issue, including but not limited to collision alert warning not functioning, lane change assist failure, and the alarm sounding (disturbing the peace). As Porsche fixes the issues one by one, other matters emerge. The latest is the antania, and communications.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11478768August 11, 2022
BACK OVER PREVENTION
The contact owns a 2022 Porsche Taycan. The contact had experienced a failure when he lost power on the road. The vehicle was an electric vehicle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V404000 (Power Train, Back Over Prevention) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure milage was not available. Parts distribution disconnect.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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