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When the first Porsche Taycan launched in late 2019, it was an instant hit. Then, the company’s first fully electric car, the Taycan (meaning spirited young horse), outsold the company’s flagship sports car in the first 9 months of 2021. But by the end of 2021, there were already a multitude of complaints about the first two models, most of them about the electrical system.
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Contents
- 1| NHTSA Complaints for the 2021 Porsche Taycan
- 2| Most Common Problems with the 2021 Porsche Taycan
- 3| 2021 Porsche Taycan Electrical System Problems
- 4| 2021 Porsche Taycan Backover Prevention Problems
- 5| 2021 Porsche Forward Collision Avoidance Problems
- 6| What to do if Your 2021 Porsche Taycan is a Lemon? Your Lemon Rights
- 7| Complaint Data
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NHTSA Complaints for the 2021 Porsche Taycan
| Complaint Category | Number of Complaints |
|---|---|
| Electrical System | |
| Electrical System:propulsion System | |
| Power Train | |
| Engine | |
| Visibility/wiper | |
| Back Over Prevention: Warnings | |
| Service Brakes | |
| Unknown Or Other | |
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings | |
| Air Bags |
Most Common Problems with the 2021 Porsche Taycan
The United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) records include complaints made between October 2020 and December 2021. Of these, 42 relate to the electrical system. This is a real worry for an all-electric vehicle.
Many Taycan owners have reported complaints to Lemberg Law of vehicles randomly shutting down while running. Some display an electric system error warning and others simply lose power suddenly. Read our detailed post on Taycan power loss issues.
Other common problems relate to the powertrain, engine and engine cooling, back over prevention, and forward collision avoidance. The 8 complaints relating to engines, engine cooling, and powertrain all link to electrical system errors.
Additionally, 2021 complaints include problems with airbags, service brakes, and visibility/wipers.
2021 Porsche Taycan Electrical System Problems
Of the 27 complaints registered by NHTSA for the 2021 model, 17 involve the electrical system. More than 10,000 Taycans were recalled in July 2021 because a software error can cause loss of motive power. Dealers must reprogram the power electronics and engine control unit free of charge.
But electrical system problems continue, and they aren’t only a loss of motive power. For instance, a complaint about deceleration points out there had previously been an error in pre-cooling the air con.
One particularly serious complaint describes how two people were injured when the airbags in a 2021 Taycan didn’t deploy. The components involved are listed by NHTSA as the electrical system and airbags.
While this is the only accident reported to NHTSA, several complaints describe near misses, with drivers swerving to avoid other cars. One complainant whose car was only two weeks old, with less than 750 miles on the clock, got several electrical system errors. “I am afraid for my safety because if this happens on the road or in traffic, there will be no way of moving this car out of the way.”
In another complaint, a Taycan owner states that a car with 1,234 miles on the clock started shuddering before it stalled and displayed “electrical system error, park vehicle in a safe place.” The next day they were notified of the recall mentioned above. The dealer tried to repair the car several times, without success and it remained with the dealer. At the time of the complaint on 31 July 2021, the owner was still without a vehicle.
Apart from shutting off, some cars won’t start, sometimes, but not always, after shutting down.
2021 Porsche Taycan Backover Prevention Problems
The main complaint about backover prevention relates to the rear camera. This is also a big issue discussed on the Taycan forum. Some believe that these problems are also software-related.
2021 Porsche Forward Collision Avoidance Problems
Instead of an electrical system alert, Taycan owners complain that they see a collision warning alert. One driver who said there weren’t any vehicles close to the car when this happened told the dealer it could happen if “I don’t have both hands on the wheel.”
According to the complaint, Porsche was unable to solve the problem despite acknowledging they had received several similar complaints. They said, “that they reviewed the log, they have never seen or heard of the problem and that they don’t know what may have caused it.”
What to do if Your 2021 Porsche Taycan is a Lemon? Your Lemon Rights
If you find you have bought a lemon you can try and negotiate a settlement with Porsche. But, as some Taycan owners discover, it’s not that easy.
After several unsuccessful attempts to have his powertrain repaired, one Taycan owner told NHTSA he had decided to take Porsche on: “At this point, I do not think they know, for sure, what is wrong with the car. I have requested that Porsche North America buy back the car so I can buy another one. They keep telling me to be patient while they investigate and go through their processes.”
But, after 6 weeks of waiting, he reported he hadn’t made any progress.
Instead of hitting your head against a brick wall, rather contact Lemberg Law and let us take care of negotiations. We have helped many car owners get cash settlements, replacement vehicles, and/or buy-back agreements from manufacturers. And it costs you nothing because the law makes Porsche cover the legal bill.
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Complaint Data
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Mar 08, 2023 |
| State | CT |
| Description | No heater for cabin or front windshield defroster, available for inspection. Ice build up in inside limiting visibility taking care in but need to wait 4 weeks for appointment. Has not been inspected yet. No warnings just cold air blowing. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 02, 2023 |
| State | KY |
| Description | The brakes fail in wet conditions. Porsche taycan has 2 brake systems- light braking is regenerative braking (converting mechanical energy into electricity) and for heavier braking the mechanical disc brakes take over in this failure situation in wet conditions pressing the brake pedal does very little to slow the car. During these failure situations, there is 0 regenerative braking occurring. Normally if there is 0 regen braking mechanical brakes engage at 1% brake pedal press so the entirety of the brake pedal engages the mechanical brakes. During this failure situation, the mechanical braking system does not engage early so it does not begin to engage until near the end of the brake pedal travel. During this failure event, the mechanical brakes are only at minimal stopping power (+/- 20%). It has been compared to the first stop after getting a car washed– one must ‘jam on' their brakes in order to get their car to stop, after which it tends to stop well. Cars come from the car wash at 1-3 mph, so 10-20% braking power does not put the user in jeopardy. In these failure situations the porsche taycan only has 10-20% stopping power while travelling ‘at speed' on normal roadways the first time this happened I was approaching a stop light in traffic. If the turn lane weren't empty I would have crashed into the cars ahead of me; I jerked the car into the turn lane & eventually came to a stop, with the brake pedal pressed in at 100% for the entire time. It happens at speeds from 3-50 mph it has been reproduced with myself in the car by porsche service, and by other people in their cars, it was reproduced on my car and all other taycans on the lot at the dealer – each car did it the dealer has done ‘everything in their power' but it is still happening. I was told porsche na was investigating on their wet track at their atlanta hq, but that the cars ‘tested as designed' no warning messages or errors –the regen braking gauge always shows 0% while this happens |
| Category | Electrical System, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Feb 17, 2023 |
| State | IL |
| Description | On december 29, 2022, the heater unit in the car failed. This caused ice to form on the inside of the car, all windows. Winter in chicago. Dealer said they are aware of other tacans having this came issue but there are no parts available and could be 4 to 6 weeks for parts. It is now february 15th and still no parts and the car is unsafe to drive as you can not see out of the windows. If you look on the website in europe there are reported over 800 of these cars with the same issue and now audi is having the same issue. These cars are unsafer and should be removed from the roads. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Feb 08, 2023 |
| State | DC |
| Description | Cabin heat not working at all. Fan blows but the cabin does not get warm. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine |
| Date | Jan 10, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Jan 02, 2023 |
| State | UT |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Dec 11, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Dec 11, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Dec 03, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Rearview System Braking, Back Over Prevention: Warnings, Power Train |
| Date | Sep 22, 2022 |
| State | HI |
| Description | 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. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jul 31, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Driving at night at ~72 mph on a 65 mph divided highway with no traffic nearby the collision warning message appeared on the dash and the car noticeably slowed perhaps 5-10 mph. Then the msg cleared itself and the trip was completed otherwise uneventfully. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine |
| Date | Jul 06, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | November 27,2021 electrical system failure . Car was parked in a parking lot . Red system failure error . After 30 minutes the car started and I drove it to town motors porsche , englewood nj (purchase dealer). They had car for ~ 3 weeks and "everything is fine." july 6th 2022: identical electrical systems failure . Again while car was parked in my garage . Car started on its own several hours later . Drove car to town englewood porsche , englewood nj . The car is clearly unsafe and I do not feel comfortable driving this car. I do not want to be the first casualty because it fails on a highway . Porsche needs to take ownership . Taycan forum online clearly show that this is an issue with this car . |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 24, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The taycan offers what porsche calls porsche innodrive (pid). Pid once activated, the car uses navigation information and road signs to automatically adjust the vehicle's speed to the speed limit of the road. In some instances, the system speed freezes at, e. G., 50 mph and no longer adjusts to the speed limit of the road. When this happens, the vehicle will accelerate to the speed it froze at. I have experienced this multiple times. See attached image. The car indicates that it would accelerate to 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. This has happened multiple times, with speeds frozen at 65 mph. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 24, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | This vehicle is fully electric, and it uses regeneration while braking. With regeneration on, the braking distance is much shorter than without. The driver does not have any means to turn regeneration off while braking. In some instances, the first time the braking system is engaged, regeneration does not kick in, and the braking distance is unexpectedly longer than usual. This has always happened after the car was off for a while and only during the first hard braking. I captured a video of one of these instances. |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 24, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The taycan offers what porsche calls porsche innodrive (pid). Pid once activated, the car uses navigation information and road signs to automatically adjust the vehicle's speed to the maximum speed limit of the road. In some locations, the vehicle abruptly reduces its speed because pid misreads a truck speed limit sign, e. G.: the vehicle is moving at 65 mph, then it abruptly reduces the speed to 35 mph, which can cause another closely following vehicle to crash into the taycan. |
| Category | Electrical System, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Feb 23, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | Electrical system error message appeared when I turned on the car. I exited and locked the car in an attempt to reset the system. I tried this several times with no success so I attempted to call for a tow. After waiting 20 minutes I tried again to exit the car and lock it. This time when I reentered the car it started and I drove home. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Warnings |
| Date | Dec 02, 2021 |
| State | PA |
| Description | The park assist system frequently throws a warning that the system is malfunctioning & requires service. During this time the system does not in fact work. However, the system will work again after the car has been turned off for a while, so it seems like the error message is wrong and it's more of a software problem then a hardware problem that requires service. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Sensing System: Camera |
| Date | Oct 28, 2021 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Rearview camera picture quality is poor, even in ideal weather conditions. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Oct 11, 2021 |
| State | FL |
| Description | On august 28, 2021, I was on I-75 in light traffic going about 70 mph when a red alert on my screen appeared that said, “collision warning.†it remained illuminated for about 3 seconds, then disappeared. It startled me because I didn't know what evasive action to take. There were no vehicles even close to me. I also continue to receive "driver attention required" warnings from time to time. My dealer told me that can happen if I don't have both hands on the wheel. In all instances, I had both hands tightly on the wheel. I sent an email to my dealer's manager with a request that he document this with porsche corporate and that I receive a written response that includes the number of owners reporting a similar event to porsche, porsche's attempts to ascertain a cause, porsche's determination of the probable cause and porche's proposed remedy. He replied, "I've escalated your concerns to pcna." they asked me to take my 2021 taycan rwd in for them to download the event log for analysis. I did that. Hearing nothing back three weeks later, I followed up with another email to my dealer. I promptly received a phone call from the service manager saying that he was told by pcna "that they reviewed the log, they have never seen or heard of the problem and that they don't know what may have caused it." |
| Category | Air Bags |
| Date | Oct 02, 2021 |
| State | MD |
| Description | I'm submitting this information because I was in a accident and my airbags didn't deploy, taking speed and location of impact into consideration I think the airbag should've deployed, the vehicle that crossed over from the left 3rd lane to make a right turn was luckily hit on rear passenger door of suv avoiding center pillar and rear tire, however their vehicle airbag did deploy for its front passengers and my passenger ev sports sedan airbags did not. Currently my ev passenger sports sedan hasn't been assessed, it has been towed to tysons corner collision center in vienna, va. I had no airbag failure notices prior to 9/25 accident which occurred on e market street and cardinal park drive., leesburg, va the claim has been submitted to usaa. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Sep 15, 2021 |
| State | MD |
| Description | The vehicle would loose braking pressure after a few minutes of driving. This occurred when the vehicle transitions from regenerative braking to standard braking. Dealer states it is a problem with the brake booster. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Sep 03, 2021 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Got into the car like every morning but car displayed a warning “electrical system error, park vehicle in safe place†car would not start |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Camera System |
| Date | Sep 02, 2021 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The rear camera required by the dot presents a distorted image making objects appear farther away than they actually are. The problem is a commonly discussed topic as an issue with the camera software on multiple taycan forums. See: https://www. Taycanforum. Com/forum/threads/backup-camera-quality-to-improve. 6423/page-3#post-91894 the safety of persons standing to close to the vehicle may be impacted as the driver would think they are father away from the vehicle. Damage to property can occur by relying on the image and hitting an object that appears farther away than it is. I backed up into a garage pillar support which presented being farther away from the vehicle than it was causing us text="Who are we? We are Lemberg Law, a Consumer Law Firm" smalltext="Lemberg Law is a consumer law firm helping victims of bad manufacturing and run-arounds from auto companies. We are ranked A+ by the BBB. Call our Helpline today! There is no charge unless we win." img="balance" color="green",500 to repair. The vehicle has not been inspected, this is a widely complained about issue among taycan owners see the taycan forum https://www. Taycanforum. Com/forum/threads/backup-camera-quality-to-improve. 6423/page-3#post-91894 |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Aug 24, 2021 |
| State | FL |
| Description | I am getting a warning and sometimes unwanted braking. The warning is that driver must assume control but this happens when I have all the driver's assist features turned off. On a recent 1500 mile road trip this fault happened at least 10 times at highway speeds. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine And Engine Cooling |
| Date | Aug 20, 2021 |
| State | IL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2021 porsche taycan. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the vehicle began to shudder and then stalled as the "electrical system error, park vehicle in a safe place" warning message illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle failed again soon after restart. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to his home. The contact then called the local dealer and the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The next day, the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 21v486000 (engine and engine cooling, electrical system) which was linked to the failure. Despite several attempts to repair the vehicle under the recall, the vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle remained in the dealer possession. The contact was recently informed by the dealer that a german engineer would be sent their location to repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 1,234. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Warnings |
| Date | Aug 17, 2021 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | I continuously get 2 messages when I start the car: "rear cross traffic alert not available" and "parkassist not available". The biggest problem is that when this happens, the rear camera does not work while in reverse. This has caused several near accidents for me. I took it back to the dealer twice, and they could not find out what the issue is, although they did experience it. I also have photographs of the messages. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Aug 04, 2021 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The car has 130 miles, right at the dealer parking lot, as I was about to set out a message appeared “ electric system error†I was not able to drive further. If I had been on a freeway this would have been bad. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jul 10, 2021 |
| State | NC |
| Description | On two separate occasions, this vehicle completely lost all electrical power unexpectedly while driving. I pulled over and attempted to restart car with no response. After approximately1-2 minutes, the car spontaneously regained electrical power. One other occasion, the car was fully charged, but was unable to even be accessed (open doors ) the car had to be towed by porsche dealer for some software update as it had absolutely no power. The car had to be mechanically opened in order to tow. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jul 05, 2021 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | 2021 porsche taycan, was driving on road, 78% battery, and car decelerated fast and turtle symbol popped up on dashboard. From there, no other warning indicators were lit. Car would accelerate very slowly. When the deceleration happened, I was driving, and had to swerve to the side to avoid accident with other drivers behind me. Car was towed to dealership where it is still sitting. Prior to this incident, there was an error in the precooling for air conditioning. The car ac would not work sometimes, and if you turned the car off and back on, it would sometimes work. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jul 03, 2021 |
| State | MA |
| Description | I was driving on high 495 in ma at approximately 05:00 in the far left lane at ~75mph. The car had a sudden loss of power. There was zero propulsion. I had to quickly cross 3 lanes on the highway to the far right side; I was not able to pull off to the left because there was no breakdown lane. Once I came to a complete stop, I power-cycled the car and it resumed normal operations. I was able to keep driving with full power and no apparent residual effects. I did not take a picture, however this link shows the error message I received: https://www. Taycanforum. Com/forum/threads/motor-control-error-and-system-error. 3114/ |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jun 28, 2021 |
| State | NY |
| Description | The car shut off on highway with no warning. Was sent to dealer for update. Update was preformed car has not shut off while driving since but has not started. Brought to dea;ler they were unable to replicate situation and returned the car. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Jun 26, 2021 |
| State | OH |
| Description | This has happened more than once now. I got in the car and as soon as it attempted to start up, I received the following error: “electrical system error†I was not able to put the car in r or d. There was no other option to start the car. My car is 2 weeks old with less than 750 miles. Porsche has experienced a lot of these problems over the last 12+ months, yet this issue has not been resolved or acknowledged by porsche. I am afraid for my safety because if this happens on the road or in traffic, there will be no way of moving this car out of the way. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jun 19, 2021 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I got a bright red electrical system failure light on my dash in my taycan and the car is completely inoperable. It won't even go into d or r. I tried to charge my taycan the night before and I got an error electrical message. Electrifyamerica had to override my system to get it to charge. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jun 17, 2021 |
| State | TX |
| Description | I bought the car on april 22, 2021 and driven the new car approx. 250 miles and on a short trip of 2 miles, the car stuttered and shook briefly and a yellow warning light appeared on the main dash. It said something like "engine control issue, is drivable, take to workshop" so I proceeded, a mile later I pulled into the driveway of a relative and the yellow warning turned red and started beeping repeatedly. It said the "car could not go into park". I blocked the back wheel and turned the car off, locked it and came back about 3-4 hours later. The beeping started again and the red warning returned. It started and went into reverse but died once the car was in the street. Put in neutral and pushed to the curb. Tow truck porsche sent took car to dealer on may 9th and they checked it into service on the following day. It has stayed at the dealer service center ever since and counting today, that is 37 days. Finally, they are shipping a new transmission from germany to install in the car. They have tried several attempts to fix and shipped a shifter motor from germany that did not fix the issue. At this point I do not think they know, for sure, what is wrong with the car. I have requested that porsche north america buyback the car so I can buy another one. They keep telling me to be patient while they investigate and go through their processes. We are nearing 6 weeks of no progress. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jun 11, 2021 |
| State | SC |
| Description | I was driving on an interstate highway and saw the "engine control error" message and advised to find a place to park. The car began decelerating and would not respond to pressing the accelerator pedal. An exit was coming up so I managed to get onto that exit and roll through the stop sign at the bottom of the ramp so that I was half in and half off the shoulder. The car wouldn't move forward or do anything other than continue with the air conditioning (thankfully). I contacted porsche through the breakdown call button on the pcm and they arranged for a towing service to come get the car and take me to the nearby dealership (20 minutes away). It took 3 hours for that to happen. I contacted the dealership in the meantime to see whether they could get me a loaner car or even a ride home. "no" on both. After 90 minutes, the car turned itself off while we waited for that towing service and I turned it back on to be able to use the air conditioning. It came back on and the message cleared. I was tempted to try driving it to the dealership but I was in a relatively safe place and didn't know whether the car would become un-drivable again, this time perhaps with even a worse safety outcome. I was fortunate that the car ceased to move forward right in line with an interstate exit. I don't know how bad things could have gotten if I had been in a more precarious place. It might well have stopped right on the highway with no shoulder, a sharp turn, or a bridge leaving me no place to go. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jun 05, 2021 |
| State | FL |
| Description | I was driving at a low speed and the car suddenly stop and couldn't move. The front screen of the car said engine failure error. It was like when you drive shifter cars and you do not press the clutch the car power out. I need to turn off the car and restarted. The car continue to work properly. I also notice that my car have been having charging issues. I do not know if this is related to the engine issue. Please fill free to contact me for further investigation. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | Jun 05, 2021 |
| State | FL |
| Description | While driving I experienced a sudden loss of power, I was traveling on an interstate going approximately 75 mph when the car suddenly and without warning came to a sudden stop by itself causing multiple cars to swerve and endangering myself and multiple other drivers. The car restarted shortly afterwards however I was at a complete stop in the middle of traffic, I then experienced this problem yet again, this time I was going slowly; however, I was in the middle of an intersection and had to once again restart the car after it experienced a sudden loss of power and stopped itself. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Jun 02, 2021 |
| State | NV |
| Description | The contact owns a 2021 porsche taycan. The contact stated while his wife was driving 35 mph, the service engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle sputtered and loss motive power. After approximately ten minutes, the vehicle was restarted and driven to the residence. The failure recurred and persisted. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not yet diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 4,900. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | May 29, 2021 |
| State | NM |
| Description | I was stopped at a red light on a busy street with no-one behind me, one or two seconds before the light changed to green the car shut down with no error message or warning. By then vehicles had caught up to where I was stalled out at the light and had to swerve to go around me. After about ten seconds I was able to get the car started again and to drive off safely. The vehicle has been at the porsche dealer for the past three weeks saying they can't duplicate the issue and have not "had time" to install the updates to fix numerous other glitches such as my phone randomly disconnecting from bluetooth, the center dash nav console randomly going dark, the xm radio can't be accessed (even though I have a paid subscription, porsche hasn't been able to get that working during all this time either even getting on the phone with siruis xm to verify configuration and subscription). 3 out of 5 times the garage door opener fails to open the door. There appears to be serious electrical and computer glitches happening. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | May 24, 2021 |
| State | NY |
| Description | The day after receiving my taycan 4s I took it for a drive and during the drive electrical system error popped up on the dashboard. Before we were able to pull over off the highway the car suddenly shut off and came to an instant stop. Being stuck in the middle right of the highway without even hazard lights working meant multiple cars had to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting us. I am not exaggerating when I say we could have died. Porsche road side assistance was horrible and unable to assist us in the moment. So the police were able to come after some time to block off the road and wait until a tow truck came. I had to pay for the tow to take us to the dealership in manhattan (which was closed). Porsche road side service told us there was nothing they could do. Finally with the help of our sales rep they sent another tow service to take it to a yard. |
| Category | Electrical System:propulsion System |
| Date | May 23, 2021 |
| State | CT |
| Description | Driving at 60 mph on I 95 near boston; car suddenly reported motor control error on the display and all power was lost; in the right lane of the highway was able to steer off the road onto the breakdown lane and come to a stop; just before the full stop the car shuddered jerkily. After shutting off the car and waiting briefly I was able to restart the car, the error had cleared and driving was again possible. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Apr 29, 2021 |
| State | CA |
| Description | On 4/18/2021 approxamtely 8:25pm. While driving at approxamately 65 mph on a los angeles freeway a red error message popped up that read "motor contol error stop vehicle in a safe place" the car stopped abruptly on the freeway. I wasnt able to pull over to safety. All of the lights were still on, on the instument control, the car still appeared to be functional. However, when the car came to a stop, (in the middle of a moderaltely busy freeway) it went into park and would not allow me to put it into drive. I turned the car off and turned it back on and it drove at that point. I took it to the dealer the next day due to them being closed at the time this happened. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Mar 22, 2021 |
| State | PA |
| Description | While driving on a highway at about 60 mph, the a warning message appeared stating "electrical system error / park vehicle in a safe place." fortunately was able to maneuver vehicle to the shoulder before losing responsiveness. Vehicle then went into park status with no ability to drive. Then received message that 12v battery is low. Very unsafe because vehicle suddenly lost power in a high-speed driving situation |
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