Out of warranty 4S died today.

[blueslite]

Well since it’s a company car it’s now more about curiosity than sympathy for your pain lol

It’s my company lol )))

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[blueslite]

My Taycan is also a company-car....from my company
So that would still hurt "me"

Same here )

 

[RBGtaycan]

4S died today after a 4h road trip with 1h break. We think the HW battery still has warranty but the car is out of warranty.

Dealer is 300 miles away. I’m mentally prepared for a 20-30k costs if it’s not the battery.

It was an adventure to unload it since the 12V also died while on the platform.

Mine had same message..After dealer sat on it for 3 weeks, they did some updates (optional; not recall) and it fixed issue for time being. Maybe you will get lucky!

(BTW, I sold the car quickly thereafter ...)

 

[blueslite]

Mine had same message..After dealer sat on it for 3 weeks, they did some updates (optional; not recall) and it fixed issue for time being. Maybe you will get lucky!

(BTW, I sold the car quickly thereafter ...)

Wow. Great. Did you also get the turtle icon?

 

[RAHRCR]

12V dying means that one or more of the following needs repair:

1. 12V battery
2. DC-2-DC converter - it is responsible for charging the 12V battery from the HV battery
3. HV battery - it feeds the DC-2-DC converter

Since #3 is covered by warranty, even if both #1 and #2 need replacement, it shouldn't add up to $30k.

Then again, there is also a chance it will just clear itself and only the 12V battery needs a jump charge - it happened to me not long ago with a 2023 TCT. Red electrical error, can't drive the car. I didn't have time to deal with it immediately so left it parked at a shopping mall, then came back couple of hours later with a PIWIS to try to diagnose or collect/tow the car. The car was all happy, showing no errors. Took the car to the dealer next day, they found the (now) inactive errors, buy since they cleared and did not reoccur, Porsche corporate says all is well and to leave it alone.

Same here. When my car did something similar, I didn't take to the internet to forecast doom & gloom/tens of thousands in repair costs. I simply locked it, walked away and came back to find it all good with no errors.

 

[Gkwan]

Just to add to the other sympathetic comments here, I feel for you, hope it will be solved quickly without too much cost.
Scary that it dies * while * you were driving

Mine had the decency to wait I was parked and decided not to move the day after.
3 modules of HV replaced in Feb, it's been driving like a charm since !

 

[blueslite]

Same here. When my car did something similar, I didn't take to the internet to forecast doom & gloom/tens of thousands in repair costs. I simply locked it, walked away and came back to find it all good with no errors.

I wish I could be so zen .

 

[RBGtaycan]

Wow. Great. Did you also get the turtle icon?

no sorry never saw turtle

 

[Watchesandburgers]

Well, let us know how this ends up....

 

[AnloTaycan2022]

There are many different reasons for that red panel. Many are not directly related to the battery and without an extended warranty will have to be paid for. It can be for example the ventilator or a controller regulating the air flow for the ventilator etc. Good Luck.

 

[Dmatt88]

This may sound silly however I’m starting to keep my 12v on a tender to avoid this again. I also remove the key fob batteries for about 30. 3x it’s happened and it corrected 3x. Just got the damn things started, it happened this am

 

[blueslite]

I’m sending the car tonight on a platform. The dealership will look at it in 3 weeks.

The dealership said the car has an active recall for the 12v battery and that might….. lol

I will post when I have an update.

 

[whitex]

Did you jump start the car to get it towed? Did the same error show on the IC?

PS> 3 weeks to get the car looked at is not great, but not the worst I've heard of either. I realize as I write this, it is a little sad that a brand has so many broken cars, they don't even have staff to diagnose the issue for 3 weeks. The time to source parts and repair will be another story.

 

[gnr3312]

Did you jump start the car to get it towed? Did the same error show on the IC?

PS> 3 weeks to get the car looked at is not great, but not the worst I've heard of either. I realize as I write this, it is a little sad that a brand has so many broken cars, they don't even have staff to diagnose the issue for 3 weeks. The time to source parts and repair will be another story.

This is a bit misleading, the Taycan isn’t the only car they service. I’ve seen way many other models when I take my car in, Porsche just has a lot of cars out there for not being a large manufacturer like Ford.

 

[Watchesandburgers]

This may sound silly however I’m starting to keep my 12v on a tender to avoid this again. I also remove the key fob batteries for about 30. 3x it’s happened and it corrected 3x. Just got the damn things started, it happened this am

How do you do this? Where are the terminals for the 12v battery?

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