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  1. whitex

    Does your pre-2025 Taycan have this setting?

    Hi all! I am trying to figure something out. It seems some cars have this options, others don't. I'm curious whether this is North America option, or perhaps just depends on what version of software your Taycan is running. It does not appear in the PCM simulator, but here is a picture from one...
  2. whitex

    A case for automatic overboost

    I was driving a few days ago. As I was passing a truck in an exit lane, he suddenly got confused by the road signage and decided he needed to get over fast (he didn't, as both lanes exited, but the sign might have been interpreted as only one lane was exiting). In the process, he almost ran me...
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    Porsche removes recall information for USA

    Unlike companies which have a functional OTA, every time there is a firmware upgrade required, Porsche has to pay dealers to apply the patch. Additionally, the Taycans seem to have had quite a lot of recalls (more than almost any car I've owned), and not all of them EV tech related (e.g. faulty...
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    Reason for Taycan heater failures?

    I found this by accident browsing for other things, for those interested in what's inside the Taycan heater. Apparently in this case what failed was some digital programmable part lost its content and just needed to be reflashed. I wonder if it's flash memory that could not handle the heat...
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    Animated tail lights - project opportunity

    As part of my retrofitting Euro tail lights project, I ended up doing a bunch of reverse engineering. One thing that I found was that the tail lights (at least the Euro ones I got) have a live LIN bus active, meaning there is something in the lights that is speaking digital communications to...
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    How-to DIY guide to retrofit Euro tail lights on North American Taycans

    One of the few things I knew I wanted to change on my Taycan since I got it was the rear tail lights. I personally very much dislike the dual purpose stop/turn lights. They are ambiguous, i.e. takes more time for someone looking at it to distinguish turn vs. stop signaling, even more time if the...
  7. whitex

    Looking for BCM2 (Rear BCM) connector pinouts

    Specifically the pinouts of the signals driving the turn signals. If anyone has them, please reply here, or DM me if you prefer to stay anonymous. For those interested, BCM2 controls a bunch of things: It looks like this: and it lives in the rear right part of your trunk
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    Got wiring diagrams for tail lights?

    Does anyone out there have a wiring diagram for EU (or any non-North-American) tail lights? Specifically looking at pinouts and connections between BCM2 and center tail light bar (two 6 pin connectors)?
  9. whitex

    Anyone know what these orange things are?

    What are these orange things in the CT hatch? Are they just weights to balance the hatch? Or do they have some additional function? Here is where they are with the whole hatch exposed.
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    Illustrated guide to using Dashcam Prewire for 3rd party dashcam and other accessories

    I am posting this description on how to use the Taycan dashcam prewire option to install a Blackvue, 2-channel dashcam and a Valentine one radar detector. This allows you to wire in a dashcam front and back, plus a radar detector, using existing Porsche wiring (no need to run cables to the fuse...
  11. whitex

    Why does manual pre-conditioning not use shore power?

    When the car is plugged into an EVSE, and I select manual pre-heat, the car will draw power from the HV battery. When I create a timer to get the car ready in 5 minutes, the car will use shore power (power from EVSE, not battery). Using the battery puts unnecessary wear on the battery (each...
  12. whitex

    Permanent overboost power from Redshift?

    Has anyone had any experience with Redshift power boost? They claim to be operating out of San Francisco area. https://www.redshift-performance.com/taycan
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    PSA: Do not trust the latest MyPorsche app

    TLDR; don't trust the MyPorsche status of your car. It will show you fake status to keep you happy. It will no longer admit that it has no connection to your car. Ever use your app to make sure your Taycan is all locked up, safe and sound? You check your app and it tells you a comforting "just...
  14. whitex

    Creaking noise from behind the instrument cluster

    My Taycan is 10 months old. It recently started making a creaking noise from behind the left side behind the instrument cluster. Pushing hard on the plastic behind the instrument cluster (behind the headlights controls) make the creaking go away. Is this a known issue (with possible a simple...
  15. whitex

    USB-C Charging capabilities

    Taycan has front and back USB-C ports. I had some passengers tell me the rear USB-C is not charging their phones very fast. So I decided to check. It seems both front and back USB-C connectors are last century 5V, 0.5A max, USB-A simply masked with a USB-C socket. You might be able to draw more...
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    Is there a front camera washer?

    I recently noticed my front camera was dirty, turned front windshield washer spray and there was no spray on the camera like there is in the reverse one. I thought I saw it spray the front camera in the past (like it does the night vision, which I confirmed still works on my car). Or am I...
  17. whitex

    Are door handles really such a hard thing to get working reliably?

    When I picked up my Taycan, on 3rd or 4th day I spent 10 minutes trying to lock the car in the middle of a snow storm. Every time I locked it, it unlocked itself, whether I used the fob, or the touch control, it didn't matter. It kept happening to me less as I drove home into warmer weather and...
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    Porsche resorting to Tesla old marketing tricks?

    I was looking at the Porsche site with someone who is considering one. I quickly noticed a marketing trick upselling the PBP Notice from the above it would seem like the PBP adds 35.6% more range. Until you realize of course that the two range estimate standards are not the same (EPA vs. AMCI)...
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    Quick question, Homelink Country code in Canada

    Can someone with a Canadian Taycan check the country code in the Info screen of Homelink and report back the Country Code that is showing? Bonus if you know other country codes. Hint, 1 is not USA (I think it's Germany or EU but not certain).
  20. whitex

    What setting controls "Country Code" for HomeLink?

    Does anyone know what setting controls the Country Code in HomeLink? I couldn't find anything in user settings, nor using PIWIS diagnostic tool - I checked the "UGDO Sender" control unit but it doesn't seem to have any settings that can be coded, so I assume it gets it from somewhere else...


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