22kW On-board AC charger - Are there still issues?

[CALLAWISH]

Hi All,

So I've got the chance of getting into a Taycan (customers cancelled order) pretty much now.

The car has almost all the spec I chose...

But it has the 22kW On-board AC charger ....
I remember when initially ordering there were issues with this if you were mostly going to be charging on single phase AC 7.4kw ?

Are these issues still present or have they been fixed?


Thanks in advance.

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[W1NGE]

Hi All,

So I've got the chance of getting into a Taycan (customers cancelled order) pretty much now.

The car has almost all the spec I chose...

But it has the 22kW On-board AC charger ....
I remember when initially ordering there were issues with this if you were mostly going to be charging on single phase AC 7.4kw ?

Are these issues still present or have they been fixed?


Thanks in advance.

No issues.

 

[CALLAWISH]

No issues.

Phew..
Was all that stuff at the start of the year rubbish?

 

[W1NGE]

Phew..
Was all that stuff at the start of the year rubbish?

Nope. There have been issues for sure but these have been addressed. Warranty is your failsafe.

Personally I would not bother with the 22kW AC option on cost and usage grounds. If you can home charge then you absolutely 100% don't need it. Always seek to DC charge when on the road - always faster.

 

[CALLAWISH]

Nope. There have been issues for sure but these have been addressed. Warranty is your failsafe.

Personally I would not bother with the 22kW AC option on cost and usage grounds. If you can home charge then you absolutely 100% don't need it. Always seek to DC charge when on the road - always faster.

Thank you.
Yup totally agree. But this car is ready now and may save me a few more months wait....

 

[tigerbalm]

I'm probably someone who had the most issues with the 22kW AC charger. Happy now with the latest software update – rock solid.

 

[CALLAWISH]

I'm probably someone who had the most issues with the 22kW AC charger. Happy now with the latest software update – rock solid.

Super! And there's no restriction to charging at 6kw rather than 7.4kw (I seem to remember something about this).

 

[BigBob]

Super! And there's no restriction to charging at 6kw rather than 7.4kw (I seem to remember something about this).

No restrictions - assuming your car has had the big software update that 'fixed' the problems with the 22kw charger.
As others said, I wish id not bothered and had the 150kw DC charger installed instead. Poor advice/explanation from SA. But i appreciate its not an option in your case.

 

[CALLAWISH]

No restrictions - assuming your car has had the big software update that 'fixed' the problems with the 22kw charger.
As others said, I wish id not bothered and had the 150kw DC charger installed instead. Poor advice/explanation from SA. But i appreciate its not an option in your case.

Thank you. Yeah it's got the 150kw too which is good.

 

[rolfbesard]

Certainly there are still many problems, if you look at other forums and Taycan groups on Facebook, there are a lot of problems with the Unbard charger.

At the beginning of December there was an on-board network failure on my CS.
12 volt battery almost empty and my car was simply dead.

I was finally allowed to tow it from my garage to a Porsche center.
Costs 6000 euros for repairs outside of warranty, part is not in stock and must come from Germany. Lost car for 3 months and no replacement car because their parking lot is full of taycans that broke down.

In the meantime, a serious complaint was forwarded to Porsche GMBH, 15 minutes later I already had a phone call from them. They take this seriously and will follow up.

unacceptable for such a "premium" brand.

to be continued !!!!

12V booster to wake up the car: