Mike in CA
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- Mike
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- North Bay Area CA
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- 2021 Taycan 4S, '19 e-Tron, '24 GMC 2500HD Duramax
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It appears that Porsche has begun the process of replacing battery modules that we first heard about a few months back.
I took my 2021 4S to the dealership yesterday to have the heater recall done and when I got a call from them this afternoon I was expecting to hear that it was ready to be picked up. Instead, my service advisor told me that they have just received notice that Porsche now has the parts to begin replacing the suspect battery modules. Apparently, the battery pack or whatever portions of it are affected by the recall will be removed from the car and shipped to Porsche to be rebuilt. She didn't say where the rebuild was going to occur, but it will be done by factory technicians and the entire process will take about a month. I figured this will have to get done eventually, so I told her to go ahead. At least the remainder of my car will be kept inside the service facility and not outside on the back lot somewhere.
It's funny because I also had a 2014 GT3 which, along with a bunch of other early 2014 GT3's, was subject to an engine recall right after delivery and it was shipped off whole to SoCal for a complete engine replacement. It sounds like Porsche is doing something similar with the battery modules; having factory techs do the work at a centralized location rather than at individual dealerships. Anyway, in some ways, history is repeating itself for me.
I took my 2021 4S to the dealership yesterday to have the heater recall done and when I got a call from them this afternoon I was expecting to hear that it was ready to be picked up. Instead, my service advisor told me that they have just received notice that Porsche now has the parts to begin replacing the suspect battery modules. Apparently, the battery pack or whatever portions of it are affected by the recall will be removed from the car and shipped to Porsche to be rebuilt. She didn't say where the rebuild was going to occur, but it will be done by factory technicians and the entire process will take about a month. I figured this will have to get done eventually, so I told her to go ahead. At least the remainder of my car will be kept inside the service facility and not outside on the back lot somewhere.
It's funny because I also had a 2014 GT3 which, along with a bunch of other early 2014 GT3's, was subject to an engine recall right after delivery and it was shipped off whole to SoCal for a complete engine replacement. It sounds like Porsche is doing something similar with the battery modules; having factory techs do the work at a centralized location rather than at individual dealerships. Anyway, in some ways, history is repeating itself for me.
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