Day1taycan
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- First Name
- Timmy
- Joined
- May 23, 2021
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- 2021 Taycan 4S
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- #16
At this point I don't want anything apart from my money back. This happened the day after receiving the vehicle. Whether I got a lemon or not I do not feel safe driving this car ever again.As one who will be taking delivery of my Taycan RWD in a day or two, this is not welcome news that anyone one wants to hear that has a Taycan or will be taking delivery soon.
However, we are early adopters and as such there are bound to be some teething pains.
You speak of the engine fires in the GT3 with their 2014 991 GT3.They responded with a stop sale and replaced all the suspect engines. These replacement engines did not have the fire hazard, they just stopped working due to a poor engine design with finger followers on the variable cam. This was known as the E engine. Porsche tried to fix the issue and and on later 2014 and 2015 had a newer design to cure the finger follower oiling issue in their F engine. Unfortunately, this did not do the trick. Porsche replaced the F engine (when it failed) and on the 2016 MY with the G engine and essentially copied the RS engine with a smaller bore and stroke but a different oiling system than the previous two engines. These engines seem to be holding up. PCNA was approached by a group of forum members. Porsche (in a negotiation with the RL group) agreed to extend the engine warranty on on all 2014-2016 GT3 engines for 10 years or 120,000 miles, whichever came first. This sounds like a manufacturer that tried to make a bad situation tolerable.
Give Porsche some time to sort this out, the last thing they want is to have this new model's reputation tarnished. I am not trying in anyway to diminish the seriousness of a loss of motive power, especially on a highspeed highway. For those that have not yet ordered, you do not have to order. For those that are taking delivery shortly, you have the option to cancel. For those that have taken delivery, you also have options, whether it be to wait for fix or, use a lemon law equivalent or approach Porsche for compensation for loss of use etc.
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