because the land borders are closed between canada and the usa, i was not able to get to florida with my Taycan. luckily we could take the plane. before leaving Canada my 12 volt battery was dead. my excellent dealer sent a technician with a Macan and I used it during testing. A few days later, they offered me a hybrid panamera, while waiting. I preferred to wait. after a week of testing, my dealer offered to buy back my Taycan Turbo S or exchange it for another, or choose any other model. i decided to give porsche a chance until my return in a few months. the car being stored for a few months. they gave me a free Porsche charger, to reactivate the battery when I returned, if needed. if I had difficulty, a technician would come to my house. I wish you will have a dealer like mine.
Which dealer if you don’t mind saying? Sounds like the type of service one should expect from Porsche. I was offered a loaner when I took my GTR to a Nissan dealer for its annual service and that was only a few hour job.because the land borders are closed between canada and the usa, i was not able to get to florida with my Taycan. luckily we could take the plane. before leaving Canada my 12 volt battery was dead. my excellent dealer sent a technician with a Macan and I used it during testing. A few days later, they offered me a hybrid panamera, while waiting. I preferred to wait. after a week of testing, my dealer offered to buy back my Taycan Turbo S or exchange it for another, or choose any other model. i decided to give porsche a chance until my return in a few months. the car being stored for a few months. they gave me a free Porsche charger, to reactivate the battery when I returned, if needed. if I had difficulty, a technician would come to my house. I wish you will have a dealer like mine.
with the charger, they gave me a kit for charging the 12 volts battery directly in case of .....
My dealer is. Porsche Lauzon in Laval Qc.
My dealer told me they had at least 2 Taycans with a dead 12v battery so it seems pretty common. I believe it happens to people who use charging profiles with timers. I personally use direct charge without timers and hopefully it will not happen. I also uninstalled the app from my phone.
I've had the issue once, but I've had both a profile and timers for 7 months and only had the issue once. I think it's perhaps more accurate(?) to say that it happens to people who use the app to access the car or change timers or profiles while the car is connected to the charger. The one time it happened to me, I had done exactly that. Still, it is annoying that you can't use this functionality with the threat of being bitten by this issue.
100% agree
Mostly agree here - haven't driven a Tesla 3/Y but came from a Model S P85 and have driven P100D with ludicrous mode and the Taycan feels faster, but more than feeling faster, it instills a sense of confidence and "sure-footedness" that is uncanny for a 5000 lb car. However, throw it into a corner too fast and you will quickly be reminded of the heft. It's unavoidable, but also remarkable how well it drives and handles for such a heavy car.
The Taycan had a strong engineering team, partially from the 918 team, however, their focus was performance (yay!), not electronic marketing gadgets. We are now paying the price of enthusiastic marketing people directing engineering. It will resolve itself but may take awhile. COVID-19 did not help.
I don't consider the charging or the powertrain software as marketing gadgets. They are essential for the operation of the car.
I don't think the profile (or timer) is the cause. I think accessing the car to make changes to a profile or timer while connected to the charger is the cause. So you are probably fine, even if you got lucky that time you were using the app to create the profile.
Hey Dave, my 4S bricked last week and is in the shop. Am curious what 12V booster you purchased, and if you have used it yet?
