Porsche Taycan never again

[JPAB]

Anyone else had issues with the Taycan high-voltage control unit?

My Taycan is only 26 months old with 30,000 km, and the high-voltage battery control unit just failed.
Porsche says it’s not covered by warranty and wants €4,800 to replace it
This is already the second major repair in just two years — really disappointing for a car at this level.

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[Jasper4S]

That sucks, why do they claim it is not covered? It is not a wear part right?

 

[JPAB]

That sucks, why do they claim it is not covered? It is not a wear part right?

Porsche says is outside the warranty. That’s why this is my 3th and last Porsche. For 2 months is ridiculous.

 

[Caraholic]

Went through four of them on my last Porsche. I thought Porsche extended the warranty on these

 

[PhillyTCT4S]

Thats suck. Exactly why I never keep or touch a car without original or extended warranty.
Hopefully they can do a good will repair if you bought cars from them previously.

 

[RBGtaycan]

Went through four of them on my last Porsche. I thought Porsche extended the warranty on these

The US has a 4 year warranty but many other countries appear to be less (2 years seems to be common)...that 4 year length can come in very handy on this expensive car.

 

[prj]

Anyone else had issues with the Taycan high-voltage control unit?

My Taycan is only 26 months old with 30,000 km, and the high-voltage battery control unit just failed.
Porsche says it’s not covered by warranty and wants €4,800 to replace it
This is already the second major repair in just two years — really disappointing for a car at this level.

What exactly failed? On board charger?
If that failed, it's covered by warranty. The warranty was extended for it.

Price point sounds about right.

 

[figure1a]

You must be out of warranty and that is why it is not covered. Any car under warranty would have this replaced under warranty.

 

[FredC057]

26 months old?
It should still be under warranty.
When did you buy your car and was it new?
And which Porsche center is it?

 

[Jasper4S]

Its 2 years it seems hence at 26 months it is not covered. Sucks for OP, but not extending was a calculated risk.

 

[B61]

Porsche says is outside the warranty. That’s why this is my 3th and last Porsche. For 2 months is ridiculous.

They replaced mine charging unit twice…under warranty, since i had extended, 3 years warranty.

 

[B61]

26 months old?
It should still be under warranty.
When did you buy your car and was it new?
And which Porsche center is it?

Afaik, factory warranty is 24 months, but it’s always possible to purchase additional year, two, three…
I had 3 years as a part of the deal with dealer; then i purchased additional 3 years since i wanted to keep CT4 sincei didn’t know that i’ll replace it so soon

 

[whitex]

The US has a 4 year warranty but many other countries appear to be less (2 years seems to be common)...that 4 year length can come in very handy on this expensive car.

I find it very surprising. I grew up in Europe, and I remember Mercedes having the reputation of most reliable car. Other German cars got good reputation by association. Then I moved to Canada, at one point in my life I got to a point where I could afford a new Merc, so I go to the dealer and find out their warranty (3 years IIRC) was shortest of all cars I was looking at! Ended up with an Acura IIRC (I used to swap cars every 2 years at most back then). Then back in 2000 I remember ordering my first Porsche, it came with 4 years of warranty, so I assumed it was just Mercedes that went cheap and therefore couldn't afford 4 year warranties. Then I read things like this. Porsche charging a quarter of a million dollars (or more) and only warrantying the car for 2 years? I get wearables, like tires, even brakes, but everything goes out of warranty after 2 years? That is ridiculous. No wonder they are losing marketshare to the Chinese or even US upstarts.

 

[Sace]

I find it very surprising. I grew up in Europe, and I remember Mercedes having the reputation of most reliable car. Other German cars got good reputation by association. Then I moved to Canada, at one point in my life I got to a point where I could afford a new Merc, so I go to the dealer and find out their warranty (3 years IIRC) was shortest of all cars I was looking at! Ended up with an Acura IIRC (I used to swap cars every 2 years at most back then). Then back in 2000 I remember ordering my first Porsche, it came with 4 years of warranty, so I assumed it was just Mercedes that went cheap and therefore couldn't afford 4 year warranties. Then I read things like this. Porsche charging a quarter of a million dollars (or more) and only warrantying the car for 2 years? I get wearables, like tires, even brakes, but everything goes out of warranty after 2 years? That is ridiculous. No wonder they are losing marketshare to the Chinese or even US upstarts.

Porsche is terrible at warranty. They want you to pay for the extended warranty.

I live in Denmark and here the importer of VAG cars now give 5 years warranty on all new cars to keep up with competition. That is except for Porsche - that is still 2 years!

 

[whitex]

Porsche is terrible at warranty. They want you to pay for the extended warranty.

I live in Denmark and here the importer of VAG cars now give 5 years warranty on all new cars to keep up with competition. That is except for Porsche - that is still 2 years!

I don't get it. Extended warranty for 2 extra years runs about $3K-$6K, depending on who is selling it, so let's say the warranty wholesale cost is $4K. With Porsche pricing, is it really worth while to advertise a price $4K lower but with lower warranty? Or, is Porsche mindset that they are selling to customers who have so much money, they explicitly don't want insurance or warranties, as they are self-insured for everything (including cars breaking down)? If I was a billionaire and had a stable of 100+ cars, I would also choose to be self insured (even for accidents), but is that really the majority of Porsche's customers?

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