By the way, after the fix I contacted PCNA via email explaining I had no connectivity for the first 6 months of ownership and they extended my Porsche Connect free period by 6 months.
I would be Porsche I would have given 1 or 2 years more as it cost them nothing and transform a bad experience...
Yes it’s the only part number written, even if they use various name for it in the notes (OTA FC, External communication unit, Connect CU, Connect Control Unit)
It was also back ordered, coming from Germany etc. So @anonymouse I would guess it’s the same part they replaced for me you’re now...
I got the same issue (J1.2), my service center managed to fix it once by doing a “backend reset” but it broke in the same way after a week or two and the same trick did not work again.
Ultimately they ordered replacement part for the “control unit” and “OTA module”, took 6-8 weeks to get the...
Same issue with my J1.2 not even 6 months old. First time the dealer fixed it via “backend reset” working with Porsche engineers in Germany. It worked again for ~1 month, and now it’s been a month again without connectivity. Dealer tried to use the same trick again but with no luck so now they...
I had that exact same issue with my iPhone and J1.2. The non intuitive fix that is not written anywhere is to **not** manually connect to the WiFi hotspot of the car ever.
It means, in WiFi settings of your iPhone go and “forget” the network (taycan_something), and never manually join the WiFi...