New Owner - 2021 4S CT - First Impressions etc.

[csm7djs]

How did you get your consumption in miles per kw and not the usual display in KwH per 100 miles of the car's energy consumption

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[tophamn]

How did you get your consumption in miles per kw and not the usual display in KwH per 100 miles of the car's energy consumption

settings -> system -> units -> electric consumption

 

[JaseH84]

How did you get your consumption in miles per kw and not the usual display in KwH per 100 miles of the car's energy consumption

Good question, I was trying to figure this out myself and it happened purely by accident when I set up my account in the car. I was signed in as guest for a few days while my car was being added the the My Porsche account, and when I signed in a lot of settings changed, including this one.

Someone else on here will likely know the setting, but I'm happy to have another look and see if I can find it.

Update, this forum is ace.

 

[csm7djs]

settings -> system -> units -> electric consumption

Amazing thank you - been manually calculating this in my head each time I drive...

 

[f1eng]

I'd be keen to know what kind of range data you see when charged to 100%.

I almost never charge to 100% but the last time I did I seem to remember 234 miles, but I can't be sure.
I rarely have cause to give range any consideration.

 

[JaseH84]

I've had the car all of 10 days and have come home to the ARB5 recall letter. Approx. 5 days required in the workshop...

 

[JaseH84]

I almost never charge to 100% but the last time I did I seem to remember 234 miles, but I can't be sure.
I rarely have cause to give range any consideration.

It's more just curiosity really as a new owner, and with the car having a bit higher mileage, I was keen to see how it compared with others.

I have the benefit of being able to plug in at home so if it achieves anything around 200 then it's good enough for me.

 

[Tooney]

I've had the car all of 10 days and have come home to the ARB5 recall letter. Approx. 5 days required in the workshop...

Sorry you got the recall letter. But 5 days required to fix is actually good news. In US, VINs in this recall are turned in to dealer, HV batteries are removed, shipped to contract repair facility in the middle of the country, repaired, shipped back to dealer, and reinstalled in the car. If you can have HV battery repaired in 5 days, you are lucky.

 

[JaseH84]

Sorry you got the recall letter. But 5 days required to fix is actually good news. In US, VINs in this recall are turned in to dealer, HV batteries are removed, shipped to contract repair facility in the middle of the country, repaired, shipped back to dealer, and reinstalled in the car. If you can have HV battery repaired in 5 days, you are lucky.

Ouch. However looking at the letter it appears that it’s up to 5 days just to carry out the testing and to interpret the results with Porsche Engineers. Assume at that point if they don’t like what they see then it may go through the same process as you have described.

 

[Tooney]

Ouch. However looking at the letter it appears that it’s up to 5 days just to carry out the testing and to interpret the results with Porsche Engineers. Assume at that point if they don’t like what they see then it may go through the same process as you have described.

The US recall notice for ARB5 indicates that those recalled VINs have had battery analytics data collected OTA, and that 100% of the ARB5 VINs are affected, potentially needing HV battery module replacement.

 

[JaseH84]

The US recall notice for ARB5 indicates that those recalled VINs have had battery analytics data collected OTA, and that 100% of the ARB5 VINs are affected, potentially needing HV battery module replacement.

Thanks. It’s not booked in until 6th Jan due to courtesy car availability, but looks like it could end up being away for some time.

Is there a bright side to this, other than the obvious safety one. i.e is it possible that the battery could come back in better condition?

 

[Tooney]

Thanks. It’s not booked in until 6th Jan due to courtesy car availability, but looks like it could end up being away for some time.

Is there a bright side to this, other than the obvious safety one. i.e is it possible that the battery could come back in better condition?

The first of the several "HV battery may short-circuit" recalls was announced in December, 2023.
TSBs with the details of remedies came out months later. I don't know that many of the recalled cars have been repaired yet. So far, no data in forum about long-term reliability of the recall fixes.

You might ask if dealer finds out battery in your car will need repair, whether you could continue to drive it not charging more than 80%, until they are ready to actually do the repair, assuming it may take a while before repair work can be scheduled.

 

[Grim]

I would say those numbers look similar to what I’ve been able to achieve in the two CT4Ss I’ve had. This is mainly across a route I do frequently with a mixture of 60mph roads with average speed cameras and around 80mph on motorways.

Worth adding that Sport mode also puts some energy into heating the battery to a temperature that presumably allows greater power delivery so this will affect consumption range. This is similar to preconditioning the battery when navigating to a fast charger - consumption goes up / range down if outside temp is lower.

 

[Boss Hogg]

My old car! Glad you like the condition, I looked after it Range is similar to what I achieved, mostly fast motorway. Vast majority of my charging was 22kW, have them across our factories. All recalls (and common failures) were done while I owned the car apart from the recent brake hoses and ARB5 battery.

Enjoy the car, Taycan is great!

 

[JaseH84]

My old car! Glad you like the condition, I looked after it Range is similar to what I achieved, mostly fast motorway. Vast majority of my charging was 22kW, have them across our factories. All recalls (and common failures) were done while I owned the car apart from the recent brake hoses and ARB5 battery.

Enjoy the car, Taycan is great!

Thanks. Haven’t had any notification yet regarding brake hoses, so assume this is yet to come.

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