2023 Taycan RWD - issues first 1000 km in

[sergey_ja]

hey guys, glad to be here. Thought I chip in with a couple of issues I noticed throughout the first 1000 kms (figure 620 miles or so) in a Taycan RWD. The car is purchased new in Eastern Europe. Important note - I do have a certain degree of being a control freak when it comes to cars, so I notice literally everything.

1) The HUD tends to reset itself. I configure it to be two-sided, even save the settings with the memory seat option (not sure if it does anything other than seat but oh well), but it sometimes ends up resetting to one field only. No pattern here, happened frequently throughout the first week, but now seemed to stabilise.

2) Front parking sensors (the car does not have a 360-degree camera system, probably the only option that I miss) seem to detect phantom obstacles periodically. The dealer claims they can catch the number plate holder, but this is unlikely as was adjusted already (see picture). Happened a few times, and resolves itself after the car is restarted/locked-unlocked. The front of the car is PPF wrapped, but the issues there have been ruled our, all is tidy and unobstructive for the parking sensors.

3) Build quality - at times, subpar. Some noises in the interior (the area where the sport chrono clock is, it seems), and some panel gaps outside might have been more even. The absolute highlight that I found from the factory - the carpet in the driver footwell was only partially tucked under the accelerator pedal body (e.g. was bubbling). Easy fix, but why oh why it has even left the factory like this? (see picture)

4) Even though the car has manual charging ports (in Eastern European winters, ordering the fancy ones is a death sentence), once I randomly got a "left charging port faulty" or smth like this while plugging in my home charger. Restarted the car, the error cleared, and never appeared again.

It has been, otherwise, enjoyable, but I cannot get rid of the feeling that I am participating in a large population-wide beta test

Anyhow, hope this contributes to the discussion. Cheers!
Sergey

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[sergey_ja]

UPD: and yes, CarPlay is utter garbage, it literally hooks up for ages (if ever at all)

 

[Porsche-Guru]

hey guys, glad to be here. Thought I chip in with a couple of issues I noticed throughout the first 1000 kms (figure 620 miles or so) in a Taycan RWD.

It has been, otherwise, enjoyable, but I cannot get rid of the feeling that I am participating in a large population-wide beta test

Sergey

You are correct.

Porsche makes great cars... but not necessarily great software.

Unfortunately, cars nowadays (and for the foreseeable future) are going to more and more software... and Porsche will also learn and get to grips in the next few iterations.

Not to say that they do not get the cars wrong sometimes too... but generally speaking, the car build quality is quite good (think Tesla !)

Until then... we are all beta testers .... although to be fair, the 2023 models are quite stable; the early adopters had the real pain.We have all benefitted from the early adopters...

As you say, its is a great car. Enjoy..

 

[SergeyIndy]

Hi Sergey from Sergey in Indiana,

You do not sound like you bought a brand new example so there is no way to tell what happened to the car since delivery. These are my thoughts and what you are experiencing seem minor but bothersome for sure.

1) I have HUD but have used if briefly and have not experienced that issue. Typically, the advice is to log out and log back into the car to allow it to resave the settings into the profile.

2) Front Parking sensors sound to me are out of calibration if they continue to do so especially if you had PPF applied, and installers can pop those out and then put them back in to tuck the film. The front sensors known for where I am to detect and beep at Ford vehicles, most often trucks with chrome rear bumpers, and not unique to the Taycan, i.e. Macan/Cayenne.

3) I checked the carpet near the accelerator and mine is tucked in but when I press on it, I can see how it can get loose as there seems to be hollow space to the left of the accelerator. I can see if someone would press there instead of the pedal, then the carpet would let loose. I would tuck it back in and be done with that.

4) I also got a Red flashing on the port when charging at home. The solution to me is to be sure the EVSE is set to provide power before you plug it in. I have Emporia so I go an turn it on, it says providing power but waiting to be plugged into the car (that is what you want), then you plug it into the car and then Green every time from the car.

I hope this helps.

 

[sergey_ja]

hey and appreciate your answer!

The car is indeed new, took delivery about a month ago from the local dealer. I am, thus, the first owner.
1) Will try, thank you.
2) The sensors were not taken apart or disconnected in any way, will observe if the bug returns. So far seems to be gone for some time.
3) Yep, 1 torx screw and it's fixed, still do not like seeing it on a new car.
4) Good point. I also recall that I plugged it in when the charging device might have been in sleep mode. Will pay closer attention.


I've been with Porsches for a while now, old to new, but it is my first EV.

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