Turtle Icon - Two months in the shop

[Mtk]

Hey everyone. Just wanted to know your opinion on what's happening to my car. 2021 Base CPO, bought from local dealer. 22000 km and 0 issued until it started to get cold outside. Started to have reduced power and limp mode, car wouldn't go faster than 30 km/h. Had to tow it to the delaer. At first they said it's circulation pump. After it was replaced - issue didn't go away. Then they replaced cooling fan inside the fender - car still limping. Now, as they say, they don't know what's hapenning as the car thas no error codes - however limp mode still activates after few minutes of driving. They are waiting for a reply from Porsche. It's been a little over two months since I left the car for repairs (Dealer's excuses: problems with spare deliveries, Christmas holidays, flu outbreak, etc etc). They gave me a nice 4S as replacement vehicle, but I'm not allowed to travel abroad with that car, so I want mine back. Did anyone have same issue? How quickly was it solved? Did the dealer give you any clear time frame for repairs?

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[Taycan4S_UK]

You would think a Porsche deal would be able to diagnose the issue. Could be a battery issue from what I've seen on the forum.

I had an issue where the power cut out and I got "Drive system control fault". They replaced both fans and I never saw the issue again.

On a different note - how is the 4S vs your RWD?

 

[Briguy]

I have experienced "Turtle Mode" in my 2025 4s CT back in April of last year. The diagnosis came quickly but parts did not. First, the issue was a coolant pump described as P1. It was leaking and the system shorted, etc. So unlike your situation this was the problem and the solution was successful. BUT Porsche AG took its own sweet time in sourcing and providing the required parts. My car was in the shop for a MONTH!

Don't want to hijack your thread but I have a more general question for the group out there:

Has Porsche AG become unable to provide timely parts to support the dealer network?

My turtle mode story was simply the first example of issues with my '25 Taycan. After that other systems failed (innodrive, lane keep assist, soft close doors, parking sensors) and that was a 2.5 month experience.

I have owned lots of ICE Porsches, but have never seen the delays from Germany that I am seeing with my Taycans (my '20 Taycan was lost to me for 3 months after a catastrophic battery failure).

 

[EvFamily]

I’m not sure if you can find my old posts but this happened to my first taycan. Porsche could never fix it and Bought the car back.

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