Porsche recalls the Taycan for a battery short circuit. Porsche recalls 193 certain 2020-2023-model-year Taycan electric vehicles. Porsche also recalls 27,527 certain 2020-2024-model-year Taycan electric vehicles. The Porsche Taycan high-voltage battery may experience a short circuit within the battery module.
Such a short circuit within the high-voltage battery module may thus increase the potential risk of a fire.
Recall at a Glance
- Recall Issue: The high-voltage battery may experience a short circuit within the battery module, thus increasing the potential risk of a fire.
- NHTSA October 1, 2024, Campaign Nos.: 24V731000 & 24V732000
- Components: Electrical System
- Model(s): Porsche Taycan
- Model Year(s) Affected: 2020-2024
- ARB5 VIN Range: WP0AC2Y18LSA70247 through WP0AA2Y1XPSA17206 (193 units — not sequential)
- ARB6 & ARB7 VIN Range: WP0AC2Y16LSA70165 through WP0AD2Y10RSA48040 (27,527 units — not sequential)
- Units Affected: 193 plus 27,527, for a total of 27,720
- Porsche Recall Nos.: ARB5, ARB6 and ARB7
- Expanded Previous Recall Nos: 23V-840, 24V-215, and 24V-217
- Porsche Customer Service: 1-800-767-7243
- ARB5 Defect Notice 573 Report PDF link: RCLRPT-24V731-4127.pdf
- ARB5 Recall Acknowledgement PDF link: RCAK-24V731-1389.pdf
- ARB6 & ARB7 Defect Notice 573 Report PDF link: RCLRPT-24V732-8320.pdf
- ARB6 & ARB7 Recall Acknowledgement PDF link: RCAK-24V732-5065.pdf
- Manufacturer Notices PDF link: TBD
- Remedy Instructions and TSB PDF link: TBD
- ISSUED Interim Owner Notification Letter PDF link: TBD
- Part 577 Owner Notification Envelope PDF link: TBD
- NHTSA Safety Hotline: 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153)
- NHTSA VIN Check Page: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls
Porsche Taycan High-Voltage Battery-Module Anomalies Recall — Summary of Details
Porsche constructed the initial subject 193 Taycan electric sedans, destined for the U.S. market, from November 07, 2019, through June 13, 2023, in Germany. The affected VIN range runs from WP0AC2Y18LSA70247 through WP0AA2Y1XPSA17206 (193 units — not sequential).
Porsche manufactured the subsequent subject 27,527 Taycan electric sedans, destined for the U.S. market, from October 21, 2019, through February 1, 2024, in Germany. The affected VIN range runs from WP0AC2Y16LSA70165 through WP0AD2Y10RSA48040 (27,527 units — not sequential).
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According to Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen-based Porsche and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the specified short circuit within the high-voltage battery module could substantially increase the potential risk of a fire.
Unfortunately, there are no known warning indicators on the dashboard to alert the driver of imminent danger.
LG Energy Solution Wroclaw, of Kobierzyce, Poland, manufactured the potentially high-voltage battery modules in question. It’s been bandied about that such recall flaws could lead to a “thermal event.”
Porsche began receiving alerts about this potential flaw on September 23, 2024. Porsche then determined that “a safety-related defect exists in additional vehicles identified via data analytics and hardware analyses and decided to initiate these recalls.”
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Porsche Taycan High-Voltage Battery-Module Anomalies Recall — Remedy
Dubbed in-house as NHTSA Recall No. 24V-731, the ARB5 Safety Recall of 193 vehicles involves Taycans with high-voltage battery modules.
A notification letter will be mailed to owners advising them that their interim solution will be to charge their batteries to a maximum or 80 percent as a stopgap measure to circumvent any potential short-circuiting in the battery cell modules.
Ultimately, though, the battery modules will have to be replaced as a final remedy.
As for the second recall, the NHTSA has bundled NHTSA Recall No. 24V-732 into two subsidiary ARB6 and ARB7 Safety Recalls of the 27,527 Taycan vehicles.
Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) designated ARB6 as Taycans for which there is insufficient battery data to date in order to assess whether there are anomalies, or not, in their modules.
ARB7 refers to vehicles that indicate sufficient high-voltage battery data evidencing no anomalies at all.
PCNA expects to send out owner notification letters via first-class mail to identified owners, on or about November 29, 2024. The letter to owners will also advise that Porsche will extend a reimbursement for any pre-notification remedies.
In the meantime, Porsche encourages owners to contact Porsche customer service at 1-800-767-7243 if further information is desired. Be sure to reference Porsche Recall Nos. ARB5, ARB6 and ARB7 when calling.
PCNA stresses, however, that Taycans manufactured after April 3, 2024, are not impacted by ARB5, ARB6 and ARB7. Modules produced in cars built after this date are alleged to be produced with improved cell-production quality. If you say so…
Additionally, Taycan owners can contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153). Owners can also go to www.nhtsa.gov/recalls, where they can punch in their vehicle’s VIN to see if their vehicle is affected, and/or to obtain the latest details.
