2020 Porsche Taycan
Complaints about this year name error far more often than the model's other years — 48% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 14.4%.
First year of a new generation. The Porsche Taycan was redesigned for 2020. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 95 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 16 |
| EPA combined | 69 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- message — 24% of complaints, 8× usual
- lost power — 16% of complaints, 22× usual
- over — 26% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
The car once I started, it gave us a red warning that said electrical system problem. At that point, I was unable to put the car in drive or put the car in reverse. The only thing I was able to do is put the car in neutral. The car would not move. The same iss…
I had just entered Interstate 15 about a mile from my home. I was in middle lane going approximately 65 mph, error message "engine computer failure, please pull over to safe place and call for service" appeared on screen and car lost all motive power. I was ab…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V697000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 21V794000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 21V911000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V486000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V100000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V278000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V404000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 23V347000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 16. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Porsche Taycan was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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