2021 Porsche Taycan
Complaints about this year name error far more often than the model's other years — 43% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 14.4%.
Generation 1 of the Porsche Taycan, which began in 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 70 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 21 |
| EPA combined | 75 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- take — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
- turned — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
- started — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
What owners wrote
Electrical system error message appeared when I turned on the car. I exited and locked the car in an attempt to reset the system. I tried this several times with no success so I attempted to call for a tow. After waiting 20 minutes I tried again to exit the ca…
The Car shut off on highway with no warning. Was sent to dealer for update. update was preformed car has not shut off while driving since but has not started. brought to dea;ler they were unable to replicate situation and returned the car.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V157000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V608000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V697000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 21V362000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V794000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 21V486000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V052000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V100000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 21. 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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