Porsche is recalling thousands of its Taycan electrical vehicles complete a imaginable short circuit consequence that could origin a fire. The callback affects 27,527 Taycans built betwixt October 21st, 2019, and February 1st, 2024, according to the NHTSA information callback report.
The problem has been narrowed down to a compartment artifact module successful the LG Chem-produced batteries utilized successful the Taycan. However, Porsche doesn’t really cognize which cars person the problem and says it can’t get the analytics to check:
This callback (ARB6/ARB7) applies to a conveyance organization for which Porsche presently has nary affirmative knowledge that information anomalies beryllium successful the high-voltage artillery modules... Even if Porsche presently has nary affirmative knowledge that information anomalies exist, Porsche cannot exclude that these high-voltage artillery modules mightiness show information anomalies successful the future.
To find whether the rumor is present, Porsche is advising owners to spell to a dealership to instal diagnostic package truthful they tin show the battery. The update will beryllium a “final remedy” for this recall, but it won’t hap until the first 4th of 2025. Porsche is besides telling customers to only complaint up to 80 percent capacity until the artillery is replaced (if needed).
Meanwhile, Audi is recalling 6,499 E-tron GT and RS vehicles for the aforesaid reason, arsenic those EVs share the aforesaid platform arsenic the Taycan. One of the much salient LG Chem-based EV recalls for imaginable fires was pinch the Chevy Bolt, which GM remedied by nerfing the batteries.