Taycan Brake Failure

Taycan Brake Failure

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stichill99

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1,069 posts

184 months

Monday 17th June
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I was speaking with a friend who had a Taycan and while travelling at 70mph had complete brake failure which almost caused a serious accident. Porsche offcourse had never heard of this before but did eventually concede a component failure had been the cause. Taycan now gone at huge depreciation as his wife refused to drive it again! Anyone else had issues?

DMC2

1,842 posts

214 months

Monday 17th June
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I had issues where I pressed the brake and only got the regen breaking, then the next time the calipers and the regen. This was ridiculously disconcerting as you didn't know what brake pressure you were going to get. At one point somebody pulled out in front of my, I jumped on the brakes and they barely worked, nearly ran into the back of the car. My son was in the car and couldn't believe how far we travelled before we stopped. Spoke to the dealer and was told that was a common issue!! Got rid.

FMOB

1,190 posts

15 months

Sunday 23rd June
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stichill99 said:
I was speaking with a friend who had a Taycan and while travelling at 70mph had complete brake failure which almost caused a serious accident. Porsche offcourse had never heard of this before but did eventually concede a component failure had been the cause. Taycan now gone at huge depreciation as his wife refused to drive it again! Anyone else had issues?
Had similar on a 911, the brake fluid was defective as in not enough of it, top quality OPC servicing. Looks like you got the new and improved version, no servicing required.

You need to report this to DVSA as it is a serious safety failure.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-recalls-and-faults/repo...

IMI A

9,458 posts

204 months

Sunday 23rd June
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sounds terrifying

rufusruffcutt

1,540 posts

208 months

Thursday
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Autocar yesterday "Porsche recalls all Taycan models globally for brake fix"

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/porsch...

TheDeadPrussian

865 posts

220 months

Thursday
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The braking in my Taycan Sport Turismo was inconsistent; sometimes you got everything, other times only regen etc. and it wasn't necessarily dependent upon brake pedal pressure. it was disconcerting to say the least.

The car has gone and been replaced with an e-hybrid Cayenne, which has been faultless and is the perfect blend of electricity and ICE as far as I am concerned.

FMOB

1,190 posts

15 months

Thursday
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rufusruffcutt said:
Autocar yesterday "Porsche recalls all Taycan models globally for brake fix"

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/porsch...
A fault that causes a leak of hydraulic fluid but cars remain safe to drive.

They must think their customers are stupid.


ChocolateFrog

26,359 posts

176 months

Thursday
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Isn't that the sort of thing that creates those class action lawsuits in the US. The ones the manufacturers are actually scared of. Not that UK customers will reap any benefit.

Grantstown

1,009 posts

90 months

Thursday
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I haven’t had a letter yet, so maybe I should write to Autocar?!

It’s a brake hose, so anyone who’s bought a Porsche since 2020 should watch out then. Even a 992 ST or 991.2 Speedster etc will be fitted with crappy peripheral parts that are shared with a Skoda or Seat. Luckily these cars are never really driven so the drivers should be safe.