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Porsche recalls Taycan due to battery fire hazard

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Ro, 09 October 2024

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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a safety recall report, stating that some Porsche Taycan (2020-2024) vehicles have an increased risk of fire hazard due to a battery issue. The said batteries could potentially cause a short circuit and start a fire.

Porsche is doing a recall on some of its Taycan EVs due to battery fire hazard

The exact issue with the car's hardware is unknown and the report only mentions that the possible weak link is the LG-made battery coming from its Polish factory. The affected vehicles are split into two internal codes ARB6 and ARB7. The recall affects all Taycans manufactured in the US between October 21, 2019 and February 1, 2024.

For vehicles falling under the ARB6 code, Porsche says it doesn't have sufficient data on the high-voltage battery and for the ARB7, the company ensures its customers that the data doesn't show any anomalies. Still, they are recalled as a precaution, as the automaker can't guarantee that these models won't show any anomalies in the future.

For the time being, Porsche asks its customers under the ARB6 code to charge their vehicles up to 80%, while ARB7 cars don't need to be limited to 80%. Porsche has over-the-air access to these units and can monitor for anomalies.

As a permanent solution, Porsche will install onboard software diagnostics for both ARB6 and ARB7 vehicles and detect any potential faults with the battery. The software will automatically limit charging to 80% if an anomaly is detected. After that, Porsche will change the battery modules free of charge.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 11 Oct 2024

Where is yalim? Always criticizing Xiaomi, yet here Porsche can burst into flames and he is staying silent.

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  • zodiacfml
  • t7W
  • 10 Oct 2024

lol. that's more than 4 years of Taycan production! I don't know with these automakers still using pouch batteries for EVs🙄

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  • 10 Oct 2024

S. Korean state recommend 80% charging to avoid fire hazard of ternary batteries. (After the large garage fire.) This is the range of much safer LFP batteries. Those can be charged to full with much less fire hazard. Of course the European mana...

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