Used Porsche Taycan 2020-present reliability
Category: Electric car
The Porsche Taycan is good to drive, luxurious and practical. It's one of the very best electric cars money can buy.
What should I look for in a used Porsche TAYCAN saloon?
All Porsche Taycans have automatic emergency braking (AEB), traffic-sign recognition and lane-keeping assistance. Blind-spot monitoring is available, but it's an optional extra from new.
In terms of crash protection, the Taycan achieved a full five-star rating from Euro NCAP. Whiplash protection for adults and children sitting in the front or back was found to be a little disappointing.
What are the most common problems with a used Porsche TAYCAN saloon?
The Taycan has a few recalls to its name. If you believe your vehicle to be involved in one or more of them, contact your local Porsche dealer to have the issue resolved.
The recall that currently applies to the most examples – a total of 4495, to be exact – relates to a software issue that could cause the warning message "Drive control disturbed – Park vehicle safely" to appear in the instrument cluster.
Another recall describes the possibility of the front seats' fabric protective hose of the wiring harness being damaged when adjusting the seat in the longitudinal direction. It can subsequently be pulled into the drive spindle of the seat adjustment.
Is a used Porsche TAYCAN saloon reliable?
The Taycan performed poorly in our 2023 What Car? Reliability Survey, placing last out of 20 cars in the electric car class. If it's any consolation, the air-con and infotainment system were the main trouble spots, rather than anything more serious. As a brand, Porsche came 20th out of 32 manufacturers.
