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I received an email from Porsche telling me that my '16 Spyder was due for a no-charge "technology update." Anyone know what this is about ? The service department at my local dealer leaves a lot to be desired and I have my car serviced by an independent mechanic instead. I would rather not take it in if this "update" is not a big deal.

VirgilKane

That is a saaaad statement. And truly unfortunate. Not many great dealerships out there anymore. And the level of technician competence is woefully low.

GT3 Techno

I had the same notice last spring and it was for a useless radio system update...

terbiumactivated

Porsche,does not have enough leverage with their dealer channel, pretty common in the industry. As such these dealers are pursuing their best chances at profits without regard to their vendors. My company struggled with it too and Porsche is a complete fail at it. The dealer near me in NY has more dicks than a national Richard convention. Across three cars over many years I was completely let down by their incompetence and list plus twenty attitude.

VirgilKane

Oh man, that one's going in my repertoire. lol

Suicide Jockey

I haven't received such an email from Porsche so my first inclination was to say ignore it as marketing fodder designed to drive foot traffic to your local dealer's service department ("Come on in for a free 30-point inspection!"), but the fact that the email is coming directly from Porsche and not a dealer makes me hesitate to dismiss it entirely. Probably a quick call to your dealer's service department can shed some light, but I don't see any recalls or TSB's for our car:


Having said that, some who have received such "technology update" notices from Porsche in the past report that they took their cars in and, indeed, some upgrade (software or otherwise) was performed. See these threads:

http://www.planet-9.com/981-cayman-a...gy-update.html

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/8651...gy-update.html

I'll report back if I get a similar email from Porsche. It could be that these emails are only directed to owners of cars produced during a certain time frame such that not every 981 Spyder owner would necessarily receive one.

kiznarsh

It's probably this.

OP - what's your PCM version? My '16 had version 4.75 and I went it (voluntarily) to upgrade it to version 4.76 which fixed some intermittent Bluetooth connectivity issues.

titleistaddict87

Anyone get this done already and know what exactly was updated? Don't want to waste a day going to the dealership if I don't have to.

skl

Got the same letter (see my other thread- didn't see this one first- sorry for the enzo) and am tempted to ignore it. I'd call the dealer and ask but doubt the chick answering the phone in the service department will have any idea what I'm talking about... (or a guy for that matter.)