NNN Investment

So I went through the process and filled out some information online. It gave me a code to give to my dealer. The service guy advised that there's a charge of 189 and a monthly subscription. Could anyone confirm?

Gordon Shumway

They should not charge you anything to activate it with that code, and it is free for the first year.

That assumes it is a new car.

NNN Investment

It's not new. It is a 2018 with 1980 miles

anythingbuttime

You most likely will have to pay the monthly fee, if they are charging you $189 in labor to input the code...that is ridiculous. My car was out of the service bay for 5 minutes.

Hurricane

$189 is the annual subscription cost for navigation and infotainment services through Porsche Connect. One year free for new owners, as the great Gordon Shumway mentioned above, otherwise $189 for one year. There is no need for the dealership to enter any code. You can sign up for the subscription online and do this yourself in the PCM.

achtung6

My 12 month trial subscription just lapsed and Porsche is aksing $300 for one year of service. At $189/yr, I would consider it.

Hurricane

It is still listed at $189 a year on the Porsche Connect Store online - I just checked.

https://connect-store.porsche.com/us/en/

Psorcery

I cant even get anything to function.. Let alone even pay for a subscription.

check out SDK autos. 800 bucks one time fee and it craps on stock PCM.

Hurricane

OliverK68

Gordon Shumway

Don't confuse all the myriad services available on the Porsche. OP asked about Porsche Car Connect, which is only the service provided by Vodaphone. It was free for a year, but looking at the new descriptions of services, I'm not even certain that is offered anymore. It was kind of outrageously priced at renewal, so I doubt many continued it, so it would be a good candidate to eliminate. The 2018's definitely had it, as I am still being harassed to renew it, which I have no plan to do. I did renew the Connect plus Navigation + Infotainment service on Black Monday for the $99 special for a year. But that is not Porsche Car Connect via Vodaphone. It is service provided completely by Porsche via the embedded SIM. Looking in the Connect store now seems to indicate a new Porsche Remote service which looks like it is replacing a lot of the Vodaphone service.

As for the OP, it looks like with a used car that a subscription will be needed, although it seems pretty petty to charge $189 for a service that takes mere minutes.

NNN Investment

Thank you for the response. After reading them i don't feel it's necessary to get it.

Bob Z.

In regards to Nav, that is not something one has to continue to pay year after year for, is it?

achtung6

Thank you. I got Porsche Car Connect confused with Porsche Connect. It was Car Connect that expired and they want $300 for one year's worth of service. I hardly used it as anything other than a novelty (to see where the car was, to check to see if I had locked it, etc.) $300/yr makes it a no go.

My car being a 2017 has Porsche Connect via an AT&T sim card, not the embedded sim that 2018 and newer cars have. I tried to get AT&T to add the car's sim to my company wireless account but they wouldn't do it. I have to have a separate account just for the car and it was going to be way more expensive that way. Anyone have luck getting AT&T to add the car's sim to their mobile account? How about using another sim card that's not AT&T?

911-TOUR

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IMHO - These services add about $39.99 of value / year. That is where they might get folks to renew them. $99 on black Friday / cyber Monday is better, but still pushing it. As for me, I'm using CarPlay until the prices become reasonable.
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