LSR

I just got a call from my dealer saying Porsche has released a software update for 991.1 sport chrono cars and the stop sale has been lifted for updated cars. He had no other information.

asellus

Curious to see a before/after dyno or similar analysis of this update.

noahabel

Well, a dealer near me has 4 non-Turbo cars with PDK and Chrono up for sale right now.

Prices are insane, as expected. Let's see what this does to the rest of the market.

bb964

Any volunteers here? Or is it just like with the vaccine late last year - let the neighbor get it first

Joec500

I am def not bringing my car in to a dealer for ANY software updates LOL

Porsche_nuts

Definitely would want to know what the software downgrade would do to the car.

bb964

Any recall would be posted on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, nothing there yet:

https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2013/P...Communications

Southbranch

And it never will be. It's not a vehicle safety recall. It is emissions related. See the giant thread on the stop sale order.

bb964

IMHO a government mandated emissions action will most likely be a recall. Even if it's not, if you look at the link above closely, there are 167 items, most are manufacturer communications including software updates.

Southbranch

We don't know that it is "government mandated' yet. So far, Porsche's stop sale order was voluntarily initiated and hasn't even risen to the level of a manufacturer's customer service campaign (since it only applied to Porsche dealers that have affected cars in their inventories). Perhaps the new software modification ultimately will end up being mandatory somehow, but if so, it won't be in the form of a NHSTA safety recall. This is more of an EPA issue.

It certainly never hurts the check for recalls, but when you do a VIN search on the NHTSA website, it explains what the search tool will and will not show. It says it will not show "Manufacturer customer service or other nonsafety recall campaign".

El_Tigre

Haha we must be in the same neighborhood! Not letting the dealership near mine!

pfan

If the fix involves DME/ECU remapping, I wonder if they could fix my 2400 rpm stumble while they're in there? One can always hope......

marcnyc

Do we think it's for PDK cars only or also Manuals?

noahabel

It's PDK with Sport Chrono only. Manuals with Chrono have been up for sale as normal this year.

Chimcu

not true.. my 991.1 sports chrono manual has been held by the dealership since may 2021