jonsack

Any one else out there stuck at the Port waiting for TPMS chips?

PTS-BRG

I was told by my dealer that the cars get delivered to the dealership and they are installed by the service dept. Takes about 30 mins or so and Porsche sends them the chips and pays them directly for their time.

goin2drt

Would be weird since TPMS for this model are readily available right now. Can't imagine Porsche not getting them first before all the secondary sellers. That's usually how it works. Manufacturers get theirs first then the wholesalers. Wholesalers have plenty. RDE047 has been around for a long time.

https://www.tpmsbargains.com/PORSCHE...PMS-s/1951.htm

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PTS-BRG

You are mistaking the wheel sensors with the cars sensors. The wheels already have the TPMS sensors installed. Its the car itself that is missing the communication chip. Those communication chips are what need to be installed in order for the tires to communicate with the car. The chips are missing, not the sensors

Domer911

This isn't how it happened with my car. Mine arrived in San Diego first week of June, and sat in port until (allegedly) TPMS chip was installed 4 weeks later. Then the car was transported to the dealership.

PTS-BRG

That is unusual. The car wasn’t going to be driven to the dealership, it was going to be trucked, so they didn’t need to install it at the port. In addition, the installation of the chips requires tools and knowledge of how to install them, so it makes no sense to bring in mechanics to install at a port in a less than ideal environment when compared to an enclosed dealership shop. If you say so, but it makes absolutely no sense to do it that way.

Rocket_boy

I would concur with this - but would not surprise me with the current situation, Porsche may have specialists at the port with the knowledge to do this. Whatever, it's a pretty jacked up situation. Like many manufactures that went with JIT production - you have no spare inventory - you order 10, you get 10 and no more. When all the other orders are filled - then you could request more, but probably not get them in todays world - and then have to wait for "your" next 10. No real preference any more.

frankchn

TPMS is a legal requirement (FMVSS 138) and I think Porsche does not want the risk of accidentally allowing a dealership to release a non-road legal vehicle to a customer and incur fines. So they are holding the vehicle in a place that they control (the port) until the car becomes legal.

Same thing happens when a new car is held at port before EPA/CARB certification. They won’t take the risk of an uncertified (and there non-road legal) car being sold to a customer.

Calbenzo

They definitely have some service/repair capabilities at the port. A few years ago, when my E63S was held up at the port for a month or so awaiting a software update, and install of a carbon fiber rear spoiler (which was back ordered), my SA finally requested that they paint and install a regular spoiler at the port, and then send me the CF spoiler when it comes in later.

Norsk

Yes. Since 8-16, Jacksonville.

Amir1

Mercedes has a prep center in Long Beach CA where all the new Mercedes cars are sent to after being unloaded off the boat. They have full body shop and mechanical repair capabilities there. They won't release a car to the dealer unless it's perfect. If a car arrives with body damage or missing parts, it gets fixed at the prep center. I wouldn't doubt that Porsche and other manufactures have similar type prep centers where the chips and other items get installed.

Domer911

They have all kinds of shop capabilities at the port, and apparently it's been that way for a long time. Cars get scuffed, scraped, dinged, and other issues arise that have to get cleaned up before dealers take title to the inventory. Makes sense to me. Didn't before, but now it does.

jonsack

I guess the are keeping each other company there ! Estimated delivery now 10/1?

Norsk

TYD says 9/24, but I will believe it when I see it.

Bluesy

Same here. Landed in San Diego 8/23. Delivery date moved from 8/27 to 10/1 on 8/26. We'll see...