rbaron

When did paddle shifters - not the rocker switches - become standard equipment all across the Cayenne line?

Was it 2016 or was it earlier?

Are there any known issues with them?

pdxjim

my 2015 has them and I believe the 2014 had them too. Love them!

rbaron

Thanks. I believe they were an available option in certain years before they became standard in all models and I'm curious about in which model year they became standard in the base model on up.

--Bob

gnat

It was the 958.2 that got them standard. The .1 had the option and I don't think the older models had the option at all.

I believe the .2 came out for MY 16, but I could be wrong and it may have been 15.

Lionworks Auto

Wish the 955 CTT had them!

TD Pcar

MY15 was when Porsche designers pulled their craniums out of their nether regions and made the paddle shifters standard, and coupled with multifunction capabilties, causing envy amongst all. The trade off was no more N/A V8

rbaron

Ah. IIRC the paddle shifters could be ordered previously but only with the sport steering wheel which had no multi-function functions. Am I right?

RickDC

RBaron, that's correct, you either had the choice of the standard multi-function wheel with buttons, or the sport design with paddle shifters (which is what I have).. both were no charge options..

GRA-2

Has anyone installed them on a 955/957 or is there more to it than replacing the steering wheel?

gnat

I don't know about a .1 wheel, but Porsche claims the .2 wheel is not backwards compatible with the .1 cars so I would guess not with the older ones either.

There is a guy on 6spd (from Russia I think?) that claims it is possible to put the .2 wheel in a .1, but I have yet to see actual evidence of it and all he'll provide is "your dealer can do the reprogramming" and "you need this part too" (where he shows a picture but provides no P/N).

Assuming it really is possible on the 958.1, I would expect the 955/957 to be more difficult due to the many software changes when they switched to the 958 and made things harder to work with (e.g. why Durametric is near useless on a 958).

Between the two .1 options I would expect the sport (paddles only) wheel to be the easier of the 2 to make work, but I don't know if it would be plug and play. In the .1 if you want to go from the MF wheel to the sport wheel you need to replace the switch cluster too (adds a stalk for some of the MF wheel functions) and the car needs to be reprogrammed.

GRA-2

Thanks, that sounds like a no then!
I would LOVE paddle shifters on my 957 turbo

gnat

I see references to SpeedArt doing a paddle wheel for the 957.

I don't know if looking at the PDK wheel from a 987/997 might be an easier retrofit.

Nino Sita

I have paddle shifters in my 2011 Cayenne Turbo I just bought last week. Is this the same or similar to the 2015+?

gnat

In that it has 3 spokes and paddles, yes. In that the new wheel looks different and has the multi-function controls, no.

From a Macan, but it's the same wheel:

rpm's S2

The Tiptronic wheel *****/buttons/rockers are the only thing I don't like about my Cayenne. They sit right where I rest my thumbs, cold, hard, and uncomfortable. Heated wheel doesn't help obviously. I looked into retrofitting the Sport Design wheel, but the part alone is well over $1,500 by itself. I'll just have cold thumbs.