Love the Taycan. How worried should one be about owning one out of warranty?

 

 

I do, although the battery pack is still under warranty.
Had a ~$5K water pump replacement this summer, hope to not be as unfortunate as Daghlian and Slotin.

 

The HV battery is the biggest concern in my mind at the moment, but you get 8 years on that. There are some potential pricey repair items out of warranty relating to the charging equipment but, otherwise, it seems things that might break will be on par with any Porsche out of warranty. The good news is that any recalls will be covered regardless.

I wasn't willing to take on the risk with my Taycan but I don't believe the first gen car issues are as much gloom and doom as some are suggesting.

 

Not a chance if I would ever touch this car out of warranty.

 

I do and I would absolutely highly recommend NOT owning one out of warranty. Money Pitt comes to mind...

 

Yikes! I am in the camp of no way I'd own a Taycan out of warranty but to be fair, I say that with all my daily driver/workhorse cars and it's why I lease those. Granted, the last 3 prior to the Taycan have been BMWs and I don't want to own any newer car out of warranty but that's me. The Taycan battery and associated electrical systems are the main reason I wouldn't own one. The battery may be warrantied for 8 years but what about the associated electrical and charging parts? (I don't know the answer to this.) Also, if you have a battery warranty claim, what is that going to look like as far as the fix and dealing with that? You've probably read the stories of guys with ARB7 battery recalls and their cars sitting for weeks if not months waiting for the fix. One other thing for me, I have the great air suspension, that I live, but I have never heard of an air suspension system that didn't fail at some point and on a Porsche that would be a very costly repair.

 

I’d be concerned about owning the Taycan out of warranty. They’ve added a lot of complicated techs/components into the EV and when they break it’s going to be costly. When I had my GTS I took it in for recalls and warranty works, they told me if they found moisture on the occupant seat sensor (there was none), which was causing airbag fault, it’d not be covered under warranty that costs $3k to replace. We are just talking about a small sensor under the seat that started giving issue on its own within 3 years.

Like @MonteBoy mentioned, all air suspensions fail at some point. I also had passenger screen, rear wheel steering, front axle lift, innodrive, lane keep, etc. They were all great when checking the boxes on the build…

 

Thanks for the replies. They confirm my suspicions.

I think the fundamental problem is the modern day automotive manufacturers business models. Like outrageously priced parts and unwillingness to support internal repair of the components.
Watched a video where the two speed gearbox wouldn't shift because of a sensor bracket failure. Per the video Porsche's response was buy the whole component. The guys in the video actually 3D printed the new part.

Similar story for my Mercedes. I had a transfer case fail due to an internal bearing. Per Mercedes the transmission and the transfer case were a matched set to the tune of $8K (which I realize is Porsche pocket money). Luckily an indy was able to source the bearing and rebuild it for $2.5K. So the car hasn't been that bad to own out of warranty.

 

Mine has been reliable. 54,000 miles and only big work I've had done was a heat exchanger under recall, and then that updated exchanger failing and being replaced under warranty about a year later.

I do have the 22 kW OBC and I am worried about that failing. I'm out of the standard warranty and only covered by HV battery at this point.

Considering I've only had to deal with the heat exchanger and only now do I need to replace my first set of brakes at my independent shop, I'm overall satisfied with the car and low cost of maintenance up to this point.

Battery replacement is becoming an easier task than it was 10 years ago, and cheaper. Problem is finding competent shops to handle the job.

 

Hope it continues to give you and others who out of warranty good service.

 

it's practically guaranteed that repairs on out-of-warranty Taycan on average are going to be much less than depreciation for a similar in-warranty Taycan. So pick your poison - a guaranteed real loss to depreciation or a hypothetical loss to repairs that may or may not happen. But owning it out of warranty is a financially smarter decision, as counterintuitive as it sounds. I never own out of warranty but only because I'm a sucker for new stuff, but it is the more expensive choice.

 

That may be the case but the question to me is, can you be wiped out in value nearly instantly with an out of warranty repair or two?

 

The out of warranty Taycan is still going to depreciate, just not as quickly as when new. So I don’t think it’s as easy to say new depreciation vs. the cost of out of warranty repairs. I could be wrong but it would look more like - new Taycan depreciation (in warranty) vs. used Taycan (out of warranty) depreciation + potential warranty repairs.

 

Right. It is the average annual cost of ownership.

The whole used car bargain theory was the first owner had the means and desire to have the latest and greatest shiny new thing and move on. The next buyers would get an model that was depreciated in large part because the model had changed so it was "dated, out of style, last years news". It was also not as shiny, showing wear here and there, didn't have that "new car smell". But out of warranty used cars weren't inherently a risk of financial disaster that the upper end German cars can be now.