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2021 Porsche Taycan Electrical system Problems

Complaints
38about this part
Share
54%of 71 total for the year
Median mileage
925miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 38 complaints about the electrical system of the 2021 Porsche Taycan, 54% of the 71 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 925 miles. 2 a fire, according to the filers. 8 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“On 4/18/2021 approxamtely 8:25pm. While driving at approxamately 65 MPH on a los angeles freeway a red error message popped up that read motor contol error stop vehicle in a safe place the car stopped abruptly on the freeway. I wasnt able to pull over to safety. All of the lights were still on, on the instument control, the car still appeared to be functional. However, when the car came to a stop, (in the middle of a moderaltely busy freeway) it went into park and would not allow me to put it into drive. I turned the car off and turned it back on and it drove at that point. …”

NHTSA complaint #11414486, filed 2021-04, 925 miles

“Electrical system error message appeared when I turned on the car. I exited and locked the car in an attempt to reset the system. I tried this several times with no success so I attempted to call for a tow. After waiting 20 minutes I tried again to exit the car and lock it. This time when I reentered the car it started and I drove home.”

NHTSA complaint #11453560, filed 2022-02

“Sunday September 8 I plugged my Taycan into my charger at approxmately 1PM. Later I went into my garage approximately 3PM to get something, and it was filled with smoke. After extinguishing the fire, I noticed the cause was the PLUG attached to the Porsche charger had caurght fire and melted the outlet which then caught my garage wall on fire. Had I not been home, my house would have caught fire.”

NHTSA complaint #11613405, filed 2024-09

“Spontaneous shutdown of the vehicle while driving. Critical failure of motility while driving. Driving at 50km per hour extremely dangerous as car just shutdown and I had to try to roll off the road but it died so I had to put it in neutral and push it by hand on a busy road. Car has been at the dealer for 3 weeks now. The spontaneous shut occurred and a red light came on.”

NHTSA complaint #11496914, filed 2022-12

“I was stopped at a red light on a busy street with no-one behind me, one or two seconds before the light changed to green the car shut down with no error message or warning. By then vehicles had caught up to where I was stalled out at the light and had to swerve to go around me. After about ten seconds I was able to get the car started again and to drive off safely. …”

NHTSA complaint #11418975, filed 2021-05

Related recalls

Related service bulletins

Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2024667%
20231048%
20223746%
20213854%
20205357%

Other parts of the 2021 Porsche Taycan

Engine
16 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
12 complaintsBrakes
8 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
5 complaintsForward collision avoidance
5 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsFuel system
3 complaintsVehicle speed control
3 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsAir bags
1 complaintsEngine cooling
1 complaintsSteering
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2021 Porsche Taycan

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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