Porsche TaycanYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 276 NHTSA owner complaints across 6 model years, no Porsche Taycan year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Taycan has 27 safety recalls on record.

Porsche Taycan

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: This picture has been taken by Oleg Yunakov . Contact e-mail: yunakov gmail.com . Image can be used in accordance with t, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Porsche Taycan years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Taycan median. Tap a year for its full report.

'20'21'22'23'24'25
  • Avoid
  • Caution
  • Solid
  • Best
  • Not rated
Complaints by system

Most common Porsche Taycan problems

All model years combined: 276 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system1468
Engine522
Power train490
Service brakes284
Fuel/propulsion system241
Forward collision avoidance191
Visibility/wiper130
Vehicle speed control132
Steering120
13 other systems346
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Taycan

  1. Loss of Motive PowerPE21013 · 2020–2021 · closed Dec 23, 2021
    Led to recall 21V-486