2020 PORSCHE TAYCAN — Complaint #1757192
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM filed July 13, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1757192 (ODI reference 11424613) concerns a 2020 PORSCHE TAYCAN and was filed on July 13, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 9, 2021. The report was geocoded to Colorado based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:propulsion system, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PORSCHE TAYCAN cohort independently describe similar electrical system:propulsion system failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2020 PORSCHE TAYCAN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
My car suddenly popped up this error message "Engine Control Error". I could still steer and use the brakes, but the accelerator would not work. I had to coast to a stop, put in park, and restart. I called the dealer and they said this will be part of a recall but they had no fix yet. I'm not sure if this part of the battery power-loss recall or not.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1757192 |
| ODI Number | 11424613 |
| Date Filed | July 13, 2021 |
| Failure Date | July 9, 2021 |
| VIN | WP0AB2Y15LS |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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