HAS ANY ONE EXPIRENCED THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM !!!

[Marksgd]

That'll be half the cost of extending the warranty.
Cross fingers that nothing else goes wrong in the next 12 months and you'll be in pocket! []
Regards,

Clive

That leads me to my next Post Clive!!

 

[Marksgd]

Well after 0ver 4 weeks i have got the Macan back from OPC Tewkesbury The fault after 30 hours of diagnostics!!!! has been diagnosed as the "Front end electronic control unit".
I had contacted Porsche customer services regarding the cost of the work carried out, as the Macan was approx 5 weeks out of warranty. After talking to one of the personnel there regarding a "Gesture of Goodwill" Porsche said i will have to contribute £815.00 towards the cost . I said for a prestige Company like Porsche i think they could have done better. They were having none of it.....Why do i have to shore up the time cost it took the OPC to diagnose the fault??? .
A unhappy Porsche owner....Ps i hope this has cured it ....

MarkSGD

Really sorry to hear about your problems. Having owned a previous Porsche, my experience has been that, although on first inspection, an extended warranty appears expensive, when you strip out the European-wide recovery package, the warranty insurance is not that expensive over the two year period. At the time I bought my Cayman, the factory warranty lasted two year. I kept the car for 8 years and renewed the warranty during the entire period of my ownership. Two claims were made during that time which totalled over £2000 worth of work.

My similar problem to yours, namely the ACC/PAS Unavailable message illuminating appears to have been caused by a voltage drop on engine start when it was cranking at about 75rpm. This led to an inspection of the battery which appeared not to be holding charge (a loss of 25% over a 24 hour period). When the battery compartment was opened, it was full of water - 6 ltrs to be precise - which caused the battery terminals to corrode, as well as corrosion to the sub-woofer and several other electrical components. The leak was caused by the right rear sunroof drainage tube not being routed correctly to the external drain hole which caused water to ingress into the battery compartment. No-one can be sure but, given that nothing would have caused the pipe to be dislodged, it must have been like that since the day it was manufactured. I am very grateful to the senior technician at my OPC for his diligence - a couple of bottles of decent wine will be winging their way to him by way of thanks - he has prevented what appeared to be an innocuous problem from developing into something more serious.

I collected the car last Friday and, so far, the ACC/PAS Unavailable message has not re-appeared.

Ill check the battery compartment as well doubt it will be that as they said they checked the battery>


Thanks..

 

[Marksgd]

Well after 0ver 4 weeks i have got the Macan back from OPC Tewkesbury The fault after 30 hours of diagnostics!!!! has been diagnosed as the "Front end electronic control unit".
I had contacted Porsche customer services regarding the cost of the work carried out, as the Macan was approx 5 weeks out of warranty. After talking to one of the personnel there regarding a "Gesture of Goodwill" Porsche said i will have to contribute £815.00 towards the cost . I said for a prestige Company like Porsche i think they could have done better. They were having none of it.....Why do i have to shore up the time cost it took the OPC to diagnose the fault??? .
A unhappy Porsche owner....Ps i hope this has cured it ....

MarkSGD

Really sorry to hear about your problems. Having owned a previous Porsche, my experience has been that, although on first inspection, an extended warranty appears expensive, when you strip out the European-wide recovery package, the warranty insurance is not that expensive over the two year period. At the time I bought my Cayman, the factory warranty lasted two year. I kept the car for 8 years and renewed the warranty during the entire period of my ownership. Two claims were made during that time which totalled over £2000 worth of work.

My similar problem to yours, namely the ACC/PAS Unavailable message illuminating appears to have been caused by a voltage drop on engine start when it was cranking at about 75rpm. This led to an inspection of the battery which appeared not to be holding charge (a loss of 25% over a 24 hour period). When the battery compartment was opened, it was full of water - 6 ltrs to be precise - which caused the battery terminals to corrode, as well as corrosion to the sub-woofer and several other electrical components. The leak was caused by the right rear sunroof drainage tube not being routed correctly to the external drain hole which caused water to ingress into the battery compartment. No-one can be sure but, given that nothing would have caused the pipe to be dislodged, it must have been like that since the day it was manufactured. I am very grateful to the senior technician at my OPC for his diligence - a couple of bottles of decent wine will be winging their way to him by way of thanks - he has prevented what appeared to be an innocuous problem from developing into something more serious.

I collected the car last Friday and, so far, the ACC/PAS Unavailable message has not re-appeared.

Well its been a week now & the Macan is still going fine ...Fingers X

 

[g7 tar]

Hi,well here we are again! Macan S Diesel ,46873 miles now to be fitted with second Transfer Box ! Very disappointed. Told the first time it was due to the short vent pipe causing water contamination to the oil.Now the unit has been modified so all will be well ?? Can I ask has anybody else had the same issues or do they just tip toe to the shops and back ? I would really like to know.

 

[Richydmacan]

I also have the ACC/PAS problem. It started with a warning light on the dash coming on intermittently for a couple of weeks but now the system is permanently switched off and won’t come on at all. I use the adaptive cruise quite often so it’s a pain it not working. I’ll check for flooding in the boot/battery area tomorrow to see if there’s anything amiss there. Failing that I could be in for an expensive front end circuit board replacement as per earlier post....bugger!

 

[Marksgd]

Hi i have had this problem for 2 years off & on each time i was told it was this problem then that problem yet it never got sorted in my opinion. in the end i sold the Macan bought a X3 & then the wife was happy she had a car that she could trust not to break down every 5-6 months & would cost £££ only to have the problem rear its head again & Again.. My Cayman however has had zero faults & is great Fingers Crossed.
I do hope you get to the bottom of the cause...