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Over 27,000 Porsche Tacans recalled due to batteries short circuiting

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Some Porsche Taycan batteries can short circuit and catch on fire, but a fix won't be ready until 2025.

The Porsche Taycan has been recalled, again.

The root cause is once again the electric car's battery pack. On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) posted the recall for certain 2021 to 2024 Porsche Taycans. The recall is due to the high-voltage battery pack, which may experience a short circuit within the battery module.

Porsche said the consequence of a short circuit in the high-voltage battery pack is an increase risk of a fire.

The recall spans 27,527 Tacans.

Early analysis suggests the root cause of the issue stems from a supplier production issue, according to Porsche. The battery pack is supplied by LG and assembled in Poland.

There's no identification or early warning that a short circuit is about to take place with the battery pack, Porsche said.

Porsche said dealers will install advanced diagnostic software, but that software isn't expected to be available until the first quarter of 2025.

Porsche isn't aware of any vehicles that have experienced an issue.

For now, Porsche said it will monitor available online vehicle data and contact owners as necessary. Those owners will be instructed to only charge their Tacans to 80% state-of-charge until Porsche can replace the high-voltage battery pack.

On cars that don't have online vehicle available, dealers are instructed to perform a diagnostic test and replace the battery where necessary, and also instruct owners to only charge their cars to 80%.

Porsche will mail notification letters to owners beginning November 29.

Customers can contact Porsche at 1-800-767-7243 or the NHTSA at 1-888-327-4236. The agency's reference number for this recall is 24V732.

In April Porsche recalled 606 Taycans noting their battery packs could short circuit and catch on fire. It's unclear if this recent recall is an expansion or independent, but the remedy and issues are the same.

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