Porsche Taycan

363 complaints across 2 scored model years and 25 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Porsche Taycan Full report

Grade 2020–2021

2020 vs model median 1.0×

Model median3× median

Electrical 42

Engine 14

Drivetrain 10

Weakest

2020 · 2021

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Porsche Taycan
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2020	1.00×	97	C
2021	1.00×	93	C
2022 P	1.15×	120	C
2023 P	0.43×	33	B
2024 P	0.16×	17	B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

25 campaigns on record.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
25V896000	BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA	2020–2024	172,107
23V841000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:CHARGING:CABLE/CORD:ONBOARD	2021–2024	41,345
24V455000	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS	2020–2024	31,689
24V732000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY	2020–2024	27,527
22V404000	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)	2020–2022	12,490
21V794000	EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS	2020, 2021	11,827
21V486000	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE	2020, 2021	10,373
25V221000	AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER	2022, 2023	9,735

+ 17 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Acura RLX	none flagged	C
Audi A6	2019	C
Audi A7	2019	C
Audi A8	none flagged	C
BMW 5 Series	20112012	B
BMW 7 Series	2012	B
Buick Lacrosse	20112012	C
Cadillac XTS	2013	C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2020 Taycan

Complaints in window: 97
Severity-weighted: 145
Model median (weighted): 145
vs model median: 1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 12
Open investigations: 0

Score 59.9 C