Introduction

This article is part of the series of Nico's Porsche Taycan Experience.

This is strange

There is no better title than this one. It's simply strange what you are going to be reading.

Various parts of the car started rattling or making noises over time. And when I say over time, this is all within the first year of driving it.

For me, no car that I was ever driving did have such issues and especially not to this extend.

For a Porsche, which is supposedly a higher quality car, I find it rather surprising. No, strike that. I find it unacceptable.

Rattling 1: doors

Some time in 2023, I do not have the exact dates anymore, first one front door then the second front door started to rattle. Like loose plastic.

The Porsche Center OZS had a look at it and stated that "noise issues are not covered by warranty, added noise insulation into the doors and fixed it at my cost.

That's just strange and ridiculous, but at least they fixed it within one try.

Rattling 2: headrest

At a similar time, the passenger seat headrest started to rattle as well. That one however was covered by warranty. Not sure why, maybe it's a more common thing to fail.

There was another rattling headrest later, found and repaired, after the water in the car was removed.

Squeaking windows

This one is also curious. In humid weather, the front windows started to squeak, when opening or closing. But not just a little, but surprisingly loud. The Porsche Center OZS replaced the guide rails on warranty and the windows became silent. For about half a year, after which the same sound started again. That time other guide rails were replaced. As the car has been in repair for 2 months and I'm not in the same country as of writing this article, I cannot say whether this has been fixed or not.

Review

None of these issues are crucial, but all of them are showing a surprisingly low build quality of the car. Not once in my lifetime did I have a car, however old or cheap it was, that made so many unexpected sounds. And not only that, reappearing really makes me wonder why the quality is so low.