Switching from Taycan to Macan

[cyber1967]

Hello everyone. Coming from a disastrous experience with a Taycan Sport Tursimo in which the 22KW on-board charger failed twice, resulting in a tow truck recovery and almost 2 months in the workshop, the time has come to say enough. I love this car but living with it terrifies me. I am negotiating with the dealership about buying it back or exchanging it for a used Macan 4 Electric of theirs that they use as a courtesy car. The car is beautiful, I like it, but I don't want to make, as they say, a bigger mistake. I have read about the problems with this car, as of July 2026, is it that terrible and unreliable? Ok, it is a newer product, but I was hoping it would be better than the first generation Taycan. Am I making a mistake? Many thanks to anyone who can help me make a decision.

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[Awaz]

If it is a courtesy car, it means it gets used most of the time, and they would have sorted out any niggles.
And it has an 11 kW AC charger that doesn't have such issues.
Mine, like many, has been trouble-free since purchase in Nov 2024, except for one issue: it misreads auto speed limits. So, I turned it off. But I think this problem is mainly UK-specific.
So, go for it.

 

[SergeyIndy]

Hello everyone. Coming from a disastrous experience with a Taycan Sport Tursimo in which the 22KW on-board charger failed twice, resulting in a tow truck recovery and almost 2 months in the workshop, the time has come to say enough. I love this car but living with it terrifies me. I am negotiating with the dealership about buying it back or exchanging it for a used Macan 4 Electric of theirs that they use as a courtesy car. The car is beautiful, I like it, but I don't want to make, as they say, a bigger mistake. I have read about the problems with this car, as of July 2026, is it that terrible and unreliable? Ok, it is a newer product, but I was hoping it would be better than the first generation Taycan. Am I making a mistake? Many thanks to anyone who can help me make a decision.

2023 Taycan owner adding a 2026 Macan EV.
Zero issues with Taycan but I did not get the 22kW option as it was expensive and unnecessary.
Taycan forum is full of 22kW option failures with the best route to replace it with the standard 11kW and get compensation for it from corporate with someone going through this right now.
I was hoping all issues would clear up by the 2026 model but that does not seem to be the case, so I will be sure to share any issues with the forum when I get it, which would be late August.

 

[TomekGnomek]

Ok, it is a newer product, but I was hoping it would be better than the first generation Taycan

The newest update 28.13 SQ5 seems to resolve most of early stage issues but I would assume Taycan J1.2 should me more reliable compared to first gen Macan.

I wouldn't buy a used one without looking deep into service history.

 

[USMA81]

I have two 2024 Macan 4 with which I occasionally still have a few minor issues, but these resolve after turning the vehicle off, and they are exceedingly rare. Nothing of any note now. The 2024 software had more bugs, but I rate these vehicle as reliable after the last update. Overall, I would buy again based on this past experience.

There are a number of really bad stories, but the majority of owners, seemingly a pretty high percentage, have a vehicle that has been a positive experience.

You could ask to take the Macan for a week before deciding on the trade. Seems like a reasonable request.

 

[pm4s]

If the only issue you had with your J1.1 Taycan was the 22kW OBC I guarantee you will have a lot more problems with the Macan, Taycan is a class above and downgrading to the Macan in hopes for peace of mind is the wrong thing to do. Macan looks a lot worse, handles a lot worse, is slower and does not offer any more leg room, the only benefit it has over the Taycan is increased ground clearance. If you stick to asphalt replace the 22kW OBC for a 11KW and enjoy the looks/drive/premium quality of the Taycan.

 

[byebye]

There are some Macans which are total lemons, no doubt about that either, but don't know how to avoid them!
I think you are very courageous to buy a new Porsche EV after being so unlucky with your first Porsche EV.
For instance, on this forum, 30% of the Macans seem to have the 1% loss of SoC per day for almost one year. The latest (non OTA as always) campaign seems to resolve that: it took one year for Porsche to find a solution (hopefuly)... Is that acceptable from your pov?
For instance, my specific car is at the dealership since may, after 15 weeks of previous unavailability for a dangerous issue... it's maybe a rare issue, but nonetheless a very real one.

The question you must answer: if (if !) your future macan is one of the problematic ones, would you accept that with a smile (bad luck, again ), or would you think "I was aware of a non negligible probability of a problem, why the hell did I purchase another EV from Porsche?"

You have some Macan's owners that had a bunch of problems, even one member(can't remember the pseudo) with two (!) successive lemons, and in the end, they've replaced their Macans EV with the new Cayenne EV.
So you see, it's a very personal decision.

 

[jason4s]

I've had my 4S for over a month so far with no issues. But as others have noted there seems to be some luck involved.

As with anything on the internet, you'll find that forum posters often amplify both pros and (especially) cons, there will be plenty of other people not on the forums happily driving their cars.

 

[cyber1967]

Thank you all so much for your feedback. Let's say I was thinking about a trade-in, to quickly resolve the issue, because it seems to me that the dealer is more open to this scenario than buying back the Taycan. I know I'm backtracking, I mean in terms of the car, but I've considered that the Taycan is a very difficult car to sell, mainly due to its reputation as an unreliable vehicle, while the Macan, although not the car of my dreams, is commercially much easier to resell if I ever don't like it. Let's say I'd like it to be free of serious problems so I can use it as my personal car. As long as they are software bugs, that's no big deal. Even the replacement MY2026 Taycan I'm using has them, all you have to do is turn it off and on again. But in the worst-case scenario, I thought that if I had to sell it, I'd be much quicker with the Macan. It's just a quicker way to protect my money, because the legal situation is wearing me down.

 

[Somehow]

As a general rule of thumb: In the 2010s most car companies didn't introduce major / revolutionary new technologies. Development was incremental and a lot of new car generations were reliable from the get go. It seems customers forgot an important rule of thumb during that time: the higher the innovation the more unreliable is a new car generation at the beginning of its life cycle. There's currently two major developments going on regarding software and EV. Porsche has been late to both developments. So it's to be expected, that new car generations will be more unreliable at the beginning, as they were before the 2010s. This is of course statistics. There will be early reliable cars and late unreliable cars, but probability changes.

Worst thing to do (from a statistical point of view), if you're not satisfied with the reliability of your taycan would be to right now buy the newly released cayenne electric or a used early production Macan or taycan.

I for myself have waited two years before ordering a Macan (will be delivered next week) because of these reasons. Will it be enough, I don't know. But probability of getting a reliable car should have gotten better.

 

[pm4s]

It's just a quicker way to protect my money, because the legal situation is wearing me down.

It's clear that you've already made up your mind but it's still our civil duty to try to protect you
It's like saying guys I can't stand the cold in Norway before I kill myself what do you think should I move to Sweden?
You're going from the least reliable EV to the 2nd least reliable EV and somehow expecting your luck to change.
Best of luck with the Macan and hope not to see a post few months down down the line:
Guys my Macan brake checked a blacked out Rangr Rover at 70mph and when I returned home my family including dog were already massacred, I don't know what to do, do you think Cayenne EV is more reliable although not sure what to do with the extra space, anyone has wife/kids going cheap? (already captured neighborhood dog...)

 

[cyber1967]

It's clear that you've already made up your mind but it's still our civil duty to try to protect you
It's like saying guys I can't stand the cold in Norway before I kill myself what do you think should I move to Sweden?
You're going from the least reliable EV to the 2nd least reliable EV and somehow expecting your luck to change.
Best of luck with the Macan and hope not to see a post few months down down the line:
Guys my Macan brake checked a blacked out Rangr Rover at 70mph and when I returned home my family including dog were already massacred, I don't know what to do, do you think Cayenne EV is more reliable although not sure what to do with the extra space, anyone has wife/kids going cheap? (already captured neighborhood dog...)

You're right, but my questions were to understand if the problems are causing a breakdown with a tow truck, or more software bugs that can be annoying, but allow you to continue driving. My first two Teslas weren't free of problems either, but not serious enough to stop the car. Analyzing the situation clearly, moving from problematic Car 1 to the more recent and perhaps problematic Car 2, considering that at the moment the dealership seems more inclined to close on a trade-in, Car 2, at least from what I see around, can be sold with a certain ease, while the other one cannot. The final decision hasn't been made yet, I think it will be next week, before signing, I'll get a lawyer's opinion, and I'll look at the Macan 4 they're offering me. Thank you very much for your frankness, I really appreciate it.

 

[TomekGnomek]

Thank you all so much for your feedback. Let's say I was thinking about a trade-in, to quickly resolve the issue, because it seems to me that the dealer is more open to this scenario than buying back the Taycan. I know I'm backtracking, I mean in terms of the car, but I've considered that the Taycan is a very difficult car to sell, mainly due to its reputation as an unreliable vehicle, while the Macan, although not the car of my dreams, is commercially much easier to resell if I ever don't like it. Let's say I'd like it to be free of serious problems so I can use it as my personal car. As long as they are software bugs, that's no big deal. Even the replacement MY2026 Taycan I'm using has them, all you have to do is turn it off and on again. But in the worst-case scenario, I thought that if I had to sell it, I'd be much quicker with the Macan. It's just a quicker way to protect my money, because the legal situation is wearing me down.

I get your reasoning. I would check this particular car for service history.

There are two types of problems with Macans:

1) annoying issues and problems affecting most cars (like assistance systems warnings etc) - these are mostly fixed by the most current software update

2) serious issues affecting SOME cars (like red circles, cars turning off on highways erc) - we don't know how many cars are affected and what is the risk but in case something like that happened with this particular car (like repeated attempts to fix some issue) it should be reported in the service history; if you find something like that I would avoid the car, if not go for it

 

[TomekGnomek]

Macan looks a lot worse, handles a lot worse, is slower and does not offer any more leg room, the only benefit it has over the Taycan is increased ground clearance.

While Taycan is a fantastic car I wouldn't be so harsh on the Macan.

If you equip you Macan well (like club leather, race tex, air suspension, PTV, perhaps a GTS version) you will not feel a significant step down compared to Taycan. The build quality will be comparable, looks could be fantastic as well (neo green + neodyme wheels + sport pack), driving fun is also superb and you will not find a better driving crossover/SUV and getting in/out is a major plus - this car is much more practical while retaining a lot of wow/fun factor. I agree Taycan handles on another level but the GTS version of Macan is REALLY good.

PS what's crazy to me is range and consumption is almost the same between Taycan and Macan.

 

[LinuxLars]

Hello everyone. Coming from a disastrous experience with a Taycan Sport Tursimo in which the 22KW on-board charger failed twice, resulting in a tow truck recovery and almost 2 months in the workshop, the time has come to say enough. I love this car but living with it terrifies me. I am negotiating with the dealership about buying it back or exchanging it for a used Macan 4 Electric of theirs that they use as a courtesy car. The car is beautiful, I like it, but I don't want to make, as they say, a bigger mistake. I have read about the problems with this car, as of July 2026, is it that terrible and unreliable? Ok, it is a newer product, but I was hoping it would be better than the first generation Taycan. Am I making a mistake? Many thanks to anyone who can help me make a decision.

I ordered a 2024 Macan 4 as soon as they started taking orders. Mine was on the boatcarrying the dealer demos, so, a VERY early build.

Software bugs? Yeah, we had a lot and I think most of them have been fixed by now. I haven't had any bogus alerts iin over 6 months.

Hardware bugs? A couple of tiny issues, only 1was significant - a charging port that wouldn't open. A trip to the dealer, who replaced the port, and no recurrances.

All in all, a wonderful, reliable car.

Sorry to hear about the Taycan. I've gotten one for a loaner and loved it.

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