Gripes 6mo into ownership

[craz8]

No rattles on mine.

Only real remaining gripe (which is getting more annoying by the week) is the lack of consistent brake regen while in coast mode (or when thrust regen is off).

Essentially the car randomly decided when to use the mechanical brakes vs regen when pressing the brake pedal. I know some others have this issue but not sure how wide spread this is. Very noticeable as it produces a wide range of consumption numbers over the last 20 days. When it works this thing could be a range monster when it doesn’t, not so much.

I would bring it to the dealer but a) I don’t want to give up the car in case they keep it for an unreasonable amount of time b) it’s not 100% reproducible every time.

Other than this, been loving the car

I think I saw that the recent software update documentation included a fix for this brake problem, so getting the dealer involved has a chance of solving this for you.

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[sharmitzer]

Sharing an update after my Macan has spent a week at the dealership where I asked them to look into the sounds, check the doors and address another issue where front passenger side window was not closing properly.
Of course during this time there was another “recall” software update, this time involving rear view camera.

No surprise that the dealer was not able to reproduce the sound. Even after multiple drives. They did however hear a sound from the front passenger side door, they took off the panel and put some felt etc. and they re-tested and declared the sound gone.

I insisted on a drive along with the tech. I drove the car for nearly 40 minutes through many stretches where the car would reliably make the annoying rattles. But with the tech in the car, it was quiet as a knife through butter. Drove so beautifully and smoothly. Reminded me why I bought the car in the first place. Part frustrated and part warily hopeful that the noises are somehow gone, I had to relieve the dealership of my car and take it home.

The dealer game me some talk of “traveling noise”, that the sound they heard and fixed in the door could be what I perceived to be coming from the rear driver-side door or from the roof. I want to believe that. Time will tell.

Also want to thank the community here for teaching me about the “hold” mode which then allows you to open the door and the car goes into park, like how I recall a Tesla does. This is so much better than having to reach for the P button.