Powered Charge Port Door - Be Careful

[USMA81]

Regarding ice, I have to believe the Porsche engineers to some extent accounted for this when designing / sourcing this powered door. Moreover, if weather conditions were such that the powered door wouldn't open, it also would be the same for the manual door.

No paint was damaged in freeing my charge door.

It will take more time to see if the jam I experienced was an isolated event.

 

[daveo4EV]

The tech first tried to get the door to retract by connecting with the vehicle system. He had trouble doing so, and so had to resort to forcing it open a bit. He had to use some tools to do it. I wasn’t watching closely, but I think it was a screwdriver, nothing special. See other post on here, however, that indicates that under normal circumstances, the door might retract if it encounters resistance from the DC port. My circumstances might have been unique because of the other problem I’m experiencing in the car.

I think there are manual releases for the power charge port doors by removing side panels in the rear cargo area…