Speed Sign Recognition for Cruise Control - Anyone Still Having Issues? (UK users in particular)

[SuperH]

I have had few troubles with speed sign recognition which has been 95% accurate. The problem I do have is that with cruise control on a multilane highway it will not allow me to pass a vehicle in the outside lane (so I'm in the inside lane) unless I tap the accelerator briefly - then is resumes CC and will pass vehicle on the outside lane to me. Has anyone had this experience??

I’m not sure what the driving law is in your State, but in the UK ‘undertaking’ (driving in a slower lane than the one of the vehicle you’re trying to pass, rather than changing into a lane that is faster and going around the vehicle you’re trying to pass) is illegal, hence the car tries to prevent you from making such a move. You can manually over ride it though with the press of the accelerator.

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[Aaronholmes220]

How can you place a deposit for a car which is not yet guaranteed to surface or be available.



Reservation / note of interest fee is not the same as a build slot which can only be placed upon launch of the vehicle (been there done that several times with Porsche). Build slots are much more expensive than a note of interest, how.kuch did you put down out of interest?



The base Macan EV will demonstrate the same issues at considerably less £ than a highly option Turbo variant.



Camera recognition is one piece of the puzzle - mapping data the other which is invariably incorrect and not controlled by Porsche.

Well porsche have taken a sum from me and said it reserves me a build slot when available, they're expecting more info on the vehicle later this year. So, not working for porsche myself, I'm sadly unable to answer your question as to "how" that works. Either way I will be recalling said sum this week as I no longer want one. You may well be right and its just a notice of interest fee. If that is the case what exactly is the point you're trying to make or are you just arguing for the sake of it?

As for the cost difference between a Base model Ev and Turbo that's largely irrelevant, the base model isn't a cheap and cheerful car either and the tech available should enjoy at least the same reliability as an equivalent audi product for that price. The macan I have does not. Whether or not the mapping data is controlled by porsche I would argue that it is still porsches problem. My SQ7 on the same roads correctly updates speed limit information including through temporary road works. If audi can achieve it there's no reason porsche shouldn't be able to.

In my opinion the car tech in the car is sub standard and I'm not buying another one.

 

[SuperH]

Well porsche have taken a sum from me and said it reserves me a build slot when available, they're expecting more info on the vehicle later this year. So, not working for porsche myself, I'm sadly unable to answer your question as to "how" that works. Either way I will be recalling said sum this week as I no longer want one. You may well be right and its just a notice of interest fee. If that is the case what exactly is the point you're trying to make or are you just arguing for the sake of it?

As for the cost difference between a Base model Ev and Turbo that's largely irrelevant, the base model isn't a cheap and cheerful car either and the tech available should enjoy at least the same reliability as an equivalent audi product for that price. The macan I have does not. Whether or not the mapping data is controlled by porsche I would argue that it is still porsches problem. My SQ7 on the same roads correctly updates speed limit information including through temporary road works. If audi can achieve it there's no reason porsche shouldn't be able to.

In my opinion the car tech in the car is sub standard and I'm not buying another one.

I am in full agreement that any tech that is sold on a car, regardless of price or any other factor, should be fit for purpose and fully functional. The Audi comparison is the exact reason I have had such frustrations with my Macan! Particularly as Audi and Porsche belong to the same VW Group, so how can one have nailed it and the other, more premium brand one may argue, have it so wrong for the UK roads. I loved the tech on my e-tron Sportback Launch edition, which for me personally I actually place of higher value on than the 0-60 fun of the Macan. I’ve already been admiring the SQ6 Sportback for my next car.

 

[toontoon]

After 6 months of ownership my Turbo is booked in with the dealer to have the April software update installed. I've mentioned to them that the speed sign recognition has never worked effectively (or safely) since having the car so I've had to turn the function off after the last time I tried it the car abruptly changed from 70mph to 5 mph when it incorrectly read a 50mph sign. Thankfully nothing fast or heavy was behind me and I could quickly take over driving. I know it was an issue regularly talked about in the forum towards the end of 24/early 25, particularly for UK drivers. Is anyone still having the same issue, or had theirs fixed either physically or via software? My dealer claims to have had no other Macan with Innodrive customers with the same issue, but that could just be due to lack of cars of that spec being sold.

 

[jonrblair]

I suggest anyone whose dealer says they have never encountered this problem should cut and paste this chain of posts plus similar ones on other macan ev sites. It is obvious that this is a serious problem for all of us, whether equipped with innodrive not, and that it is the rare exception in the UK at least not to have it. Using speed sign recognition with cruise control is down right dangerous as the original poster indicated and dealers should in fact be warning all of us not to do it. On a car costing close to £100k it is a scandal that Porsche haven’t fixed it on Macan EV’s and by the sounds of it in their other models as well.

 

[SuperH]

I suggest anyone whose dealer says they have never encountered this problem should cut and paste this chain of posts plus similar ones on other macan ev sites. It is obvious that this is a serious problem for all of us, whether equipped with innodrive not, and that it is the rare exception in the UK at least not to have it. Using speed sign recognition with cruise control is down right dangerous as the original poster indicated and dealers should in fact be warning all of us not to do it. On a car costing close to £100k it is a scandal that Porsche haven’t fixed it on Macan EV’s and by the sounds of it in their other models as well.

This is the exact reason for my original post - as I plan to forward a link to this discussion to the Service team at my dealer the day before I take the car in.

 

[JRA Macan 4]

Nach 6 Monaten Besitz ist mein Turbo beim Händler angemeldet, um das Software-Update für April installieren zu lassen. Ich habe ihnen gegenüber erwähnt, dass die Erkennung von Geschwindigkeitsschildern nie effektiv (oder sicher) funktioniert hat, seit ich das Auto habe, also musste ich die Funktion ausschalten, nachdem ich es das letzte Mal ausprobiert habe, das Auto wechselte abrupt von 70 Meilen pro Stunde auf 5 Meilen pro Stunde, als es fälschlicherweise ein 50-Stunden-Schild las. Zum Glück war nichts Schnelles oder Schweres hinter mir und ich konnte schnell das Fahren übernehmen. Ich weiß, dass es ein Thema war, über das regelmäßig im Forum gegen Ende des 24/Anfang 25 gesprochen wurde, insbesondere für britische Autofahrer. Hat jemand immer noch das gleiche Problem oder wurde sein Problem entweder physisch oder per Software behoben? Mein Händler behauptet, dass er keinen anderen Macan mit Innodrive-Kunden mit dem gleichen Problem hatte, aber das könnte auch nur daran liegen, dass keine Autos dieser Spezifikation verkauft wurden.
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[JRA Macan 4]

Ich schlage vor, dass jeder, dessen Händler sagt, dass er noch nie auf dieses Problem gestoßen ist, diese Kette von Beiträgen und ähnliche auf anderen Macan-EV-Websites ausschneiden und einfügen sollte. Es liegt auf der Hand, dass dies ein ernstes Problem für uns alle ist, unabhängig davon, ob wir mit innodrive ausgestattet sind oder nicht, und dass es die seltene Ausnahme in Großbritannien ist, zumindest wenn es nicht vorhanden ist. Die Verwendung der Geschwindigkeitszeichenerkennung mit dem Tempomat ist geradezu gefährlich, wie das Originalplakat andeutete, und die Händler sollten uns alle davor warnen, dies zu tun. Bei einem Auto, das fast 100.000 Pfund kostet, ist es ein Skandal, dass Porsche es nicht an den Macan EVs und auch an den anderen Modellen repariert hat.
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Habe einen Macan 4, Nov. 2024, der Macan 4 hat mehrmals selbstständig Vollgas gegeben!

Die Porsche Werkstätte findet keinen Fehler, der Macan steht seit 2 Monaten beim Händler, geht jetzt über meinen Anwalt! Weil ich fahre den Macan nicht mehr!!

 

[stitch1972]

Another UK driver here with the same issues. My GR Yaris is about 98% correct for the speed of the road, I’d say my Macan 4S is around 35% correct. It’s totally useless and I turn the speed warning off via the diamond the moment I get in the car. This does need looking at for sure, esp when it was saying I should be doing 3mph on the A1

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