2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid problems

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Common 2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid problems

Based on the complaints from owners of the 2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, several common problems have been highlighted:

Electric System Issues: Owners have reported concerns regarding the long-term reliability of the electric e-Hybrid parts of the car. This includes issues with the electric components, such as the battery, motor, and charging system. Problems with these components can lead to reduced efficiency, performance issues, and potential breakdowns.
Water Ingress: Some owners have experienced water ingress into the enclosure where the charger connects, causing malfunctions in the electric system. Water infiltration can lead to electrical failures, affecting the car's ability to run on electricity and impacting overall performance.
Charging System Failures: There have been reports of charging system failures in the Cayenne S E-Hybrid. Issues with the charging system can prevent the battery from charging properly, leading to reduced electric range, increased reliance on the internal combustion engine, and potential drivability issues.
Complexity of Hybrid Technology: Certain owners have expressed concerns about the complexity of hybrid technology in the Cayenne S E-Hybrid. The integration of internal combustion engines with electric motors can lead to intricate systems that may be challenging to diagnose and repair. This complexity can result in higher maintenance costs and potential reliability issues.
Performance Degradation: Some owners have noted performance degradation as the electric charge depletes over time. This can impact acceleration, overall power delivery, and the driving experience. Performance variations due to the hybrid system's operation can affect the car's consistency in delivering power and responsiveness.
Brake Feel: The integration of regenerative braking in the Cayenne S E-Hybrid can lead to inconsistencies in brake feel. While Porsche has worked on blending regenerative and mechanical braking, variations in regenerative braking levels can result in differing pedal feel during braking. This inconsistency, especially under hard driving conditions, can affect the driver's experience.

These common problems reported by owners of the 2015 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid highlight the challenges associated with hybrid technology, electric systems, and performance maintenance in this particular model. Addressing these issues promptly and ensuring regular maintenance can help mitigate potential problems and ensure a smoother ownership experience.

What is the most common problem with the Porsche Cayenne?

These are the most common problems reported by owners on platforms such as carproblems.com, carcomplaints.com, and Car Talk Community. The most frequently reported issues are engine failures, electrical problems, and broken plastic coolant lines.

How long does a Porsche Cayenne hybrid battery last?

Some drivers have reported their hybrid battery lasted as long as 15 years and going over 150,000 miles without issues.

What is the range of a Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid 2015?

up to 22 miles

Consequently, in spite of the Cayenne's sturdier 2350kg mass and bluffer aerodynamic properties, its EV mode range of up to 22 miles and maximum electric speed of 78mph almost matches the Panamera's (same range, but nudging 84mph).

Is the Porsche Cayenne hybrid fuel efficient?

This Cayenne variant has disappointing fuel economy for a hybrid vehicle. The base E-Hybrid gets an EPA-estimated 46 MPG-equivalent in combined city/highway driving, which is poor for a new plug-in hybrid. The Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid is even worse, with 42 MPGe combined.

2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid car problems categorized by type of issue

After analyzing all complaints sent to the NHTSA and researching popular Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid problems, we found that the most common problems with these 2023 model year vehicles are:

Engine problems
Power train problems
Exterior lighting problems
Electrical system problems
Fuel/propulsion system problems

The graph below shows statistics for all 2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid vehicle components and the number of complaints received.

2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid complaints

The NHTSA has received 12 complaints about various vehicle components related to the 2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid.

2024-06-20

UNKNOWN OR OTHER PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2024-06-20
VIN: WP1AB2A26FL
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Summary: Dealership is selling vehicle without disclosing recall information or correcting.

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2024-03-25

EXTERIOR LIGHTING PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2020-02-05
VIN: WP1AF2A22FL
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Summary: When I start the vehicle I get an error message that the rear lights are not working properly, but they are functioning well. This message is random and it can show up at anytime. I have contacted Porsche about this and they said that this is due to a faulty part that can be replaced, but requires 5000 USD. This problem was there when the vehicle was under warranty, but they never pursued or investigated it.

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2024-02-19

EXTERIOR LIGHTING PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2024-02-17
VIN: WP1AF2A29FL
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Summary: Headlight not working properly.

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2021-09-07

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2021-08-21
VIN: wp1ae2a29fl
Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Summary: On August 21 2021, I was out shopping. When I went out to return home, the car would not start. I could not jump start it or anything. I had it towed to the dealer. I found out from Porsche and dealership that my car was disabled by Porsche Connect. I do not have this service or pay for it. On Friday Sept 3, I was informed by Porsche customer service that it disabled my car because the original owner (in 2015) changed their phone number. So Porsche assumed stolen and shut down. I did not authorize this, I did not sign up for this service. They will not fix the car because they say it is out of warranty. Because I do not know the code to turn the car back on, they want to replace parts and say I have to get the Porsche Connect App. This is a known issue at Porsche because the dealer found a TSB on it. They are not taking responsibility for shutting down the car with out my permission. This is a safety issue depending on where I could have been.

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2021-08-23

ENGINE PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2021-08-20
VIN: WP1AF2A26FL
Components: ENGINE
Summary: After the emissions recall was performed the vehicle has an issue that when turning a corner the engine will not produce any power and will not shift down in order to get the car to accelerate. You get no response from the throttle pedal unless you depress it fully to the floor and then the car will jerk and accelerate uncontrollably. This creates an unsafe condition when trying to pull out into traffic. I have almost been in an accident multiple times because of this with oncoming cars and with cars following me as they are trying to merge also and my vehicle will not accelerate. I have driven a vehicle identical to mine that has not had the emissions recall performed and it does not have this issue.

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2021-06-14

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2021-06-13
VIN: WP1AE2A2XFL
Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Summary: The 2015 Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid has a charging port for charging the electric drive battery. The electric plug does not disconnect from the vehicle. Based on the OBD-II software used for diagnosis Error Code - P0D9400 Error Description - High-voltage charger - charging-plug lock fault (00A93D)

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2018-12-18

POWER TRAIN PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2018-12-18
VIN: WP1AF2A26FL
Components: POWER TRAIN
Summary: MY PORSCHE CAYENNE DIESEL HAS HAD THE PORSCHE DIESEL EMISSIONS SETTLEMENT PROGRAM "FIX" COMPLETED. SINCE THE "FIX" THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. WHEN MERGING, TURNING A SLOW SPEED CORNER OR ROLLING THROUGH A YIELD SIGN THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LAG/DELAY FROM THE TIME THE THROTTLE INPUT HAPPENS AND A RESPONSE FROM THE MOTOR. THIS DELAY HAS BEEN AS LONG AS 2 SECONDS LEADING TO NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES. PORSCHE HAS INSISTED THE VEHICLE IS FINE AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ON MAR 16, 2018, AT 04:28 PM, "(XXXX)(PCNA, CR_EXT)" <(XXXX)@PORSCHE.US> WROTE: GOOD AFTERNOON MR. (X), I AM SORRY TO LEARN OF YOUR DISSATISFACTION WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EPA/CARB APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION, THE SHIFTING BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN ADJUSTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENHANCED AUTOMATIC ENGINE BRAKING FEATURE HAS BEEN REMOVED. WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE THE REDUCTION IN MPG NOTED BELOW, ARE YOU TOWING AT THAT TIME? BEST REGARDS, [XXX] CUSTOMER COMMITMENT SENIOR SPECIALIST US CENTRAL REGION AND CANADA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

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2018-11-14

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2018-11-12
VIN: WP1AA29P95L
Components: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Summary: AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP FROM RE-CALL REPAIRS, OUR CAR SHUT OFF ON US IN THE BUSY 5:00 PM AUSTIN TRAFFIC. IT WAS SCARY & DANGEROUS. PORSCHE EMPLOYEES STEVE & AMY HELPED US WITH TOWING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND PROVIDED A LOANER VEHICLE FOR MY HUSBAND & I TO TRAVEL BACK TO VICTORIA COUNTY WHILE OUR CAR GET SERVICED. I REACHED OUT TO ARIELLE VAUGHN, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER, BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG OR WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR CAR.

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2018-07-03

POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2018-07-03
VIN: WP1AF2A26FL
Components: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Summary: PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA AS PART OF THE EPA/CARB SETTLEMENT MODIFIED THE 2015 CAYENNE IN A MANNER TO COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS. THE MODIFICATION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED PERFORMANCE I SUCH A WAY THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOW DANGEROUS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. WHEN MERGING ONTO HIGHWAYS OR ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LACK OF RESPONSE TO THROTTLE INPUT LEADING TO NEAR MISSES BY OTHER VEHICLES. THIS HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED AS THE MODIFICATIONS HAVE HAD TIME TO ADAPT OVER TIME. PORSCHE HAS CONTINUED TO DENY AN ISSUE AND STATES THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AFTER THE MODIFICATION. THIS SUMS UP OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE, IT IS TO THE POINT THAT IT IS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE

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2018-06-06

POWER TRAIN,ENGINE PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2018-06-06
VIN: WP1AF2A26FL
Components: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE
Summary: PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA AS PART OF THE EPA/CARB SETTLEMENT MODIFIED THE 2015 CAYENNE IN A MANNER TO COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS. THE MODIFICATION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED PERFORMANCE I SUCH A WAY THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOW DANGEROUS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. WHEN MERGING ONTO HIGHWAYS OR ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LACK OF RESPONSE TO THROTTLE INPUT LEADING TO NEAR MISSES BY OTHER VEHICLES. THIS HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED AS THE MODIFICATIONS HAVE HAD TIME TO ADAPT OVER TIME. PORSCHE HAS CONTINUED TO DENY AN ISSUE AND STATES THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AFTER THE MODIFICATION.

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2018-01-10

VISIBILITY/WIPER PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2017-12-05
VIN: WP1AE2A23FL
Components: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Summary: PANORAMIC GLASS ROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED. WAS DRIVING ALONG A FAIRLY QUIET FREEWAY (BIG DISTANCE TO CAR IN FRONT AND NO CARS IN NEIGHBOURING LANE). ALL OF A SUDDEN LARGE BANG AND GLASS FELL DOWN ON THE 3 PASSENGERS IN THE BACK. MANY SMALL PIECES AND A FEW LARGE PIECES. PASSENGERS WERE CUT, BLOOD VISIBLE. KEPT FINDING GLASS IN OUR CLOTHES' POCKETS FEW DAYS FOLLOWING. EVEN AFTER REPAIR, FOUND A PIECE OF GLASS BY THE WINDOW THIS MORNING. FORTUNATELY LITTLE GLASS FEEL IN THE FRONT AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER A SPEAK TO PORSCHE. THEY TOLD ME IT WILL NEED TO COME INTO THE SHOP AND THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. DESPITE BEING TOLD THIS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ON THE PHONE (I ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES AND EVERYONE IN THE CAR KEPT TELLING ME TO), WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP THE CAR I WAS HIT WITH A BILL FOR PARTS AND LABOUR, RENTAL INSURANCE (THEY DID COVER THE BASE RENTAL PRICE). ALSO THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT WENT WRONG, THEY SAY A ROCK HIT IT, BUT NONE OF US ARE ENTIRELY CONVINCED BY THIS.

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2015-10-23

STRUCTURE PROBLEM

Date Of Incident: 2015-10-19
VIN: WP1AF2A28GK
Components: STRUCTURE
Summary: BOUGHT 2015 PORSCHE CAYENNE DIESEL SUV FROM PORSCHE OF NASHUA (NH) ON 10-8-2015. ON 10-19-2015 AT ODOMETER READING 921 MILES, TAILGATE OPENED WHILE DRIVING, SPILLING CONTENTS ONTO ROADWAY, OTHERS RAN OVER CONTENTS INCLUDING DIESEL FUEL COLD TEMPERATURE TREATMENT + FILLED 20 LB. CAPACITY PROPANE TANK, CHAINSAW. VERMONT STATE POLICE CASE 15B203588 INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT. LOCATION WAS DERBY, VT AT INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 5 & COMMERCE WAY (PRIVATE ROAD). MANY CARS RAN OVER THE CONTENTS, EYEWITNESSES INCLUDED A MOTEL MANAGER WHO TOOK A CELL PHONE PHOTO OF A LATE MODEL CHEV. IMPALA WITH VT PLATES WHICH HAD CAPTURED A WRAPPED CHAINSAW WHICH WAS JAMMED AND DRAGGED UNDER CHEVROLET'S ENGINE AND FRONT BUMPER REGION. THE LP TANK FILLED WITH PROPANE WAS TAKEN BY A MOTORIST. LATER THAT EVENING, AFTER DARK, THE TAILGATE OPENED AGAIN, SPILLING CONTENTS ONTO LINDSAY AVENUE AND DARLING HILL RD. IN DERBY VERMONT. A US BORDER PATROL SUV CAME UPON THE SCENE AND CALLED VT STATE POLICE. THE BORDER PATROL DRIVER TRAVELLED DOWN LINDSAY RD. TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE ITEMS AND RETURNED REPORTING ITEMS WERE ON THE ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE TO WHERE IT TURNS ONTO ORRWOOD DRIVE. PHONE CALLS TO PORSCHE SELLING DEALER & PORSCHE OF AMERICA RESULTED IN DENIALS THAT ANY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS OF THIS NATURE TOOK PLACE WITH OTHER 2015 PORSCHE CAYENNE OWNERS. THERE WERE OTHER ELECTRICAL FAULTS THAT WERE ALSO TAKING PLACE THAT DAY INCLUDING FALSE WARNING OF DEFLATED TIRE, A WARNING THAT THE RIGHT REAR TAILLIGHT WAS DEFECTIVE, AND NUMEROUS NAVIGATION FUNCTIONALITY FAULTS EXISTED. WHEN RETIRING FOR THE EVENING, 6-8 DASHBOARD LIGHTS DID NOT TURN OFF, WHICH WAS NOT NORMAL, DESPITE THE KEY BEING OFF AND OUT, AND THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TURNED OFF. THEY LATER SELF-EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 5 MINUTES. DEALER INVITED ME TO DRIVE 4 HOURS SOUTH TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR EXAMINAATION AND POSSIBLE CORRECTION.

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2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid recalls

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued 1 recalls for different components of the 2015 Porsche Cayenne s e-hybrid.

2022-08-30

Manufacturer: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Components: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Summary: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2003-2020 Porsche Macan, Cayenne, Panamera, and Cayman S, 2001-2004 Boxster, Boxster S, 2004 Boxster 50 JAHRE SPYDER 550 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of all affected models and model years. The caps that cover the low-beam headlight horizontal adjustment screws are missing, which can allow the headlights to be improperly adjusted. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
Consequence: Improperly adjusted headlights may not illuminate the road properly, or cause a glare to oncoming drivers, which can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the headlights for sealing caps and install missing caps as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 28, 2022. Owners may contact Porsche's customer service at 1-800-767-7243. Porsche's number for this recall is ANB4.

Additional sources

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