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A Porsche Taycan battery recall class action lawsuit alleges the repairs are not good enough.
But in a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, Porsche argues it’s not a viable legal claim just because five Taycan customers don’t like the recall repairs.
The automaker has experienced high voltage battery problems which caused an expanded Taycan recall, but the lawsuit says the recall doesn’t do enough to protect occupants from battery fires.
Porsche warned Taycan drivers to charge their SUVs to only 80% until dealers made repairs.
Motion to Dismiss the Porsche Taycan Battery Recall Lawsuit
Porsche argues the class action skips the company which built the allegedly defective Taycans, and the lawsuit doesn’t include the company that supplied the allegedly defective 800-volt lithium-ion batteries installed in the Taycans. Additionally, the class action lawsuit doesn’t include the dealerships which sold the Taycans to the plaintiffs.
Instead, the plaintiffs sued Porsche Cars North America, the U.S. importer of the Taycans and the company implementing the Porsche Taycan battery recall. Porsche emphasizes the battery recall is under the supervision of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
And even though the Porsche Taycans have been recalled due to possible short circuits in the batteries, the class action lawsuit alleges the automaker “actively concealed,” “failed to disclose” and “omitted material information about” the Porsche Taycans.
In its motion to dismiss the lawsuit, Porsche argues the recall and free repairs moot all claims and allegations. The automaker says the plaintiffs only speculate the recall repairs are not good enough and allegedly seem to want to tell Porsche and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration how the recall should occur.
Porsche says the recall repairs are approved by NHTSA, and it’s not a viable legal claim simply to dislike the recall repairs.
According to Porsche:
“Plaintiffs incorrectly assert that this recall ‘do[es] not involve affirmatively replacing the Defective Battery or a definitive repair or replacement of battery modules in all the Class Vehicles now or on a specific date.’ This is patently false: Any affected battery modules showing anomalies will be replaced through the recall, and software will be installed to monitor for any future anomalies.”
Porsche says as soon as any battery problems are recognized by the software, the Taycan will display a warning message and limit the high voltage battery charging capacity until the battery module is replaced.
The Porsche Taycan high voltage battery has several modules, so Porsche says it’s possible some modules will need to be replaced while other will not.
And while the plaintiffs demand a “comprehensive program to adequately repair or replace the batteries in all Class Vehicles, and/or buyback all Class Vehicles,” Porsche argues the lawsuit should be dismissed because the government-approved recall repairs will take care of any potential problems.
The Porsche Taycan battery recall class action was filed by these customers:
- Miodrag Kukrika / Pennsylvania / 2020 Porsche Taycan 4S
- CeWyon Chandler-Ward / Georgia / 2022 Porsche Taycan
- Timothy Williams / California / 2020 Porsche Taycan
- Joshua Palefsky / California / 2023 Porsche Taycan
- Gregg Lanez / New Jersey / 2020 Porsche Taycan 4S
The Porsche Taycan battery class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division): Miodrag Kukrika v. Porsche Cars N.A., Inc.
The plaintiff is represented by Caplan Cobb LLC, and Gibbs Law Group LLP.