Porsche faces new legal trouble as owners claim its home chargers don’t work as advertised
Legal trouble is circling Porsche in the United States, but this time, the controversy isn’t about its cars. The German automaker is under scrutiny over claims that its home charging units fail to deliver the charging speeds owners were promised.
The lawsuit, recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, takes issue with the Porsche Mobile Charger Plus and Porsche Mobile Charger Connect devices.
The Devices in Question
Both of these chargers are available to Porsche owners and allow for easy home charging. When plugged into an outlet providing at least 40 amps, they can charge a car’s battery in between 9.5 and 10.5 hours.
However, the new filing alleges that these units tend to overheat, potentially damaging outlets and creating a fire risk. It also claims that charging times can be nearly double what the company advertises, leaving owners waiting far longer than expected to hit a full charge.
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This isn’t Porsche’s first encounter with charger-related complaints. In 2023, the company faced a similar lawsuit over allegedly defective home chargers. To address that case, Porsche agreed to reimburse customers and introduced an updated unit featuring a temperature sensor. But the latest legal filing argues that these steps were cosmetic, not corrective.
“After the original complaint was filed in this case, PCNA offered reimbursement for third-party chargers and, most recently, replacement devices that merely add a temperature sensor,” the lawsuit states.
“These steps did not solve the underlying problem: charging times far longer than advertised, before and after the Charger Restriction, limiting consumers’ ability to use their vehicles when needed and as advertised.”
It has also been claimed in the new lawsuit that Porsche has long known about the problem, but has failed to address it and has not issued a “recall, repair, replacement, or other program.”
Plaintiffs Paul Herdtner of Kansas, owner of a 2020 Taycan 4S, and John Holby of Illinois, who owns a 2021 Taycan Turbo, are leading the case.
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