The online car market learned from Porsche officials that at present, in addition to the Taycan standard electric adjustment steering column, other models are all manual adjustment steering columns, and can not spend money to select, but the official website vehicle selection page does not mark this. The Panamera vehicle selection page of Porsche's official website in the United States clearly indicates that some models are equipped with electric steering columns as standard, and models that are not standard can also be optional. From this point of view, Porsche has only reduced the number of models sold in the Chinese market.
It is understood that due to chip shortages and other reasons, Porsche has cancelled some batches of electric steering columns for Macan, Cayenne, Panamera, 911 and Taycan models since July last year, involving a total of about 30,000 vehicles in the domestic market.
It is understood that a number of Porsche car owners found that the electric steering column equipped with the vehicle was changed to manually adjust the steering column during or after the purchase of the car, and the dealer did not inform in advance. Since then, Porsche dealers have publicly promised the owner to install an electric adjustment steering column for the owner free of charge after picking up the car, but since March this year, Porsche has said that it cannot provide the electric adjustment steering column modification service, and only provides a voucher of 2300 yuan as compensation.
There are also differences in Porsche's compensation to car owners at home and abroad, with some owners saying that the official compensation in the United States is 500 US dollars (about 3300 yuan), and they send emails in advance to notify. If the owner wants to reinstall the electric steering column, the quotation of different models in the 4S store (accessories + working hours) is about 20,000-30,000 yuan, which is far from the official compensation.
The electric steering column can be understood as the electric adjustment of the steering wheel, which is mostly found in luxury cars and more high-end models. Porsche forced the reduction of the configuration, the most direct change is the steering wheel from electric adjustment to manual adjustment, in addition to the steering wheel memory, with the vehicle comfortable access to the system of the steering wheel automatic shift function will also be affected.
Affected by the "reduction of electric steering column" incident, on April 27, at the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo and Taycan GTS online press conference, many car owners entered the live broadcast room to protect their rights online, resulting in the official cutting off the WeChat live broadcast and moving to weibo online live broadcast, while the owner modified the Weibo name to continue to protect their rights.