multiple threads on Rennlist about ~ 2014 Panamera Hybrid batteries dropping like flies and Porsche charging $40,000 to replace them.
hello ? we’re talking hybrid battery here not EV battery. the average cost to replace a hybrid battery is $7,000.
i get it - it’s a Porsche - it should cost more - maybe twice as much - BUT NOT SIX TIMES ! ! !
this model year was particularly problematic. if this happened with a Lexus they would extend the warranty and replace them for free. Lexus has done that kind of thing before.
now i get it - Lexus has reputation for service and Porsche for driving dynamics - you can’t expect Lexus service from Porsche just like you can’t expect Porsche driving dynamics from a Lexus but come on !
they are charging the cost of entire Prius Hybrid for just the hybrid battery ! And again, we’re not talking about 1,200 lbs EV battery like in Model S we’re talking ~ 250 lbs hybrid battery like in my Volvo, or the Prius Prime.
this is wrong. this isn’t “porsche tax” this is trying to rape the customer’s corpse.
let me put it this way. the Hybrid Porsche model is only about $10,000 more than regular model and for that money you get the battery, the motor and the power electronics … which is perfectly sensible and is about the same premium you would pay with Volvo Hybrid over the regular model.
but then they charge $25,000 for JUST THE PART ( or $40,000 installed ) on the replacement BATTERY ALONE.
the job of replacing the battery takes like an hour as well - $15,000 per hour of labor is pretty rich.
ok so the Porsche costs 3X as much as Volvo and they charge 3X as much as Volvo to replace the battery … that’s their logic …
BUT THE BATTERY IS THE SAME !
the car itself is 3X the car that Volvo is. it has shit like Twin Turbos, Double Clutch Transmission, Soft-Close doors, Air suspension and on and on …
BUT THE BATTERY IS THE SAME !
there is no extra fancy tech in the battery. in fact it is a WORSE battery than what is in any other car because it clearly is less reliable !
Porsche has their head up their ass here. Their argument is perhaps “but you would be charged more by Ferrari” yes but we’re talking about a FUEL-SAVING HYBRD not a V12 fire-breathing monster.
the Panamera is basically an Audi S8 why are they trying to rip the customer off Ferrari style ?
Son i am disappoint ! My grand master plan of getting a cheap used Panamera Hybrid is sputtering …
no amount of gas saving can justify $25,000 battery replacement and the kicker is that there isn’t any gas saving to be had in the first place. it uses about a third more gas than my Volvo and double that of Camry Hybrid.
yes yes i get it - if you are a gooner who doesn’t want to get a job you shouldn’t be buying a Porsche - but i am not asking Porsche to sell cars at Toyota prices. i am just asking them to not rape the corpse of somebody who already bought their car … is that too much to ask ?
apparently it is. well then, i need to come up with some other options.
