Porsche class action claims Taycan EVs have battery defect

Porsche class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Plaintiff Miodrag Kukrika filed a class action lawsuit against Porsche Cars N.A. Inc. 
• Why: Kukrika claims Porsche failed to disclose or adequately repair a battery defect in its model year 2020-2024 Porsche Taycan electric vehicles. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Georgia federal court. 

A new class action lawsuit alleges Porsche failed to disclose a battery defect found in its model year 2020-2024 Porsche Taycan electric vehicles (EVs). 

Plaintiff Miodrag Kukrika’s class action lawsuit claims Porsche fails to disclose or adequately repair a “dangerous and widespread” defect in the 800V lithium-ion batteries equipped in the Porsche Taycan vehicles. 

Kukrika argues the battery defect causes them to lose power and short circuit, creating a fire risk that endangers drivers, passengers and structures. 

“The Battery Defect presents an unreasonable safety risk to drivers and passengers of the Class Vehicles and to people in residential homes and other structures where the vehicles are parked or near,” the Porsche class action says. 

Kukrika wants to represent a nationwide class of consumers who own, owned, lease and/or leased a model year 2020-2024 Porsche Taycan EV equipped with a defective 800V lithium-ion battery. 

Porsche was aware of battery defect for years, class action claims

Kukrika argues Porsche has been aware of the battery defect since at least February 2020, at which time news outlets reported on a Porsche Taycan vehicle that caught fire in a residential garage in Florida, resulting in “significant” damage. 

“Porsche investigated the incident and since then, has learned about several other fires and about numerous owner complaints about the Battery Defect,” the Porsche battery defect class action says. 

While Porsche ultimately began issuing recalls for the vehicles — most recently in September 2024 — the automaker has failed to address the “root cause of the defect,” by not agreeing to affirmatively repair or replace all the defective batteries, the Porsche battery defect class action alleges. 

Instead, Kukrika argues Porsche simply instructed Taycan owners to limit charging the vehicles to 80% capacity and proposed a software update that will not be available until the first quarter of 2025. 

“Apart from the failure to address the serious risk of fire posed by the Battery Defect now, inspecting and repairing the batteries can take months, as Plaintiff’s experience shows,” the Porsche battery defect class action says. 

Kukrika claims Porsche is guilty of fraudulent concealment and omission, breach of the implied warranty of merchantability and negligent misrepresentation/omission. 

The plaintiff demands a jury trial and requests injunctive relief along with an award of punitive, compensatory, treble and exemplary damages for himself and all class members. 

Porsche previously issued a recall for more than 27,000 Taycan EVs over the battery defect. The recall was published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Oct. 1. 

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The plaintiffs are represented by T. Brandon Waddell, Michael A. Caplan and Ashley C. Brown of Caplan Cobb LLC and Rosemary M. Rivas, David Stein and Rosanne L. Mah of Gibbs Law Group LLP. 

The Porsche class action lawsuit is Kukrika, et al. v. Porsche Cars N.A. Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-05492, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

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