So, I just had the first hiccup on my MY 2021 Macan GTS. I was out in the wastelands of North Devon doing a spot of reconnoitering for the forthcoming Macan Register Tour.
Pulling out from a minor road into a busier 'A' road, the engine died on me momentarily, then restarted but began to misfire, then died again, picked up momentarily then carried on in limp mode for a while with a yellow engine check light showing up on the dash.
I needed to climb a steepish hill and it seemed to be stuck in 2nd gear with 4k engine revs all the way up. But, on reaching the crest, to my relief the fault suddenly cleared and all returned to normal. Safely home, I went for a cuppa to ease my flagging spirit and on returning to my stricken motor found it fired up immediately, no CEL appeared and it has been performing as it should ever since.
I've no idea what happened, but I did suffer quite a similar situation with my previous Macan SD while driving up to Birmingham on the M5 when the engine suddenly went into limp mode. Luckily, I was only a few miles from a PC and managed to limp there only to find it cleared after being restarted with no fault was found. I was told it was likely to have been a result of regeneration of the particulate filter. The GTS is, of course petrol, not diesel, but petrol engines do have particulate filters too nowadays and I'm wondering if this is a repeat of this. Most of our journeys are of the running short errands around the neighbourhood type and I suppose it's possible filters can become clogged - although still a modest proportion of my motoring is done in 'spirited' fashion. [] Mileage is quite low for age at only 8k miles.
I had already booked a first service on 9th November, but with 50 odd PCGB members coming down for our Macan Tour at the end of October, I was keen to ensure there'll be no reoccurrence of the problem. Porsche Bristol have been very good in finding me an earlier slot and the car is now to be checked and serviced within next couple of weeks.
That'll be good as I don't really want to suffer some disastrous failure whilst leading a long convoy of Porsche Macans around the lanes of Devon, Cornwall and West Somerset. I'll let you know should any specific fault be found. [8|]
Regards,
Clive
Pulling out from a minor road into a busier 'A' road, the engine died on me momentarily, then restarted but began to misfire, then died again, picked up momentarily then carried on in limp mode for a while with a yellow engine check light showing up on the dash.
I needed to climb a steepish hill and it seemed to be stuck in 2nd gear with 4k engine revs all the way up. But, on reaching the crest, to my relief the fault suddenly cleared and all returned to normal. Safely home, I went for a cuppa to ease my flagging spirit and on returning to my stricken motor found it fired up immediately, no CEL appeared and it has been performing as it should ever since.
I've no idea what happened, but I did suffer quite a similar situation with my previous Macan SD while driving up to Birmingham on the M5 when the engine suddenly went into limp mode. Luckily, I was only a few miles from a PC and managed to limp there only to find it cleared after being restarted with no fault was found. I was told it was likely to have been a result of regeneration of the particulate filter. The GTS is, of course petrol, not diesel, but petrol engines do have particulate filters too nowadays and I'm wondering if this is a repeat of this. Most of our journeys are of the running short errands around the neighbourhood type and I suppose it's possible filters can become clogged - although still a modest proportion of my motoring is done in 'spirited' fashion. [] Mileage is quite low for age at only 8k miles.
I had already booked a first service on 9th November, but with 50 odd PCGB members coming down for our Macan Tour at the end of October, I was keen to ensure there'll be no reoccurrence of the problem. Porsche Bristol have been very good in finding me an earlier slot and the car is now to be checked and serviced within next couple of weeks.
That'll be good as I don't really want to suffer some disastrous failure whilst leading a long convoy of Porsche Macans around the lanes of Devon, Cornwall and West Somerset. I'll let you know should any specific fault be found. [8|]
Regards,
Clive