Problems with 2006 Porsche Cayenne ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 porsche cayenne. after shutting the vehicle off, it caught on fire approximately 3.5 hours later. the fire department was called and extinguished the flames. the fire department determined that the fire started in the engine compartment. a fire report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed. the cause of the fire was not determined. the manufacturer and local dealer were not contacted. the failure mileage was 200,000.

For safety: airbag fault and earning light appearing approximately 60k miles in. from a simple google search, it appears to be a widespread issue. when contacting both porsche locally and porsche corporate to amend, both refuse repairs by citing vehicle's age (although this is a prevalent, known issue). for performance features: pcm failure; pcm is the navigation and radio console system. again, both porsche local and porsche corporate were contacted after discovering through a mere google search, which will illustrate this large issue with porsche cayenne vehicles incurring pcm failures in droves. porsche has acknowledge both the airbag safety failure and pcm fault is due to bad electrical engineering, to include acknowledging the choice of to not pursue a recall or "goodwill" repairs.

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 porsche cayenne equipped with an ac delco battery, model number 49-60 (na). the contact stated that the driver and passenger were found deceased in the vehicle while the engine was running. the cause of death was due to toxic fumes coming from the battery located under the driver's seat. the manufacturer was notified.

When the weather temperature goes 29 f or below, the air bag, anti- lock brake and horn stops working. when the weather goes back to normal, they all perform normal.

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 porsche cayenne. while having the vehicle serviced by an authorized dealer for routine maintenance, the contact was told that the ignition switch was not generating the correct amount of voltages. due to the ignition failure, the vehicle was not using the proper amount of fuel. the contact was also told this was a known failure. the vehicle was repaired. the contact also stated the entire digital dashboard display system failed and no longer displayed any readings. the vehicle was also experiencing a final failure in which a valve body in the transmission failed, causing the vehicle intermittently surge forward. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told all the failures were known problems yet the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 104,000 and the current mileage was 104,250. the vin was unavailable.