Electric Porsche Macan recalled for headlights that are too bright

Porsche is recalling 2,941 electrical Macan crossovers as a result of their headlights are too shiny, which may scale back visibility for oncoming drivers and enhance the danger of a crash.

The recall consists of 2024 and 2025 fashions manufactured between Mar. 15, 2024, Nov. 4, 2024. Headlight-control software program on this batch of automobiles was programmed to European requirements quite than U.S. requirements, leading to beams that exceed brightness ranges laid out in Federal Motor Automobile Security Customary (FMVSS) quantity 108, in response to the NHTSA.

Porsche informed the protection regulator that this error was corrected for later-production automobiles, however that 100% of the recalled automobiles seemingly have the errant software program. Sellers will reprogram the headlight management models freed from cost as, regardless of this being a purely software-related challenge, it could’t be addressed by way of an over-the-air replace.

Porsche expects to mail proprietor notification letters Jan. 24, 2025. House owners can even name the automaker’s customer support division at 1-800-767-7243 for extra data. Porsche’s reference quantity for this recall is ARC5.

The electrical Macan arrived for the 2024 mannequin 12 months as one of many first EVs based mostly on the Premium Platform Electrical (PPE) shared with Audi, and in addition underpinning that model’s Q6 E-Tron SUV and A6 E-Tron sedan. A primary drive indicated the Macan EV can be a great way to ease the electrical transition, however Porsche restricted availability to dual-motor Macan 4 and Macan Turbo grades for that first mannequin 12 months.

For 2025, Porsche expanded the lineup with a single-motor base mannequin that successfully lowered the electrical Macan’s value by about $3,000, plus a dual-motor Macan 4S slotting between the Macan 4 and Turbo. Porsche continues to be promoting the previous-generation gasoline Macan alongside the electrical model, however has mentioned solely the electrical Macan can be out there beginning in 2026.