Safety And Driving Pleasure - Porsche Taycan Owner's Manual

Safety and Driving Pleasure

Safety and Driving Pleasure
Dear owner, thank you for choosing a Porsche Sports
car. No other car embodies such a unique blend of
legendary heritage, cutting edge innovation, high
performance and great sportiness.
As your safety and driving experience is our goal, we
encourage you to read the Owner's Manual and take
time to familiarize yourself with the operation of your
Porsche vehicle before you drive it.
To prevent or minimize injury, always use your seat
belts and always lawfully operate your Porsche
vehicle.
Always keep your Owner's Manual in the car. If you
sell your Porsche vehicle, pass the Owner's Manual
and other operation manuals on to the new owner.
Should you have any questions regarding the opera-
tion or maintenance of your vehicle, please call 1-
800-PORSCHE or contact your authorized Porsche
dealership.
A separate Maintenance Booklet explains how you
can keep your Porsche in top driving condition by
having it serviced regularly.
A separate Warranty and Customer Information
Booklet contains detailed information about the
warranties covering your Porsche.
Misuse of your Porsche
WARNING
Your Porsche is intended to be used in a safe manner
obeying the local traffic laws and in the light of driv-
ing conditions faced by you, and in accordance with
the instructions provided in this Owner's Manual.
e Do not misuse your Porsche by ignoring those
laws and driving conditions, or by ignoring the
instructions in this manual.
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For U.S. only:
If you believe that your vehicle has a fault which
could cause a crash, injury or death, you should im-
mediately inform the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to noti-
fying Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche
Cars N.A.).
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an
investigation, and if it finds that a safety problem
exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and
remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become
involved in individual problems between you and
your authorized Porsche dealer, or Porsche Cars N.A..
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety
Hotline toll-free at 1–888–327–4236 (TTY:
1–800–424–9153); go to
http://www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC
20590.
You can also obtain other information about motor
vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.
Your car has thousands of parts and components
that have been designed and manufactured in ac-
cordance with Porsche high standards of engineer-
ing quality and safety.
Throughout this booklet, left is designated as the
driver's side of the vehicle, and right as the pas-
senger's side of the vehicle.
Text, illustrations and specifications in this manual
are based on the information available at the time of
printing.
It has always been Porsche policy to continuously
improve its products. Porsche, therefore, reserves
the right to make changes in design and specifica-
tion, and to make additions or improvements in its
products without incurring any obligation to install
them on products previously manufactured.
We wish you many miles of safe and pleasurable
driving in your Porsche.
For Canada only
If you live in Canada and you believe that your ve-
hicle has a defect that could cause a crash, injury or
death, you should notify Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd.
immediately and may also inform Transport Canada,
Defect Investigations and Recalls.
Canadian customers who wish to report a safety-
related defect to Transport Canada, Defect Investi-
gations and Recalls, may either call Transport Cana-
da toll-free at:
Tel: 1-800-333-0510 or
Tel: 1-819-994-3328 (Ottawa region and from
other countries)
TTY for hearing impaired:
1-888-675-6863
or contact Transport Canada by mail at:
Transport Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Investiga-
tions Laboratory
80 Noel Street Gatineau,
QC J8Z 0A1
For additional road safety information, please visit
the Road Safety website at:
English: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/motorvehiclesaf-
ety/menu.htm
French: http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/securiteautomo-
bile/menu.htm
Note to owners
In Canada, this manual is also available in French. To
obtain a copy, contact your authorized Porsche
dealer or write to:
Note aux proprietaires
Au Canada on peut se procurer un exemplaire de ce
Manuel en français auprès du concessionaire ou du:
Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd.
Automobiles Porsche Canada, LTEE
165 Yorkland Boulevard
Unit 150