# Transport Canada recall 2021401

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2021401
- Manufacturer's number: AMB5
- Reported: 2021\-06\-28
- Component: Powertrain
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 1158

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, a software problem could cause a sudden loss of drive power. If this happens, a warning message "Motor control error Stop vehicle in a safe place" will appear on the vehicle display. You can restart the vehicle by pushing the On/Off button.

Safety Risk:

A sudden loss of power to the wheels could increase the risk of a crash.

Corrective Action:

Porsche will notify owners by mail and instruct you to bring your vehicle to a dealer to reprogram the power electronics and the electronic control unit \(ECU\).


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2020 PORSCHE TAYCAN](/makes/porsche/taycan/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 PORSCHE TAYCAN](/makes/porsche/taycan/2021/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [WTL2](/bulletins/11037863.md), 2026-10-02, Service campaign
- [No. WTL2](/bulletins/11037862.md), 2026-10-02, Service campaign
- [WTL5](/bulletins/11037066.md), 2026-09-04, Over\-the\-air update
- [No. D780](/bulletins/11032387.md), 2026-05-07, Service bulletin
- [No. D776](/bulletins/11032274.md), 2026-05-06, Service bulletin
- [No. D768.1](/bulletins/11030909.md), 2026-04-07, Service bulletin
- [No. D768](/bulletins/11029202.md), 2026-03-02, Service bulletin
- [No. D761](/bulletins/11029150.md), 2026-03-02, Service bulletin
- [No. D735.1](/bulletins/11024071.md), 2025-10-08, Service bulletin
- [No. 86\-20](/bulletins/11023000.md), 2025-09-09, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2021401](/v1/recalls/tc/2021401)

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