Overview
- Owners began reporting immobilized vehicles around December 1, with incidents documented in Moscow, Krasnodar and St. Petersburg.
- Dealers and owner groups tie the failures to the factory Vehicle Tracking System, which can activate an immobilizer when the module loses connection.
- Rolf, the country’s largest dealership group, reports a surge in service requests and says all models and engine types equipped with the system may be affected.
- The problem appears to span vehicles built since roughly 2013 that carry the VTS/PVTS unit.
- Some owners have temporarily restored operation by disabling or rebooting the VTS or by disconnecting the battery for extended periods, while the root cause remains unconfirmed and Porsche’s global office has not issued a detailed explanation.