2020 Porsche Cayenne Service and Repair Manual
Because the 2020 Cayenne was sold with turbocharged V6 and V8 engines plus two plug-in hybrid drivetrains, a generic Cayenne manual is close to useless: this one is tied to your exact 2020 year, engine and trim, so the clearances, torque figures and test sequences it prints are the ones Porsche published for your car - whether the car under you carries the 3.0L V6 (DCBE), the 2.9L V6 (DCAB) or the 4.0L V8 (DCUA) - rather than a value carried over from an adjacent year or a different variant.
Engines
- 3.0L V6 (DCBE) Turbocharged Gas
- 3.0L V6 (DCBE) Turbocharged Plug-In Hybrid EV-Gas (PHEV)
- 2.9L V6 (DCAB) Turbocharged Gas
- 4.0L V8 (DCUA) Turbocharged Gas
- 4.0L V8 (DCUA) Turbocharged Plug-In Hybrid EV-Gas (PHEV)
Trims
- Turbo Coupe Sport Utility 4-Door
- Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupe Sport Utility 4-Door
- E-Hybrid Sport Utility 4-Door
- S Sport Utility 4-Door
- Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Utility 4-Door
- Turbo Sport Utility 4-Door
- E-Hybrid Coupe Sport Utility 4-Door
- S Coupe Sport Uti
Known issues on the 2020 Cayenne. Four recalls sit on the federal record for this model year. One covers the automatic transmission cooling lines: an insufficient weld on a transmission oil pipe can let automatic transmission fluid escape, and fluid leaking while the vehicle is driven may make the road surface slippery, increasing the risk of a crash. A second covers the seats on Coupe models, where a passenger seat back heating element was left uninstalled and can affect the calibration of the Occupant Classification System, so the front passenger air bag may fail to deploy, increasing the risk of injury. A third is an instrument cluster fault: the cluster may not provide a visual warning when the brake pads are worn out, and a driver who is never alerted to worn pads may find the vehicle does not respond as expected when braking. The fourth covers the rearview camera, whose image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse, which reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle and leaves the car short of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 for rear visibility. Owners have logged 23 complaints for the year. The factory diagnostic and repair procedures behind each of those systems are here.
Tracing an ATF weep at the transmission cooler pipe, re-checking occupant classification after passenger seat work, or measuring pad thickness the cluster never warned you about - each one stays on Porsche's own procedure and specification for your 2020 Cayenne.
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Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the instrument cluster, free of charge. The
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (Porsche) is recalling certain 2020 Cayenne vehicles. An insufficient weld on a transmission oil pipe may cause the vehicle to leak automatic transmission fluid (ATF).
If transmission fluid leaks while driving, the road surface may be made slippery, increasing the ris
Porsche will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the transmission oil pipe and replace it if nec
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The front passenger air bag may fail to deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
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Showing the 8 most recent of 731 technical service bulletins on file with NHTSA.
What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? -THE TRUNK How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? -WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON, THE
What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? -THE TRUNK How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? -WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON, THE
THE CAR CAME WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED TOW SYSTEM. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND IT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. I WAS SHOCKED PLUGGING IN A TESTER TO THE 7 WAY CONNECTOR. THE DEALER SERVICE M
THE CAR CAME WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED TOW SYSTEM. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND IT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. I WAS SHOCKED PLUGGING IN A TESTER TO THE 7 WAY CONNECTOR. THE DEALER SERVICE M
THE CAR CAME WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED TOW SYSTEM. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND IT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. I WAS SHOCKED PLUGGING IN A TESTER TO THE 7 WAY CONNECTOR. THE DEALER SERVICE M
Showing the 5 most serious of 30 complaints filed with NHTSA.
