Macan EV Charger Cover Flap Not Flush

[Ayyywa]

Delivery inspection in April 2025 noted the two manual charging doors to be "off". One worse than the other. They looked warped. As if the middle of the doors was "compressed" and lost the convexity. (became concave on the outside). They took it back to check when I brought it back for installation of a dash-cam. (took a long time to get that done but that's for another thread). They decided that it is something that needs replacement. They ordered the covers, then they have to get them painted (Volcano Grey with double layer of ceramic) then they will install. They did try "fixing" but decided that it is better to get those new. Small thing, but still.... it's not a Tesla after all where these things are normal...

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[shawn]

Delivery inspection in April 2025 noted the two manual charging doors to be "off". One worse than the other. They looked warped. As if the middle of the doors was "compressed" and lost the convexity. (became concave on the outside). They took it back to check when I brought it back for installation of a dash-cam. (took a long time to get that done but that's for another thread). They decided that it is something that needs replacement. They ordered the covers, then they have to get them painted (Volcano Grey with double layer of ceramic) then they will install. They did try "fixing" but decided that it is better to get those new. Small thing, but still.... it's not a Tesla after all where these things are normal...

I imagine there is a limit to how much they can adjust and in my case I was apparently close enough to spec to rescue the parts. At least they tried.

 

[CandianPorsche83]

So my driver side flaps were always perfect and the passenger side was off. I took it in about a month ago and it wasn't resolved and was told that a new part was to be ordered in for me.

This morning i went to check my passenger port and it was magically 95% flush. LOL

I will have to take some close up pics to confirm maybe it was just too early in the morning for me.

Finally got a chance to look at this in detail. Super weird.

So now that the flap has magically become flush on its own, it seems to have created a misalignment on the bumper itself. Conversely I could have just missed the bumper alignment because the flap was so misaligned at the beginning.

Will have to sort this out with my SA

 

[shawn]

Soooo how is your car morphing into different shapes ? on it’s own?!?

Maybe you got transformer option? ?

 

[ColdCase]

That kind of bumper misalignment is usually only seen in some kinds of overhead lighting. It is often noticed on the front bumper facia/fender. Don't recall it talked about in the rear. Perhaps you are now noticing it only because of the overhead lighting pointing it out.

The flap acts like it has a "soft spongy" type gasket/stop that breaks in over time. Mine did the same thing.

 

[Ayyywa]

Update from 2 weeks ago:
Not the car morphing but just as it happens the covers are now fully aligned!! No intervention while awaiting for the dealer to receive the new covers. I am wondering if it is a function of temperature... The "warping"/loss of convexity is gone.

 

[USMA81]

I have powered ports. I think both were flush when the vehicle was new; at least, I never noticed a problem.

Over the four months of ownership, I have never used the (US) passenger side port to charge, but needed to do so a couple or weeks ago. It would not open when I swiped. Then it would, maybe. Testing more later, it was seemingly random on whether it would open or not, but mostly not. Driver side works as designed (maybe that issue should be a separate thread).

Anyway, the vehicle went in for service this week. They had a TI for this. The "sensor had a large adhesive strip which could be blocking the signal." They replaced the strip with an "updated part" (thinner strip). Now it opens as designed, but after getting the vehicle home, I now notice the door is not flush in the front (rear of door is flush). It is minor, sticking out about the thickness of the plastic door. Maybe it was always like this and I missed it previously, but more likely the thinner stip moved the door outward a bit. I will have to get this addressed the next time it is in for service, but it isn't terrible and I probably can live with it - life is too short.

Passenger door is not truly flush along this leading edge:

Driver door is great:

 

[Big Grack]

Porsche UK seem to be sitting very tight on the ill-fitting flap issue. My feeling is that for this premier brand company, a “head in the sand” attitude is disgraceful. I have badgered my dealer who in all other respects is excellent but they are secretly being told by Porsche to delay, delay, delay. THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH………

 

[jsclarke]

Update from 2 weeks ago:
Not the car morphing but just as it happens the covers are now fully aligned!! ... The "warping"/loss of convexity is gone.

Same thing for us and our 4s- passenger side manual flap misaligned on delivery (12/2024)- and by now it's fine. So much for thinking "well, it's not going to fix itself!".

It did. Fix itself.

 

[raybey]

I think this is temperature related. I received mine in winter and there was a large misalignment. Now in a hot garage and they are perfectly aligned

 

[Big Grack]

I have asked Porsche many times about this and only very recently have they come up with an explanation. Apparently the lining of the flaps is hydroscopic (and it is this that bends the flaps) - this is the reason. All the flaps are like this and the latest T1 (their fix) relines them but with the same material. So their advice is to wait until there is a permanent fix.

 

[shawn]

I had mine adjusted flush by the dealer in about 2 hours (or less) to a flush result. If the lining is bending the material because it is absorbing moisture, then the adjustments are bending it back, which kind of makes sense. Since mine has not budged after the one adjustment, I would have to assume the material absorbed all it would. It's a surprising explanation, but stranger things can happen, I suppose.

 

[Sirium]

Link - check out this video of Out of Spec Dave at 22"20'. His manual charge flap cover was misaligned and resulted in the flap not being able to open. Even the manual release did not help. Just an FYI.

 

[Sirium]

As far as I know, there is no manual release for the flap - only for the charger gun (in the trunk, on the side by removing the panel and pulling on the cord).

Where would that manual release for the flap be?

That's it. Using what the Porsche Naples SA mentioned in the video

 

[CandianPorsche83]

I think this is probably the SA misunderstanding the function of the release? That is (I think) the release in the trunk is for when a charger is physically stuck in the charge port and not for when the door is jammed.

If true then the SA and Dave shouldn’t be “surprised” that the manual release didn’t work since that’s not what it is for

Still crazy that it got jammed though …

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