Criteria For Repairing Side Member Reinforcement

Repairs must only be carried out in the marked areas -A- with the repair boot.

Only for Coupe:

Fig 1: Checking Side Member Reinforcement Repair Area Dimension - Coupe

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Repair area on Coupe

Only for Cabriolet/Targa:

Fig 2: Checking Side Member Reinforcement Repair Area Dimension - Cabriolet/Targa

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Repair areas on Cabriolet/Targa

The side member reinforcement can only be repaired if the following criteria are met:

If deformed , the damage depth -t- is max. > Length 10 mm and the damage width -B_- is max. > Length 90 mm .

Fig 3: Checking Side Member Reinforcement Damage Depth And Width (Taycan)

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Damage depth and damage width (shown on Taycan)

The length of a crack -L- is max. > Length 20 mm .

Fig 4: Checking Side Member Reinforcement Crack Length (Taycan)

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Crack length (shown on the Taycan)

The diameter of a hole -D- is max. > Diameter 10 mm .

Fig 5: Checking Side Member Reinforcement Hole Dimension (Taycan)

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Hole diameter (shown on the Taycan)

The repair boot -1- covers the centre of the damage.

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Position of repair boot (shown on Taycan)

The side member reinforcement has only one damaged area and has not already been repaired on this side of the vehicle.

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Number of damaged areas

If one of these criteria is not met, the side member reinforcement must be replaced.