diff --git a/can/interfaces/pcan/pcan.py b/can/interfaces/pcan/pcan.py
index 13775e983..d2973ade6 100644
--- a/can/interfaces/pcan/pcan.py
+++ b/can/interfaces/pcan/pcan.py
@@ -416,7 +416,10 @@ def get_api_version(self):
         if error != PCAN_ERROR_OK:
             raise CanInitializationError(f"Failed to read pcan basic api version")
 
-        return version.parse(value.decode("ascii"))
+        # fix https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/issues/1642
+        version_string = value.decode("ascii").replace(",", ".").replace(" ", "")
+
+        return version.parse(version_string)
 
     def check_api_version(self):
         apv = self.get_api_version()
diff --git a/test/test_pcan.py b/test/test_pcan.py
index be6c5ad64..9f4e36fc4 100644
--- a/test/test_pcan.py
+++ b/test/test_pcan.py
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ def test_api_version_read_fail(self) -> None:
         with self.assertRaises(CanInitializationError):
             self.bus = can.Bus(interface="pcan")
 
+    def test_issue1642(self) -> None:
+        self.PCAN_API_VERSION_SIM = "1, 3, 0, 50"
+        with self.assertLogs("can.pcan", level="WARNING") as cm:
+            self.bus = can.Bus(interface="pcan")
+            found_version_warning = False
+            for i in cm.output:
+                if "version" in i and "pcan" in i:
+                    found_version_warning = True
+            self.assertTrue(
+                found_version_warning,
+                f"No warning was logged for incompatible api version {cm.output}",
+            )
+
     @parameterized.expand(
         [
             ("no_error", PCAN_ERROR_OK, PCAN_ERROR_OK, "some ok text 1"),