TikiLou

Hi all,

I was at a local Porsche event a couple months ago, and a guy who had another GTS 4.0 was talking about how cool he thought it was that you can open the frunk & trunk by waving your hand around a particular location near each.

I've tried it with mine (which does have PE&D) according to the placement shown in the manual and I cannot for the life of me get it to work.

Anybody know any more about this / how to make it work reliably / if it's possible to accidentally disable it?

Thanks in advance,

Luki

Dr.Bill

Pretty sure that feature was eliminated in the 2022 models.
Supply chain issues. And, of course, no reimbursement for the missing option.

TikiLou

Thanks...I was sure the guy at the event said his was a '22 but maybe it was a '21. My car did come with the electric steering column (which I know has since been deleted from many cars due to supply chain issues) and I don't remember being told that anything was "deleted" but I'll ask when I take it in for service soon.

manifold danger

It was definitely removed for MY 22 but back for MY 23. I'm not aware of any exceptions but I've also seen folks getting MY 23 cars with PDLS+ headlights so I suppose they exist...

TikiLou

When you guys say it was removed for MY 22 are you specifically talking about the gesture opening features or about Porsche Entry & Drive as a whole?

Again, thank you.

c1pher

Can confirm. I was waving my hand like an idiot on my GTS, finally giving up. I had it on my 17 Boxster. Small price to pay IMO.

drwex

I can confirm that my 2022 Boxster 25 has normal entry and drive but no gesture control of the frunk and trunk. I was told supply chain issues.
The good news is that they don't open when you are washing the car and accidentally have the keys in your pocket!

TikiLou

Got it, thanks for the additional info.

Alpha Ice

There have been several threads on this topic, one was literally just discussed last week. It isn't possible on 2022+ models.

manifold danger

This "feature" was exclusive to MY22. The frunk/trunk capability was brought back for '23... but we lost the PDLS+ so I think we still got the **** end of the stick.

TikiLou

Apologies...the search feature on here is super quirky and I didn't see it.

Gorthaur

So, will it be there on MY 23 Spyders?!

TXshaggy

No, GT cars don’t have these features.

AC53

The feature *does* exist. It is simply that there is the known supply-chain issue with the availability of wiring harnesses, sensors, etc. Porsche is delivering the cars without them rather than holding up delivery of the car for that one minor feature.

My 2022 GTS came without the sensors installed. During the pre-delivery preparation, the dealer only had one sensor with the second one back ordered (there are two for the frunk IIRC). They installed the one sensor thinking that the system might work for a certain area at least, but no luck, so they put everything back together and will install the other sensor when it arrives.

It seems like the typical German engineering mistakes still prevail. ;-)

TikiLou

That's interesting as (just today, after this thread) I talked to a tech at my dealership who said it's not possible to retrofit the sensors, even though the wiring is all there, etc. He said he tried it with another customer's car and it didn't work (although he didn't elaborate on why it didn't / can't)