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Old 05-28-2018, 06:11 PM
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On my 991S I had the second of your faults come up and dealer determined it was the battery that had come loose...or so they said and charged me around $150 as it wasn't a "warranty" item.
They charged you $150 to tighten a clamp down on a battery terminal?
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Old 05-28-2018, 07:13 PM
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They charged you $150 to tighten a clamp down on a battery terminal?
+1....smh
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Old 05-28-2018, 07:22 PM
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Yeah, if that is the case I would have told them thanks, but no thanks. Do not fix the problem I'll do it myself. How hard is it to tighten down a clamp, sheesh...
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Old 05-28-2018, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Turtles
On my 991S I had the second of your faults come up and dealer determined it was the battery that had come loose...or so they said and charged me around $150 as it wasn't a "warranty" item.
I hope all RL members would read this, very helpful for some to know what to expect if they ever in this situation.
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Old 05-28-2018, 09:03 PM
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Yeah, was not too happy about charge. Of course they said it was cost of diagnosing and then eventually resolving problems. This is why there ad so many complaints about dealers. I hadn't bought car from this dealer so I didn't have much leverage.
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Originally Posted by FourT6and2
A new GT3 with 16,000 miles? OP is this a .2 or .1?
the car is a .1 '15 my car

Originally Posted by Mr. Turtles
On my 991S I had the second of your faults come up and dealer determined it was the battery that had come loose...or so they said and charged me around $150 as it wasn't a "warranty" item.
hopefully it is something simple like this... my guess is it is electrical/connection related... car has never had any of these problems in the past and it has been, well, let's say... well used and used plenty...
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the car is a .1 '15 my car


hopefully it is something simple like this... my guess is it is electrical/connection related... car has never had any of these problems in the past and it is been, well, let's say... well used and used plenty...

Service department told me to go in a slow figure our about 10 to 20 times, stop, turn off the car, take the key our of the car, get back in and turn the car on, fixed. said it was the turning sensor and usually caused by a weak battery. shocked but it worked.
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Service department told me to go in a slow figure our about 10 to 20 times, stop, turn off the car, take the key our of the car, get back in and turn the car on, fixed. said it was the turning sensor and usually caused by a weak battery. shocked but it worked.
very good info, for current and future GT owners
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Service department told me to go in a slow figure our about 10 to 20 times, stop, turn off the car, take the key our of the car, get back in and turn the car on, fixed. said it was the turning sensor and usually caused by a weak battery. shocked but it worked.
was this after installing a *new* battery?
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well happily it was the simplest of the possible remedies... just a loose ground strap on battery terminal

explains the glitchy electrics on what has been an absolutely trouble free car through countless track days

onwards!
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Originally Posted by golfnutintib
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well happily it was the simplest of the possible remedies... just a loose ground strap on battery terminal

explains the glitchy electrics on what has been an absolutely trouble free car through countless track days

onwards!
Knew it, glad to hear it was simple fix. Hope they didn't hose you for a diagnostic fee like they did me.
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Originally Posted by golfnutintib
reporting back

well happily it was the simplest of the possible remedies... just a loose ground strap on battery terminal

explains the glitchy electrics on what has been an absolutely trouble free car through countless track days

onwards!
amazing that poor electrical connection would manifest itself 1st in an RWS fault and not elsewhere in the complex electrical system ... I stand corrected!
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Knew it, glad to hear it was simple fix. Hope they didn't hose you for a diagnostic fee like they did me.
no i have bought a number of GT cars from this dealer... no charge on this one
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Originally Posted by cliffd
Service department told me to go in a slow figure our about 10 to 20 times, stop, turn off the car, take the key our of the car, get back in and turn the car on, fixed. said it was the turning sensor and usually caused by a weak battery. shocked but it worked.
I can contribute to this thread as i got the same warning on my dash. Turned off the car, locked. 5min later i unlocked and started. Code was gone
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