I've heard others who don't have it activated have still experienced the problem. Hoping that if I leave the car in the garage on charger for the next few days, perhaps it won't affect me assuming they have corrected the download.

 

Just thinking out of the box. Ive never subscribed to Xm radio other than the original free trial. Is there a way to permanently disable receiving the xm signal?

 

Same like you. Happy to report no issues.

 

+1. That would be great. I just went out for a short 10 minutes drive and the PCM was fine.

I received an email from XM on Friday advertising a 3 month free trial for having my Porsche serviced recently. It asked me to confirm my email and to start my free trial. Thank goodness I saw it on Rennlist otherwise I might have clicked on the link. Love Rennlist.

 

I think the only way to do that would be to crack open the PCM and remove the Sirius card inside. The inside of your PCM is like a mini computer. Sirius is the card on top. Check out the CarPlay threads for details with pictures.

Yes, I've been thinking about doing this if the rebooting rears its ugly head again on my car and Porsche doesn't figure out a permanent fix.

I'm curious on the folks who have had it come back.....did they log in to Sirius and send a refresh signal? That's what I did, and it hasn't returned. Drove the car today for about an hour without any issues after performing the reset on Friday.

 

Would it not be easier to disconnect the Sirius antenna?

 

That makes sense. Got any idea which cable that is, and if it's integrated with the GPS plug?

 

Did my reset of Friday. Took all of ten minutes. That included reset (2X), repairing my phone (BT), and refreshing the XM. Problem has not returned. Too much trouble to attempt disconnecting antennas etc. Just do the reset per the Porsche manual.

 

I stopped XM over a year ago in both 991 & E350. I was driving to/from the beach the other day in E350 and my wife said something was going on with the FM radio. She thought I had done something to it. I'll go check both cars now.

 

Checked both and doesn't seem to be a problem with either. But, if one does pop up, thanks to all who published the solution.

 

XM are known to give good deals if you call in. They will come back with a lower rate if you say it is too expensive and if you push back again 2x, even lower.

 

^^^ this.

I do it all the time. Have Sirius on 3 vehicles. $30/6 months. I don't even have to go thru the whole "I'm gonna cancel" charade anymore.
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** $30/6 month per vehicle

 

Same for us. I have gotten them to just give it to me for a year at a pop. Been with them since 2004.

 

Word of caution in the attempt to disconnect the satellite board in the PCM will likely result in loss of audio. There have been a number of members while attempting to install the CarPlay Kit in doing so disconnected the satellite board resulting in a loss of audio. Secondly, removing/cutting the seal will void the PCM warranty.

 

Wasn't aware of the loss of audio. Also, I think the bulk of folks with PCM 3.1 are out of warranty. Otherwise, we'd all just be letting the dealers swap in new PCM units (their typical fix for PCM issues)

Hopefully there is a permanent fix and we don't have to start exploring drastic solutions like disconnecting the sat antenna, etc.