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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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my gps points wrong direction unless im moving, i assume the sensor needs to be adjusted.. anyone have a clue where the direction sensor is or a way to reset it w/o going to porsche?

also anyone hear of any pcm/pdk updates? the car severely needs them :-/
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 07:44 PM
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Yike. Mine doesn't do that. Is it your GPS or the compass? My first Infiniti G-35 had a compass "reset" that consisted of driving in three tight circles in a parking lot. I have no idea why it worked, but it did! The car did not have GPS (maps) just a digital compass.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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Chuck, That sounds like a fluxgate compass. Going in three continuous circles is how we initialize them on boats. Why or how it works remains a mystery to me.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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so i should go in circles?

it's the compass not the GPS.. once i start moving on a course it shows me "drifting" and eventually realizes i cannot drift half a mile in a straight line.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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Well, Infiniti the manual called for driving in three tight circles. Was a while ago... I may also have chanted: WTF, WTF, WTF... not in the owners manual, but it helped.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 11:48 PM
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3 circles, 5 circles, 7 circles, still pointing 45 degree's off course..
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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Now repeat in the opposite direction.

No No just kidding - if that didn't work I don't have a clue.

Three times round in the Infiniti did the advertised fix, but German component makers may have different ideas, and you "vil haff to do it zer way"!
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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porsche says, has to be configured w/ computer... appt thursday.

also have a lovely console rattle now too.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by rijowysock
porsche says, has to be configured w/ computer... appt thursday.

also have a lovely console rattle now too.
Dealer appointments for such appears the be the new "Porsche Way".

So far the only rattle I have it the drivers side door panel occasionally- but at least the fix for that is known.
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