maxpowers

I just came back from a long trip and thankfully the car started right up, but my other cars all had dead batteries.

I see there is an emergency key to open the door, but will the truck open if the battery is dead? If not how would you get it open?

NoGaBiker

In all seriousness, read the manual -- flip to the section titled Emergency Maintenance (iirc).

I could tell you that you can just hook up jumper cables to the posts on the fuse box under the dash (which is correct) but there's more to it than that -- it's a little bit complicated. I have to read up on it every time it happens (thrice in about the last six years, including this weekend after I left something plugged into the ciggy lighter and turned on.) You need to see the little drawing of where to connect the POS lead, and where to connect the NEG. I'm sure the Google probably has instructions too, but who knows if what you find will be correct, or just somebody's way of doing it that's always worked before but might blow up your battery if you screw up? So I'd go to the horse's mouth.

And for everyone -- I hadn't thought about this before this week. I always keep a set of jumper cables in the frunk. But it just dawned on me this weekend that I could need the cables to get the frunk open. How frustrating would it be to find yourself in a deserted parking lot after a late movie, and one car pulls up to help you. She has no jumper cables, but you do so no problem! Except... they're in the trunk, which you can't open without a pair of jumper cables.

So now I keep them under the pax seat, in back floorboard.

Vic and Ray

If you've got time and access, (ie. at home or work in a garage), you could use a cigarette lighter port battery charger/tender to get some juice to the battery.

Also, not a bad idea to use this routinely if your car is parked for extended periods.

Noah Fect

Another exclusive Porsche feature brought to you by engineers who take a bus to work.

Really, what in the world was wrong with running an emergency release cable into to the cabin?

Porsche_nuts

That would add too much weight and would hardly be "state of the art".

Cheekymonkeyman

Doesn't work if you disconnect the battery then close the frunk.... I know 'someone' who did that a couple of weeks ago... I know what you're all thinking

Dalema

I think I remember reading here that you can access an area when the passenger door is open (in A pillar) to access the frunk - I'll have to search for it. I could be thinking of something completely different of course.

LexVan

That might be a release for the gas cap door.

The emergency frunk release is usually hidden in the front passenger wheel well area.

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Oh1-911

The emergency manual release cable (991- 2014) is underneath the left headlamp and can only be found by pulling out the left inner fender liner when the trunk is locked. This may be fine for the dealer, but I don't think any of us want to do this by the side of the road.


While I had my bumper off for cleaning I re-routed the cable around the headlamp base and put a loop extension on it so that it can be found right behind the left marker light. The marker light pops out easily if you need to get to the cable.

BradB

Pretty nifty!

2001f4s

Follow the instructions for putting 12 volts to the fuse block connector and using the remote to open the frunk. It is a lot easier than fishing around for the cable in my opinion.

Oh1-911

Yes I agree, but the cable will work even if the latch solenoid dies or there is a loose wire, etc.

2001f4s

Yes, agreed. I luckily didn't have these issues on my Cayman at the time, and
I used my nifty portable battery jump to apply 12v to the system and press the button on the remote. Anyway you cut it. What an oversight on Porsche's part.

paul29

The manual release cable inside is probably the best idea due to the fact it cannot be used if the door is locked and almost all vehicles have it that way today. The present setup is poor, if an other vehicle is parked close to the driver's side it would be difficult to do the jump cables at the fuse block or access the remote cable unless it was modified as suggested above. If the modification became popular, valuables would not remain in the frunk very long. As far as weight saving electric solenoids are not light.

Madisongy

Oh-1, I like your idea, and would like to get some further input from you on how to do that. Would you happen to have additional photos? Where do you get the cable for your loop and how did you make it? Would I have to remove the bumper to do this job, or is there another easier method? I'm guessing it's easy to pop off the side markers?
Thanks for any advice you can offer. I think it's just crazy that we do not have a manual release in the cabin.