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Old 03-23-2022, 12:00 PM
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I have not seen a thread that provided a summary of any issues experienced with 992s that might be helpful to others with similar issues. If I missed such a thread feel free to delete this one.
Let me start with issues I encountered so far in two months of ownership - not many thankfully:
  1. Center Screen went black once without reason; a restart fixed that.
  2. Occasional error message on start-up - I believe that to be battery related.
  3. Top showed error message when opening and stopped mid-way - dealer found a six inch fabric thread tied around the opening mechanism.. removed that and it was fixed.
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Originally Posted by German1967
I have not seen a thread that provided a summary of any issues experienced with 992s that might be helpful to others with similar issues. If I missed such a thread feel free to delete this one.
Let me start with issues I encountered so far in two months of ownership - not many thankfully:
  1. Center Screen went black once without reason; a restart fixed that.
  2. Occasional error message on start-up - I believe that to be battery related.
  3. Top showed error message when opening and stopped mid-way - dealer found a six inch fabric thread tied around the opening mechanism.. removed that and it was fixed.
What error are you seeing for #2? I wonder if it is the same "Auto Start/Stop" error that I get on startup every few days. We've already replaced one Li-Ion battery in my car in the first month of ownership and it's been doing it with both the original and the replacement.
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Door rattle seems to be a fairly common complaint. My dealer fixed a speaker rattle and created a new one by breaking the tabs on the door card. Now I'm waiting for six months on the new door panel.
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Old 03-23-2022, 12:24 PM
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Ditto on the passenger side door rattle.

Dealership fixed…said something inside the door was “not fastened down”. Now, coming up on 8 month of ownership, hear another door rattle. I’ll wait for my 1 year service.
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Originally Posted by brianja
What error are you seeing for #2? I wonder if it is the same "Auto Start/Stop" error that I get on startup every few days. We've already replaced one Li-Ion battery in my car in the first month of ownership and it's been doing it with both the original and the replacement.
I got this twice when the car stood for about a week without moving it. I have an AGM battery. It was an error message related to a driving assistance nanny that I do not recall anymore. I made it a practice to connect the car to a trickle charger if I don't drive it for a week. Did not re-occur since then.
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I have a rattle from the driver's door armrest, otherwise all good. Thankfully during normal driving I rest my elbow on the armrest and it stops the buzz/rattle and when I get on it I don't hear the rattle 😆 Planning to have dealer look at it on first service rather than make a special trip in.
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My driver side door handle had a little rattle to it. I fixed it with some felt tape on the back. Like to save the dealer trips for the stuff that I can’t fix.Carl

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Zero issues so far with 3000 miles. Center Screen gets really smudgy....and piano black center console is smudge magnet. I carry a micro fiber to keep it clean because I am THAT guy. LOL
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Old 03-23-2022, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Vista6019
Zero issues so far with 3000 miles. Center Screen gets really smudgy....and piano black center console is smudge magnet. I carry a micro fiber to keep it clean because I am THAT guy. LOL

....as am I! LOL!
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I have had my infotainment change the layout at random. Continual CarPlay sync issues. Today I lost the home link shortcut. Rattles in rear near the seatbelts. Drivers side door speaker rattles on bass notes. Cracks in shifter. Pretty weak build quality compared to my other 3 cars.
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Door Card rattles and buzzing are persistent and seemingly incurable. IMHO inexcusable issues on this car. My 60+ year old 356’s were far more quiet at age, than this car is now or has been consistently since new, slightly over a year ago. DIS-A-POINT-TED!
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I've got the door rattles, but I barely hear them any more because the exhaust is so loud. And I'm not joking, it really drowns out those sounds pretty well
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After 2000 miles, I love the car and the only thing that doesn't work perfectly is the PCM. Every time I back out the garage, the homelink pops up as it's supposed to. BUT, I lose SAT radio until I go to the music icon, then the touch the "favorites" icon which brings the SAT radio back up. I'm guessing a reboot would help but I don't want to lose the Homelink and GPS data for my FAL.
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Originally Posted by porshanut
After 2000 miles, I love the car and the only thing that doesn't work perfectly is the PCM. Every time I back out the garage, the homelink pops up as it's supposed to. BUT, I lose SAT radio until I go to the music icon, then the touch the "favorites" icon which brings the SAT radio back up. I'm guessing a reboot would help but I don't want to lose the Homelink and GPS data for my FAL.
I stopped using the Homelink on the PCM (unlink it). I have two unused garage door openers, and put one of them in the driver-side door cubby hole. It’s actually easier to use, and has greater range than the Homelink signal. Also, l keep my fingers off the PCM screen.
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Annoyance - the PCM can only store approx 20 favorites inclusive of FM, Sirius and streaming.


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