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Hello, first time poster. I searched but could not find a thread about this. So the Ocala Porsche dealer says its normal for the lithium battery to die after 2 weeks and this has stranded me twice now. Yesterday the car was dead and I went to use the terminal to pop the hood, but the terminal had recessed and fallen behind the fuse panel and could not be touched. I called AAA (apparently a mistake) and the tow operator could not find anything to hook to to pull it onto the flat bed since the tow hook is also in the battery compartment. He had to pull off some of the panels in the foot well to access the terminal and did finally open the battery compartment, jump the car and have it towed. Now Porsche Ocala is refusing to touch it without charging me because the tow operator removed a couple panels. Has anyone else had the terminal fall behind the fuse box? Since Porsche refuses to fix it, iI think I'll have to zip tie it off to the side which is really great.
Hello, first time poster. I searched but could not find a thread about this. So the Ocala Porsche dealer says its normal for the lithium battery to die after 2 weeks and this has stranded me twice now. Yesterday the car was dead and I went to use the terminal to pop the hood, but the terminal had recessed and fallen behind the fuse panel and could not be touched. I called AAA (apparently a mistake) and the tow operator could not find anything to hook to to pull it onto the flat bed since the tow hook is also in the battery compartment. He had to pull off some of the panels in the foot well to access the terminal and did finally open the battery compartment, jump the car and have it towed. Now Porsche Ocala is refusing to touch it without charging me because the tow operator removed a couple panels. Has anyone else had the terminal fall behind the fuse box? Since Porsche refuses to fix it, iI think I'll have to zip tie it off to the side which is really great.
So the retractable terminal actually retracted back into the fuse box, became unattached, then fell inside the fuse panel? That's really weird. When I extend mine I have to hold it out to get a clamp on it. Unfortunate that you (or the AAA guy) had to remove panels. Hopefully he didn't break any clips. I went with a permanent charging solution (see here: https://rennlist.com/forums/992/1178...l#post19485953) so I'm never in that situation again.
Sorry I can't be of more help but appreciate you highlighting this as a risk.
Yeah saw your comment on my channel and looked at the car, I've never seen the terminal fall behind like you describe and obviously didn't see much besides a bunch of removed panels. I can't really comment much about the issue due to I guess the conflict on interest lol.
Pretty car though!
Love the spec.
First thing I do at delivery is move both lug nut security key and tow hook from the frunk to the glovebox. That not only prevents the dead battery issue you had but also covers situation where you cannot open the frunk because of a front end collision.
That really sucks and I don’t agree with your dealer Re two week battery life. I’ve had both GTS and T of the 992.1 sit for three weeks plus without a tender and no issue. I think it’s a power drain issue and or faulty battery.
I’d sell the car if a new battery doesn’t fix the issue
Last edited by BeepBeep88; 06-12-2024 at 10:07 AM.
Thanks for everyone's replies. I will call the dealer and just pay out of pocket to have them investigate how the terminal ended up behind the fuses. I mean you already have to jump through enough hoops!
To get around this issue of connecting to the Fuse Box area, we make a Harness kit that attaches directly to your battery of the car and allows you to easily plug in our Antigravity MICRO-START Jump Starter to energize your whole Car so you can easily Pop the Frunk, or Jump Start your vehcile without ever having to go down into the fuse box area to make those connections. You simply plug our Jump Starter into our Harness, which is routed to behind you Hood where the windsheild comes down, then you have full power, and it only takes seconds to do. It also has a weather cap and is not exposed like in the picture, the picture just shows you where you acess it to plug in the jump stater. Its sort of hard to explain so I'll put a link to the product and you can watch a video .
Yeah saw your comment on my channel and looked at the car, I've never seen the terminal fall behind like you describe and obviously didn't see much besides a bunch of removed panels. I can't really comment much about the issue due to I guess the conflict on interest lol.
Pretty car though!
Love the spec.
Thanks, I decided to have them put it back together and see why the dumb thing fell behind there
To get around this issue of connecting to the Fuse Box area, we make a Harness kit that attaches directly to your battery of the car and allows you to easily plug in our Antigravity MICRO-START Jump Starter to energize your whole Car so you can easily Pop the Frunk, or Jump Start your vehcile without ever having to go down into the fuse box area to make those connections. You simply plug our Jump Starter into our Harness, which is routed to behind you Hood where the windsheild comes down, then you have full power, and it only takes seconds to do. It also has a weather cap and is not exposed like in the picture, the picture just shows you where you acess it to plug in the jump stater. Its sort of hard to explain so I'll put a link to the product and you can watch a video .
OK it seems that the mechanic at the dealer has a likely explaination for the terminal ending up behind the fuse box. 4 months ago I had a radar detector hardwired and the installer may have incorrectly replaced this essential part so that it managed to recess and fall back there. Also, we are looking at whether the radar, camera and a seat fan may be drawing too much current (but it shouldn't be). That said, I have had the BMS lock up while the car was on a lithium charger before with no accessories installed, and it's still a crazy that you need battery power to access the battery compartment - I don't know if this is a thing on newer cars.
06-11-2024, 02:15 PM
Battery Dead, Terminal Behind Fusebox?
