Question, I drove my wife's 23 targa yesterday and noticed when you put in it park, the red light under it doesn't come on (same when hitting the manual 'M' button). I hardly ever drive it, on my Cayenne when I push 'P' it illuminates and would think should be same in the targa. Can someone verify, if I don't get a response I'll begin the fuse journey. Thanks in advance...

 

It should light up.

 

Known software bug.

 

Lights up.

 

Occasionally mine will malfunction too. But after a while it self recovered.

 

Yeah I noticed my 992.2 sometimes doesn’t light up the P as well. Not consistently though, so it’s hard to show to the dealer. I figured it was software too, like the gremlins in the entertainment system or the way it likes to show random faults at startup. These cars have their quirks.

 

You lost me at you drive a Cayenne and your wife drives the Targa,

 

It is a known fault. Porsche will replace the transmission shift module, the unit the shift lever and the buttons are attached to, under warranty. It’s a known issue.

 

I had this occur one time. Told the dealer when I was in and they were unaware of the replacement campaign.

 

My God, that is an expansive (read expensive) solution to activate the red P indicator light!