Chris from Cali

You guys must be having bad luck. I drove cross-country to CA with no issues other than a CEL for evaporative loss (loose gas cap). PDK worked like a champ - mostly normal auto on the highway, but sport manual everywhere else. I even used Sport Plus manual on the track at Laguna Seca. Good luck guys - thank you for putting out this info. I just hope it doesn't happen to my PDK!

mrwplay

I borrowed a Porsche Cayman 2.9 2009 model with PDK last weekend. Sunday morning I started it up and drove about 200 yards at about 20 miles an hour and noticed the "Transmission Emergency Run" error message on dash. The engine seemed to have little power. I had to pull over and turn off engine. Restarting cleared the message immediately and car seemed perfectly normal thereafter. I mentioned to the Porsche dealer who admitted he had heard of the message on one of the Sales Manager's cars. He said they had run diagnostics but hadn't found anything wrong. I was thinking of getting a Cayman with PDK but am a bit nervous that PDK might have some bugs - has anyone else seen this sort of thing ?

savyboy

No, no we have not...hence the lack of ten thousand "My PDK Sucks" posts.

PDK is the best transmission in the world. Buy the car. Enjoy. Be happy. No need for panic...

This thread is old, and tired. Let it go back to sleep. sleep. sleep .

ADias

Threads like this are reposted on other forums as 'examples' that PDK and DFI are defective. That's how public opinion is formed in the Internet age.

Mike in CA

lol. Agree completely.

MICHAELWWW

I just purchased a 2009 cS and have had 2 emergency run warnings. one as described above where the car had to be restarted to get in gear,ran fine after, and one at startup (restart resolved it). i called the dealer where i bought it and they claimed low voltage since the car sat on the lot for three months rec. battery tender. i called dealer and got appt for tuesday but the anxiety is killing me. car has 22000 miles so i am hoping the previous owner didnt do something to void the warranty (record of 5 services). havent seen any current posts with this problem. any words of wisdom for 1st time buyer besides should have bought CPO?

cuttysark

We just picked up a beautiful 2009 C2S PDK - CPO - from the dealer in Long Beach and drove it home to Houston, TX. It was a fantastic 3 day drive, but we picked up some dirt and dust along the way. The day after we got home my wife backed the car out of the garage so we could wash it. The "Transmission Emergency Run" light came on and the car would not come out of reverse. We shut off the engine and on re-start, the light was gone and the car went into gear normally. After washing, the light came on again and the car wouldn't drive. Turn off and back on, and it works normally. I called the road service number and was told not to drive the car. Porsche sent a truck and picked up the car to deliver it to my dealer of choice. The dealer says all the codes are low voltage. I am thinking that three 8 hour days of driving should charge the battery. No sign of low voltage from the instrument on the dash and the car started normally. After review with Porsche in Atlanta, they have decided to upgrade the software on the PDK.
Can't wait to get it back. Will report on how it responds.

MICHAELWWW

My 09 PDK did the exact same thing right down to backing" out of the garage to wash" when the fault came on, and I drove back from GA. A trip to the dealer and a Battery tender and I have not seen it since. The car sat on the dealers lot for approx. 3 months prior to purchase. I cant believe these cars dont stay charged while for sale considerinng the importance of maintaining an electrical connection. i.e. dont disconnect your battery for the winter but instead find a storage location (if thats how you roll) with an outlet or a light bulb. Please dont forget to report back.

cuttysark

The Dealer updated the software for the PDK and did "extensive testing" as required with the upgrade. The car had no problem for a couple of days driving. We let it sit for two days with no external charger. It had no problem on start up and no problem during another week of daily driving. So far it looks like the upgrade has eliminated the low voltage issue. It has at least eliminated the dreaded "Transmission Emergency Run" error message - so life is good.

sandwedge

Thanks for sharing. I asked my dealer the other day if there's such a thing as a software update for the PDK since I'm having a minor nuisance issue with it. The answer was no.

spourreza

Yes. Just had it a few weeks ago. Dont ignore it. It comes back and it will continue to re-occur ever so often. Its something to do with a fault code. They had it hookced up to computers and fixed it somehow. I tried to ignore but at times, the car almost didnt start. The dealer will know the issue.

MICHAELWWW

Thanks for updating.

mipblue

Does anyone know the approximate cost for the dealer to do the "PDK software upgrade"?

Bijan

It was no charge for me but was at the time of the annual service

usmm1234

We just bought a Aqua Marine Blue early 2009 CS 997.2 Cab with 4000 miles on it. We are up to 6500 miles and my wife backed out of garage and got the error code this morning. I sent her on to work in my Cayenne and came in and read the Rennlist blogs. I went out in the garage, disconnected the battery and put a charge on it. Dumb *** me, shut the frunk with no battery in the car! Now I am an expert on opening the frunk with jumper cables. I got the battery re hooked up and fired up the car. I took the car out and drove it like I stole it for 30 minutes with no error codes. Hopefully that cured it.
We are planning to add the Sport Mode software and buttons real soon at the dealer so we will ask for all available software updates then.
Thanks to everyone for all the useful information! Glad I bought that extended warranty! Id be a nervious wreck right now if I hadnt.