I stupidly forgot to take the key out of the ignition while parked in my garage and now the battery is dead ! I went through this very same thing the day before Rennsport ! What a royal pain in the *** ! This is the ONLY car in which I have encountered this problem because all of my other ones had a warning chime if the key was in the ignition and door was opened. But NOT Porsche ! You would think with all of their high tech engineering that they would have included this simple feature. I am REALLY pissed ! As I recall the Boxster S I had signed a chime when door was opened and key in ignition. My car is a 2007 Carrera 4S. Has anyone else encountered this or is my car missing the warning chime?

 

I'll have to check, but I'd think there is a warning chime when the key is in the ignition and the door opened. It certainly bings when the door is open and the turn signal has a side parking light activated. I'll double-check. Mines a 997.2.

 

I dont recall if there is a chime, but there is a pictogram warning on the dash in red.

 

on my 2008 turbo, turn the ignition off, open the door and you get not only a chime every second but a message in the tach that the "ignition key is not removed".

 

My '06 chimes every time...

 

My '09 chimes also.

 

Yep, mine chimes with key in the ignition. Point of note - after 3 years of city driving I had to replace my battery this year. The oddests thing - it kicked the bucket after a good 3 hour drive back from Seattle to Vancouver. All good now.

 

Thanks everyone for your replies. I will have the tech check out the non functioning chime when it is in the shop having codes reset tomorrow.