gnat

To be fair I think it's one of those that you only notice in situations where it would be irritating. Otherwise it is quietly doing its job because you had no need to get in the car after an "accidental" unlock.

jhbrennan

I'm aware of the horn beep to indicate a fault...but there is no way for the Durametric to program the horn beep on lock...if you know how to do it please share - folks have been trying to do it for years and no one has.

MarcoRemius

The lack of a second button straight up pisses me off. I ALWAYS have to test the door handle. Sometimes I can't tell if the signal made it to the car. So then I hit it again. Then I have NO IDEA if it's locked or unlocked. And how do I explain to my insurance company that I walked away from the car not sure if it was locked and that's why it got stolen or something?

Flat out stupid design. There is NO benefit to only having one button on the remote. Well, aside from making it faster

newmexicomatt

Center console? As in the arm rest?

jhbrennan

That only works on the 996...center console lid is not monitored by the alarm system in the 997 - glove box is but not center console. On the 996 the center console could be locked and that's probably why it was monitored.

As was posted before - "Devil is in the details. If a person asks a question and you give incomplete or incorrect instructions, you set up the person for failure."

Iceter

It has always annoyed me that there is no audible signal when the car locks or unlocks. I am always in a hurry and I don't like to have to watch the lights to see if the car is locking or unlocking.

BUT, the fact that the car has autolock means that when you're walking away from the car, if you're not sure you locked the car, you can push the button on the key fob button two or three times and no matter what, the car will either lock or wind up locked after a few seconds. And if you lock the car and then accidentally unlock it as you're walking away or from inside your house, the car will rectify your mistake after a few seconds.

The only time the autolock annoys me is when I open the frunk and take too much time getting stuff in and then try to get into the car. Opening the frunk unlocks the doors but after about 30 seconds, the car autolocks and I have to find the key in my pocket and unlock the car again.

Even so, it's not a major annoyance to me.

Yet anothercrisis

I am with Iceter. I have learned to push the one button multiple times if I am not sure which with the auto lock function will lock the car...eventually.

I do miss having a beep tho.

ADias

Amazing thread... how a little thing ties people up in knots! It appears that most of the posters never enjoyed an early 911 with their many idiosyncrasies. I often wonder how many Porsche sports cars fans are left over, given that the posted issues have mostly to do do with doodads and lifestyle issues.

Iceter

This is how we learn, and hopefully, how Porsche learns what to do and what not to do. If they are smart (and I assume by their profit margins that they are), then someone, somewhere is monitoring Porsche-related websites and reading client correspondence and making notes about what drives people crazy and what they like.

And, as crazy as it sounds, sometimes tiny idiosyncrasies interfere with or increase sales. Very small items like a push-button start or the placement of a vanity mirror can have a measurable impact on the sales of a model.

gnat

In the 996 if you do that too quickly (and it recognizes all of the presses) it will disable the interior monitor. My 958 Cayenne is like that too, but it at least has separate lock and unlock buttons (and an incredibly annoying horn beep that I despise).

jhbrennan

Same feature exists on 997 - disable interior motion sensor with two pushes of lock button.

Deactivating the passenger compartment
monitoring system for one locking
process
If a person or animal remains in the car while it is
locked, the passenger compartment monitoring
system must be switched off.
f Quickly lock car twice.

gota911

Reread the first sencence in his second paragraph (below). He did infer the act of pressing the button. How else can you lock or unlock the car as you are walking away?

gota911

I don't know how a key fob with separate locking and unlocking buttons would resolve this issue. Would having a two button (lock and unlock) fob guarantee that the signal made it to the car? What happens if you accidentally pressed the unlock button instead of the lock button? They you would have unknowingly left the car unlocked. Having two separate buttons increases the potential to not lock the car, IMO.

With your current one button fob, if you press the button a second time and actually unlock the car, the car will lock in about 60 seconds, assuming you don't open one of the doors before it locks.

On top of all that, a second button would add a lot of weight and the car would feel slow and sluggish, as if you were driving it with the parking brake engaged.

gnat

The advantage of the second button is that you can tell by feel which action you have told it to do. While it does not make sure the car received the signal, it does allow you to press the same button multiple times (see motion sensor comment) and know that the only thing it will do is lock the car if it isn't already.

I will admit, however that I have hit the hatch button a few times by mistake which is really annoying since they don't let you close the hatch from the remote