Livefreeandrive

Happy Monday, I brought a customers 2000 Boxster in the garage Friday and when I came in this morning, the carpet is wet and I cannot open hood or engine lid....The manual is in the front trunk
HELP!!!It was dry on Friday????
TIA

insite

wow; hopefully the immobilizer unit under the seat is undamaged.

FYI, there is a pull cable behind the front bumper that you can use to open the hood. alternatively, you can jumper the door lock fuse with a 12V source; that should allow you to unlock the trunk.

there are some water drains under the clamshell; my guess is one of them has clogged.

Livefreeandrive

Hi, yes, it is damaged. It looks like I need to buy a matching ECU to go with a replacement?

Macster

AFAIK there's no need to replace the ECU/DME when you replace the security module under the seat.

The key ids in the old module will have to be introduced to the new module. If the old module is bad and these can't be read then I hope the owner has the key id tags that came with the keys. Otherwise, unless there's some other way to know the key IDs, new key modules will be needed.

Last but not least, where did the water come from? This needs to be determined and addressed or the same thing can happen again.

insite

you can try opening the immobilizer unit & packing it in rice for a few days. this will absorb remaining moisture; sometimes things will fire back up.

Livefreeandrive

Thanks, its pretty corroded. A new one is not too expensive

Audi Junkie

porsche reduced the price from $800 to $400 for the immobilizer. don't pay more. everything will need to be coded at a porsche dealer, so labour will cost too.

as far as finding the leak, even if the drains are clear, remember that the rain drain needs to be clipped in place.