HELP - I'm Driving and I Can't Get Out!
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Early model 928's also suffered from worn key door lock switches; as key fob remotes were still in the design stages. Closing your door with the key inside the car was a recipe for disaster, as the worn switch would inadvertently lock all your doors. Workshops learned very quickly to leave the driver's window open when entering the service bay.![banghead](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/banghead.gif)
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Early model 928's also suffered from worn key door lock switches; as key fob remotes were still in the design stages. Closing your door with the key inside the car was a recipe for disaster, as the worn switch would inadvertently lock all your doors. Workshops learned very quickly to leave the driver's window open when entering the service bay.
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Here you go - https://rennlist.com/forums/cayenne-...rable-fix.html
The screw under the plastic cap is stripped for my front doors - any tips on how to remove that?
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If it is the Torx head I would first buy a replacement screw.
Then buy one of those small manual hand impact drivers at the auto store. This is the one you smack with a hammer.
Clean the old screw with a Q-Tip in acetone. Do the same with the mating Torx tip.
Now use JB-Quick to epoxy the old screw and the Torx tip together. Hold them together with tape for an hour or two.
Mate the impact driver to the tip and gently tap the end as you try to turn the driver anti-clockwise.
Those little impact drivers are the cat's meow!!!
Failing that, drill a hole in the screw and use an Easy-Out mated to the impact driver.
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I loosened the Torx screws as shown in the DIY, then pried off the plastic cap over the lock mechanism behind the handle, but that mechanism will not pull out.
Is there a step missing here to get that lock cylinder out?
Mine is a 2006 base Cayenne.
Is there a step missing here to get that lock cylinder out?
Mine is a 2006 base Cayenne.
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No, the torx screw loosens / tightens a mechanism that goes around the lock cylinder portion of the handle assembly. You'll understand once you get the lock cylinder portion out. Loosen the screw a little more and as you're trying to pull that puece out, wiggle it up and down - it will come out.
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No, the torx screw loosens / tightens a mechanism that goes around the lock cylinder portion of the handle assembly. You'll understand once you get the lock cylinder portion out. Loosen the screw a little more and as you're trying to pull that puece out, wiggle it up and down - it will come out.
Neither side will budge.
The metal part has several rectangular slots cut into it near the door panel body. I suspect Porsche has some kind of tool that grabs those as an aid to pul it free.
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I tried doing just that. I loosened the screw. Loosened it some more and I even put channel-locks on the metal lock encasement.
Neither side will budge.
The metal part has several rectangular slots cut into it near the door panel body. I suspect Porsche has some kind of tool that grabs those as an aid to pul it free.
Neither side will budge.
The metal part has several rectangular slots cut into it near the door panel body. I suspect Porsche has some kind of tool that grabs those as an aid to pul it free.
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Maybe the parts are simply corded or filled with dirt and jammed.
I did not want to damage anything, so rather than take the gorilla approach to the problem I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing.
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The other possibility is that they changed the handle assembly a little from the 955 to the 957 (I only have a 957) and removal is a little different, as I also don't see the rectangular slots on mine you speak of.
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Okay, got them off.
There were two issues. One was that the tori head screw needed to be backed out almost all the way. The other was a 4mm setscrew in the driver's side that needs to come out. The passenger side's was missing, so I installed a new one.
The problem is better. The driver's door opens fine now. The passenger side is unchanged. I had a hiatus with the handle not reengaging correctly, but that was due to another problem.
Since the problem only happens after unlocking the doors, I am wondering if the unlock mechanism is at fault. It makes a good thunk when you lock and unlock, but the passenger do (either inside or outside) won't open on the first pull like the driver's side does.
There were two issues. One was that the tori head screw needed to be backed out almost all the way. The other was a 4mm setscrew in the driver's side that needs to come out. The passenger side's was missing, so I installed a new one.
The problem is better. The driver's door opens fine now. The passenger side is unchanged. I had a hiatus with the handle not reengaging correctly, but that was due to another problem.
Since the problem only happens after unlocking the doors, I am wondering if the unlock mechanism is at fault. It makes a good thunk when you lock and unlock, but the passenger do (either inside or outside) won't open on the first pull like the driver's side does.