LVDell

Are you kidding me? So I need to disconnect the battery so I can do my ipod install and well as finish the hitch install and the wiring harness that goes with it. So I ask you this........

Is there any other way to disconnect the battery without having to remove the drivers seat like the manual states??? This is almost comical now!!!!!!!!

ltc

I'm afraid you're going to have to remove the seat for the hitch install.....sorry.

LVDell

I just don't get it sometimes. WTF is wrong with the engineers at VW/PAG??? Battery under the seat??? So, when you have to replace your battery, hypothetically, most people would just take it to the dealer? UNFRICKINBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

Any others curveballs I should be on the lookout for?

BTW.....the FedEx just came. Many thanks!

wingless

Don't disconnect the battery, unless it is REALLY required.

If it is disconnected, the windows need to be reset, the steering sensor needs to be reset and something else too, I'll check later...

TimC.

PAG ENGINEERS: Hmmm we built zee monster Veeee Eight and wrapped it in zeee plastic shrouds and installed it in dee front of zee vehicle for first time....deez looks nice !!! Ohh Blitzkrieg now where to vee put zee battery???? Hmm vell theres room under deez seat??? Ahhh OOOKKKAY !!!

TimC.

LOL the ironic thing is that I just replaced the battery in my Boxster after 6 years and the funny thing is that the engine is mysteriosly located somewhere under and behind the seats BUT!!! guess where the battery is??? THE FRONT TRUNK...where is should be LOL I replaced that sucker in like 15 mins flat....although I then had to enter codes for the radio and reset all the windows WTF

LVDell

not sure I follow WINGLESS. if you had to replace your battery you would obviously have to disconnect the battery to replace it. Let me know what you find out as soon as you can so I can game plan what's up next. But the TSB clearly states to disconnect the battery for the hitch install. If I don't need to then I am fine, but the last thing I want to do is proceed and not disconnect it then POOF, something goes haywire.

wingless

The windows and steering are reset, with a procedure. Something else, too, also with a procedure. Later.

LVDell

Ok, so I just got done RTFM and it's really not as big a deal as you make it out to be. It states (p.321) after battery is connected you will get a PSM light and can be remedied with a few "simple" steps. Those steps are outlined as well as the window reset. That's it. Nothing to get alarmed about.

But thanks for the heads up so now I know what to do after I reconnect the battery.

TestnDoc

Changing/disconnecting the battery is no big deal. Despite what some on here say, its not that hard to get to.

LVDell

I am going to post pics b/c this is by far the funniest thing I have encountered. Not hard to get to just a PITA.

MadFox

vhwat iz zee schitzu dat iz here? itz appearz zat you got zee madfox german/english dictionarzee... vhen you are finished vith itz, you mustnzee zend it to zee Alabamaz MB factory vizitorz center vhere I vill get itz back. Yah? iz zis zee plan?

TimC.

LOLOLOLOL Ayeee oopps!! Daz zee plan? Sorry for the plagiarism

MadFox

vwon more viddle zing.. batteryz? zee Cayenne haz zee batteriez? Zee batteriez iz under zee front zeat? iz zee spare tirez under zerr too? I never found zit vwhen zee tirez blewed zeeup... maybe vee should have lookedzee under zee seatz... schitzu.. I knew zee manual waz CRAP!

LVDell

You guys are killin' me!!!! I have never laughed so hard. I tried to read this thread to my wife over the phone and couldn't stop laughing!!!!!!

No I understand why I must take my meds