capt601

My wife took our "new to us" 04 cayenne S to the local dealer to get a few things looked at.
1. the rear window was difficult to close, you would have to close it multiple times before it finally stayed closed. After reading from all of you it sounds like the microswitch. The dealer is saying it is $380 to fix it. now i have not talked to them yet, but it seems to me that this has been a subject of 3-4 recalls on that microswitch alone, so if that is the cause of the problem it should not be something I pay for. Do you feel that it is the microswitch?

number 2 issue was the door unlock setting was not staying in the comfort menu, when you used the other remote. Reading on this forum and others it sounded like the comfort control unit was the issue and that is what they found. Of course all for the price of $850. Does anyone know where this unit is and can it be replaced myself?

thanks!

99firehawk

the rear window sounds more like a rear window latch then a switch, really dealer will probaly replace both

+2 sounds like a rear comfort control unit, its behind the pass sdie luggar compartment trim.
the parts probaly about 500-600
and you wont save anymoney if you break even 1 trim panel (which is very likely search for it)
is your cayenne out of warrenty?

LVDell

How is an 04 out of warranty?

Rider1

Mileage high?

Dave

LVDell

Sounds like the culprit.

Shamus

Stupid question, but eash key sets its own settings. Are you sure you are losing your settings? I have had it happen to me, so Im not doubting you, just making sure the problem is not an intended feature.

MadFox

I traded my "beta" 3 months ago with 72K. Bought ext. warranty in August '05 (can't believe I mentioned it) as I went through 50K in Sept. 05. FYI, first month of '04MY was May '03 (that's when I bought mine). March/April Cars are "alphas" and were '03MY. 20-25K per year for daily with use for biz isn't hard to see how you zoom through 50K miles by December '06 (3.5 years).

ltc

But you DID mention it , so without further delay, queue the music:

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MadFox

I may mention it some more as the state that shan't be named theme song is still one of the best TV show themes of all time. But, it's a crappy state gov't as it has not posted an update on the liquidation in almost 5 months.