New Cayenne owner! - couple questions
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New Cayenne owner! - couple questions
I'm very excited to have just bought my first Porsche (a 2004 Cayenne S). I've had a Volkswagen Passat before, and it's funny how many things are so similar (the key, sunroof controls, etc). Just wanted to come say hi and ask a couple questions.
Its history is a bit weird - it's always been in Texas, and the guy we had inspect it said that it was in good shape and everything, but the previous owner had only owned it for 3 months - and I'm not sure where it has been serviced. I'm in Austin, TX, and I don't know about dealerships here being any good. My experience with the VW guys was not so good. How can I find out where it has been serviced?
I can't figure out how to unlock all the doors with the remote. The previous owner said he couldn't get it to work - if he pushed the button twice, it just unlocked, then relocked the doors. I tried holding it down and no luck. Perhaps he didn't regularly open his wife's door, but that wouldn't fly in my household...
Is there a good recommended course of action for me here? Should I just find a good Porsche dealership and go introduce myself as a new donor to their children's college funds?
Thanks, and I have done a good amount of reading here and look forward to doing more in the future.
Its history is a bit weird - it's always been in Texas, and the guy we had inspect it said that it was in good shape and everything, but the previous owner had only owned it for 3 months - and I'm not sure where it has been serviced. I'm in Austin, TX, and I don't know about dealerships here being any good. My experience with the VW guys was not so good. How can I find out where it has been serviced?
I can't figure out how to unlock all the doors with the remote. The previous owner said he couldn't get it to work - if he pushed the button twice, it just unlocked, then relocked the doors. I tried holding it down and no luck. Perhaps he didn't regularly open his wife's door, but that wouldn't fly in my household...
Is there a good recommended course of action for me here? Should I just find a good Porsche dealership and go introduce myself as a new donor to their children's college funds?
Thanks, and I have done a good amount of reading here and look forward to doing more in the future.
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A dealer will be able to pull up any service done by dealerships. Your '04 was probably serviced by an indy the last couple of years, no help for that.
I think there is a way to program your key to open all the doors through the PCM unit under preferences. Instructions should be in the owners manual. Mine opened all the doors before I changed the battery, but I never went back to change it.
Let us know where you live and someone can probably recommend an indy. Then you only pay for a state school instead of private.
I think there is a way to program your key to open all the doors through the PCM unit under preferences. Instructions should be in the owners manual. Mine opened all the doors before I changed the battery, but I never went back to change it.
Let us know where you live and someone can probably recommend an indy. Then you only pay for a state school instead of private.
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I think a dealer can only pull up service history that was done at that dealer. As far as network wide service, I think that only TSBs will show up.
I think there is a way to program the key to do what you want, like David said.
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I think there is a way to program the key to do what you want, like David said.
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Imagine that... Welcome enjoy it in good spirits!
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alkaloids, I just moved to Austin 5 months ago....I have had a Base for 4 years. Pm me or we can chat before the sharks smell the blood in the water, (cayenne owners can be bipolar on their reviews of the P!G).......Im close to narrowing down a good local mechanic but I have many solutions for future questions or problems you will have on the piggy pepper.
I can show you tons of ways to shave off the cost of ownership if you may be in a hole for repairs etc and we can find a decent place for labor.
I can show you tons of ways to shave off the cost of ownership if you may be in a hole for repairs etc and we can find a decent place for labor.
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Thanks all!
I figured out the key thing. Poor previous owner never knew how to open the passenger door. Oh well...
I contacted Ric at Suncoast and he'd said that all the recall stuff was done, but he couldn't get any service records for it.
I am acquainted with Kenny Hill, of the shop here in Austin, and was thinking of talking to him about it - he's a big supporter of bicycle racing (which I also enjoy) so I like that. I'm definitely interested in learning more ways to reduce cost of ownership.
First things first, though - gotta change the oil, it's due, it seems.
I figured out the key thing. Poor previous owner never knew how to open the passenger door. Oh well...
I contacted Ric at Suncoast and he'd said that all the recall stuff was done, but he couldn't get any service records for it.
I am acquainted with Kenny Hill, of the shop here in Austin, and was thinking of talking to him about it - he's a big supporter of bicycle racing (which I also enjoy) so I like that. I'm definitely interested in learning more ways to reduce cost of ownership.
First things first, though - gotta change the oil, it's due, it seems.
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Right. Pictures... Well the previous owner had cleaned it before photographing, but when I picked it up it was pretty dirty. So, we're in the process of getting that taken care of.
Here's the "advertising" pictures...
(maybe - if this works...)
Here's the "advertising" pictures...
(maybe - if this works...)
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Nice! Love the color combo.
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Correct. I just called the service guy at the local dealer about an 04 and he told me that same thing. He told me all the warranty/TSB's were done but no other service history can be pulled except by the dealer performing the service.
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So now, the big question is how to put my iPhone music into the stereo well. I got the Jabra FM bluetooth transmitter today and it's fuzzy and crappy and I just don't like it. I need a hard wire running (even over bluetooth) to the stereo...
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