rijowysock

Drove vehicle out of town . Parked and came back 20 minutes later. Sat in car 5 minutes with phone plugged in center console cig lighter with key out of ignition (doors closed) went to turn car back on and won't turn on. No lights on dash. No lights inside car. Outside lights work and rear hatch and locking system.

Odd fact, lock and unlock car, open door and overhead lights come on for 1 second and turn off instantly. No "cayenne" in the dash or anything that would normally show.

Porsche closed till Monday, trying to figure something out before then as I am stuck.



Could it be a fuse somewhere?

Battery under hood reads full 12.8.

Any other reasons why would not start?

porscheprestige

model year ?

rijowysock

2012.

Is there a second battery somewhere? I looked under driver seat and looks like an air filter. Is it under passenger seat?

Fuse possibly for starter?

Does not crank.

I can however hear the fuel pump prime and kick on when I insert the key into dash.

rijowysock

Sounds like this to me. Thank god for iPhones. I'm going to walk and get tools and try and fix for now.

http://m.6speedonline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=239447

daddyscar

Yeah, iPhone saved my butt a while back too. Put my key fob in and somehow removed key while key fob lock activated. Basically cayenne thought key was already inserted. Stuck in loading zone but quick search on iPhone resulted in a finding a thread on the exact same problem and solution. Hope you're on the road soon.

rijowysock

Is this where battery connects to chassis?



Going off this similar problem



Posting from phone stuck on side of road 120 miles from home. Lol.

rijowysock

Started!!! Above is the ground. 2 minutes resets system and good. VERY ODD PROBLEM

cordsig79

geez, I have not had my car hooked up to a PIWIS machine since 07-08......wonder if it would do anything better? glad youre safe

Tex94

Strange that the original problem showed up 6 months ago with a supposed software fix yet here you are with a new 2012 getting the same experience. Makes me a little nervous for my 2012, especially as I get ready to head off into the mountains.

Was it a fairly simple To find under the seat and fix? Any special tools required?

rijowysock

Pull the flap I took a pic of.

13mm socket (luckily because my little tool
Kit I carry maxed out at 13mm)

As soon as I reconnected It sparked and all the lights came on. Very good feeling. Started right up instantly.

I'll be going to dealer Monday to see what they have to say.

rijowysock

Flap is not under drivers seat it's right in front of it. I ripped the flap under seat out cause I couldn't see anything besides a filter and then I noticed the other flap. In the pic above I have the wire disconnected. Usually it's 13mm acorn attaching it to the chassis.

Andy E.

Temporarily unplugging a power source is the norm today for everything including cellphones, cameras, computers and now automobiles. It's the 21st century's CTRL-ALT-DEL solution...

roberga

I had that happen to me with a BMW 540. The fix was the same. Cars now a days need ALT,CRT,Delete keys to reset.=== MicroSoft is everywhere.

medtech

Suddenly my '06 doesn't seem so problematic...

THense

Is there another way of resetting the system?