Had a bit of a scare
10-14-2018, 02:21 AM
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Burning Brakes
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Had a bit of a scare
So the family and I head over the mountains to get some supplies before winter sets in, my daughter also wanted to get to the Children's Museum.
Drive there Friday afternoon is smooth, the Panamera quite at home on the twist mountain roads,traffic was light. get up nice and early Sat morning. head to the museum.
After 3 hours there we come out and try to get int the car - it wont unlock! (car has Enter & drive) sinking feeling in the gut.
At first I'm thinking the Battery in the fob is getting bad.
Break out the emergency hard key, open the door, car not recognizing the key! Wont let me start it. finally after sitting in the car for a minute while trying yo think of what to do it recognizes the key again.
we still need to make a couple more stops, key works fine, then I remember reading about some having issues with the key not being recognized in certain situations.
I had parked right next to a large shipping container, thinking that may have played a roll as I had no more problems after that.
other than that one little moment, the car ran beautifully, fantastic drive.
Drive there Friday afternoon is smooth, the Panamera quite at home on the twist mountain roads,traffic was light. get up nice and early Sat morning. head to the museum.
After 3 hours there we come out and try to get int the car - it wont unlock! (car has Enter & drive) sinking feeling in the gut.
At first I'm thinking the Battery in the fob is getting bad.
Break out the emergency hard key, open the door, car not recognizing the key! Wont let me start it. finally after sitting in the car for a minute while trying yo think of what to do it recognizes the key again.
we still need to make a couple more stops, key works fine, then I remember reading about some having issues with the key not being recognized in certain situations.
I had parked right next to a large shipping container, thinking that may have played a roll as I had no more problems after that.
other than that one little moment, the car ran beautifully, fantastic drive.
10-14-2018, 09:23 AM
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Glad to hear you were able to get it started in the end. Battery in the key fob need replacing?
Wrt doors not unlocking, probably not your case but Porsche are known to have failure prone door lock actuators (or whatever they’re called). I think issues are most prominent in Cayennes and Panameras. (My rear passenger side will probably go soon...)
Wrt doors not unlocking, probably not your case but Porsche are known to have failure prone door lock actuators (or whatever they’re called). I think issues are most prominent in Cayennes and Panameras. (My rear passenger side will probably go soon...)
10-14-2018, 03:00 PM
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Burning Brakes
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10-15-2018, 02:29 PM
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When you get in the car, if the E&D system won't recognize the key, cycling the stub in the ignition slot twice will allow you remove it (the stub or dummy key or whatever).
Then stick your actual key in the ignition. Car will start and operate as if you didn't have E&D.
Had a similar issue with my Cayenne after buying an aftermarket (Amazon) colored key cover. It interfered with the key's antenna and the car would only recognize the key 50% of the time. Had to utilize this emergency method before figuring out it was the damn key cover.
Then stick your actual key in the ignition. Car will start and operate as if you didn't have E&D.
Had a similar issue with my Cayenne after buying an aftermarket (Amazon) colored key cover. It interfered with the key's antenna and the car would only recognize the key 50% of the time. Had to utilize this emergency method before figuring out it was the damn key cover.
10-15-2018, 03:30 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks Hacked, i knew there was a way to remove the dummy key, just couldn't remember what it was LOL
I'll have to go give this a try and make it burned into my memory just in case it happens again
I'll have to go give this a try and make it burned into my memory just in case it happens again
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10-15-2018, 07:20 PM
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Burning Brakes
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:-)
figured I'd respond on both as not everyone uses both :-)
figured I'd respond on both as not everyone uses both :-)
10-17-2018, 02:10 AM
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Burning Brakes
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When you get in the car, if the E&D system won't recognize the key, cycling the stub in the ignition slot twice will allow you remove it (the stub or dummy key or whatever).
Then stick your actual key in the ignition. Car will start and operate as if you didn't have E&D.
Had a similar issue with my Cayenne after buying an aftermarket (Amazon) colored key cover. It interfered with the key's antenna and the car would only recognize the key 50% of the time. Had to utilize this emergency method before figuring out it was the damn key cover.
Then stick your actual key in the ignition. Car will start and operate as if you didn't have E&D.
Had a similar issue with my Cayenne after buying an aftermarket (Amazon) colored key cover. It interfered with the key's antenna and the car would only recognize the key 50% of the time. Had to utilize this emergency method before figuring out it was the damn key cover.