mrkim

Well thanks to my friend's Autel scanner, I was able to find out that the front left (driver) leveling is giving me some sort of short. I unplugged it from the sensor itself and from the shock itself. It seems that the actual leveling sensor is at fault. Already ordered a new one, just waiting for it to arrive. As of right now, the car is doing fine the message shows up at weird moments, but I think when I go over a bump by accident seeing my roads aren't as smooth anymore.

But will keep everyone updated on this little hopefully stays little adventure.

djdonte

Good deal. These cars are near impossible to troubleshoot without a PIWIS or really good bidirectional scanner.

mrkim

Yeah I agree, at first I thought my craftsman scanner would be able to help clear the oil reset message.. nope.
I don't want to keep borrowing my friend's or anyone else scanner so I may have to invest in getting one. Which is not bad of an investment honestly.

djdonte

A good Autel is about 500. The Porsche iCarsoft is about 300. I set up a PIWIS clone for about 500 but others have said they did it cheaper.

mrkim

Personally I would just get an Autel scanner, I'm more familiar with it. The whole PIWIS program, just reminds me when I had to get a Toyota/Lexus program called techstream it was a headache for me just setting it up and I'm not computer savvy. Plus Autel is pretty good when upgrading software, so I mean I can do a little side hustle with it.

Update on my suspension...

So while waiting for my new leveling sensor, I cleaned the joints on the linkages, and carefully sprayed some WD40 on to them, then pushed in the connection and the wires as much as I could. My thoughts were, the fault codes saying that there is a "short" may be due to the linkage not moving freely as before. Yesterday I drove around so far nothing, but will still replace it once the new sensor arrives just to be safe.

djdonte

Yes PIWIS is not user friendly or fast. I got it mostly so I could code PSE. Autel makes great stuff and could be used on other makes.

chassis

Autel is disparaged on this site for lack of transparency of required expensive subscriptions.

iCarsoft is a great tool, I use it for regular maintenance and diagnostics on my .1 9Y0 Cayenne S.

mrkim

I can't say much on iCarsoft don't really know much people with that. Majority of my mechanic friends have Autel.. but I am curious about it. Like trying Japanese flan vs Mexican/Spanish flan... I'm willing to try.

huskeric

Yes, one must be very careful when purchasing an Autel scanner as they don't mention the need for mandatory updates for some newer model vehicles. My Autel continues to work fine on my '15 PTS after the subscription expired, but need to be aware this may not be in all cases. Also, I do have a PIWIS 3, but find the Autel operating system to be much faster and easier to scan/clear codes.

mrkim

IF you don't mind me asking, what model Autel scanner do you have?

H2Owon

As a current owner of the Icarsoft POR 2 and POR 3 with current updates, neither has the ability to flush ABS brakes on either a 991.1 or 971 even though the literature says it will. I would avoid the brand.

mrkim

Oh wow 😳, I was looking through my buddy's Autel scanner looks like it has those capabilities.

H2Owon

The iCarsoft has the flush ABS function displayed as available, it just doesn't work. It gives you an error something like "this function is not available" when you try to use it. Gave the same error on both cars. The learning here is that you get what you pay for.

dArtery

I have the same model. I replaced the front struts, compressor and valve module. Still low. Chassis system failure. I do not know what else. Can you suggest a diag software.
-Mark

mrkim

I would say check your leveling sensors... In the Autel scanner it can tell you which is acting up.