Perfectly normal. The alarm goes into sleep mode after 7 days. To wake it up, unlock the door with the key, but don't open it. Then press the lock button on the fob, and it will wake up the system.
Centre locking inoperative after two weeks
- Thread starter Richard_Hamilton
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As Richard says only mine even does it occasionally after only two days? Alternatively, you can open the door with the key and if you insert the key in the ignition, turn it to bring the dash lights on then off, the alarm won't sound. I have left mine up to 3 weeks before I got a trickle charger and it started without problem.
Hi,
I just returned from two weeks holiday to my garaged cayman which is a daily drive.
When i pressed the fob, the doors didn't open and i feared a completely flat battery.
I opened the door with the key, and just as i sat in the drivers seat the alarm screamed into life.
I expected this, but what i didn't expect is that when i put the key in the ignition, the alarm ceased, and the ignition came on including all dash lights and the PCM. I then just pressed the brake and turned the ignition and the car started straight away.
Is this normal behaviour? is there some kind of 'get you started' reserve charge stored somewhere?
Should i be contacting my OPC re the battery on an 18 month old car won't last two weeks?
Thanks
Jon
I just returned from two weeks holiday to my garaged cayman which is a daily drive.
When i pressed the fob, the doors didn't open and i feared a completely flat battery.
I opened the door with the key, and just as i sat in the drivers seat the alarm screamed into life.
I expected this, but what i didn't expect is that when i put the key in the ignition, the alarm ceased, and the ignition came on including all dash lights and the PCM. I then just pressed the brake and turned the ignition and the car started straight away.
Is this normal behaviour? is there some kind of 'get you started' reserve charge stored somewhere?
Should i be contacting my OPC re the battery on an 18 month old car won't last two weeks?
Thanks
Jon
Even simpler than all of that. Before you operate the key fob just lift the door handle. That will wake it up and it will open as normal without having to use the key in the lock/alarms going off and all that stuff. Trust me
] (I am assuming here that the 911 and Cayman share this feature - but I bet they do!)
] (I am assuming here that the 911 and Cayman share this feature - but I bet they do!)
It's in the handbook... Put key in lock, turn, don't open door... Press fob to lock, then press fob to open as normal... (new owner, thought I would read the manual cover to cover !)
Oh, the book that I loaded onto the FAQ section a month ago! Never fully read it but it says to unlock and insert the key into the ignition for the 07 models, I'll try the fob button press next time it happens though, easier than stretching through the half open door when it's in the garage!
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