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Flat Battery, Window Open, Car Unlocked!

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berrytastic

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Good morning all,

I suffered a flat battery a few weeks ago (after market sat nav powered on when it shouldn't be). After manging to stop the alarm, I decided to disconnet the battery (as I had no charger or jump leads) and deal with it the follwoing day. A jump start later and all is well, except this sat nav power drain issue.

As a result of this a few questions arose:

How do you lock the car if there is no power to the central locking (the passenger was unlocked)
How do get the window to rise up with no power (car is a C2 Cabriolet)

How do you put the car into storage? i.e. going away for while, wnat to disconnet the battery to it does not goe flat, and at the same time, make the car secure?

I am sure I just missing something, as I cannot beleive that Porsche make a car that cannot be secured without a battery.

Plus what is the best way to disconnet the battery (do you need to key just in the ignition or turned round to 1 or 2)

 
You can't lock the passenger door without power. I have pondered this before, and I can't come up with a simple solution.

You could lock the car and leave the front compartment open. This would lock both doors. If you disconnect the battery at this point, the alarm siren will go off, powered by its internal battery. So if you disconnected the siren before locking, that would get round that problem. Then you would have to close the bonnet - never a good idea with the battery disconnected, as you won't be able to open it unless you pull the emergency cable release, and that's not easy. You could extend the emergency release cable, and put it somewhere more accessible, but hidden - behind the side indicator, perhaps. A lot of faffing around though.

Can you leave a battery conditioner connected while you are away? That would be the easiest thing to do. Or pull the radio fuse to stop the satnav draining the battery, if that's your problem. I somehow think that it is more likely to be a tracker, or something else you don't know about.

To disconnect the battery under normal circumstances, switch on the ignition, but don't start the engine. Switch off all the loads you can, such as aircon, interior lights, radio, etc. Then disconnect the battery, negative terminal first. If your car has a radio code, make sure you have it.
 
Thanks for your advise/input Richard.

I am considering getting a battery conditioner, but it just seems odd that Porsche have not thought about this scenario.

As for the battery drain, the sat nav is an after market VDO Dayton system, and i recently change the PC for a newer one, and I think it has a fault as it does not switch off when the ignition is off (so it is always drawing power).

Having said that, the onwers folder does have a tracker card in it, but I don;t know if the car has/still has one fitted. Is there any where I can look to see?

You make a good point about the emergency release for the boot/bonnet. Where should they be exiting the car, as mine are neatly rolled up well within the car (no use if the main cable from the lever breaks?

Regards
 
The front release emergency cable normally terminates under the headlight tray. If the car has mechanical releases it is on the passenger side, or if they are electric releases, on the driver's side. You have to peel back the wheel arch liner to reach them. If yours is in the car, someone has extended the cable. I would leave them where they are, as it is far more user-friendly, provided you know where they are! The emergency cables are completely separate to the lever cables.

They hide trackers in all sorts of odd places. I haven't found mine yet. I think it is under the carpet in the rear footwell, but I'm not sure. One day, I'll go hunting for it.

It sounds like your satnav is wired incorrectly, as it should have both permanent and ignition-switched feeds.
 
i thought the whole point of a tracker was for it to be hidden. it does make you wonder wether lots of second hand cars have trackers that new owners dont know about.
 
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