problem with alarm

[Alex Postan]

The problem is that the key must have been designed by a stylist (actually a monkey, but his title is stylist) and not by an engineer. Take the car to your nearest OPC and they will reprogramme the car's ecu to allow a five second delay between push button and reaction. That's how Dick Lovett Porsche cured mine; it did the same as yours and it drove me round the bend.

 

[sniper]

Hello,

Have just bought a cayman 2.7. Very impressed with the car. However the alarm is a real pain. It is the standard factory one.

The bonnet and the rear lid keep popping open when I have put the keys in my pocket and walking away from the car. It seems the buttons on the key fob are supersensitive and only require the slightest pressure to activate.

Numerous times I have come back and found the bonnet or lid open and the car unlocked!

Is it just mine or are they all like this?

Sniper

 

[mikec]

There is a fix from Porsche for this, my mate who was driven round the bend had it done FOC but he did mention it could cost £35 per key! It's not like Porsche to charge customers when in fact it should be Porsche who have to stump up. Anyway, the buttons are now recessed apparently. I haven't had it done but he's happier now. I did the same as Alex and that works most of the time but there have been occasions when I've been cleaning the car etc the buttons have got acctuated in my pocket.

 

[johnk]

if youve just bought it and from opc take it back and ask them to change the time length on the buttons for opening so it won't do it at the flick of a button and would need to stay pressed for a period of time after alteration..

 

[Dylan1]

i must be fortunate ,as this is not a problem mine has had (yet!) no probs with the key fob ,always opens only when req