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Jun 19, 2005 7:03:27 PM
- Mike S
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the start button is so much more fun than turning a key! Jun 19, 2005 7:40:22 PM
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Re: Front hood open's after polishing
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I thought your SM was referring to a vehicle within the service network, not at their dealership......A few factory engineers from Porsche and Delphi flew from Germany to look at my car...and a number of SM's were kept informed of the results, hence the reason why I thought your reference was to my vehicle
I thought your SM was referring to a vehicle within the service network, not at their dealership......A few factory engineers from Porsche and Delphi flew from Germany to look at my car...and a number of SM's were kept informed of the results, hence the reason why I thought your reference was to my vehicle
Jun 20, 2005 5:16:56 PM
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Jun 20, 2005 5:20:35 PM
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Jun 20, 2005 7:08:48 PM
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Re: Front hood open's after polishing
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And also, just drying the headlights would create static electricity. I wonder if this phenomenon is more attributable to high-speed buffers and orbital buffers?? I do all of my work by hand.
I washed the car this weekend and noticed that the front latch was open after drying the car.....
Jun 20, 2005 7:59:35 PM
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Re: Front hood open's after polishing
Good point that may actually help, I have tried turning the ignition key on if I plan to wax the front part of the car or headlights and so far so good (2 months and no system fault messages). I wouldn't leave anything on inside for obvious reasons (radio, lights, ac, etc) and make it quick.....not the best thing for your battery or car for that matter. I am guessing that the culprit must have something to do with static electricity upsetting the computer module in 'sleep mode" and turning the ignition on is like booting up a computer from "sleep" Replacing the front latch + solinoid +module didn't work for me so this is just my own trial and error stuff . On the other hand it could be hardware related but static electricity is still the culprit (my guess). This issue seems to affect US bound cars mostly, so do any non-US cars have this fault message?? If so let us know if your car is equipped with the emergency hatch release in the front trunk (its a neon yellow handle) because that may be the only difference so I'm curious. If its only a US problem it points to the emergency hatch release and static electricity somehow disturbing communication. For my situation the fault message only happened when I waxed the area involving the front lights or very near to it (the car wash before hand could just be coincidendal)? Static electricity is more suspect here and water may not be the culprit (at least thats how I feel because I've been in heavy downpours and have had no problems). Dealer has no idea how to fix it and neither do I?: 
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Re: Front hood open's after polishing
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The car you refer to was mine....As a courtesy to Porsche, I don't want to post too much info other than to say that the info silverrules posted is correct and the cause of the SF/latch issue is indeed due to static discharge. Also, Porsche have solved the System Fault/hood latch, although it isn't readily available yet(I've had it installed in my car for about a month....and have polished the living [Email]cr@p[/Email] out of the lights/car...absolutely NO PROBLEMS). Despite what we may think, Porsche take fixing these sorts of problems very seriously....I can't begin to tell you how responsive they've been (once the cause was identified). Extraordinary customer service
To sum up, it's not washing that trips the latch/SF, it's polishing (particularly headlights)....Don't put Zaino or Plexus etc. on the headlights (it doesn't matter if the product is anti static, the cloth you use isn't!!). If you need to clean the headlights...just make sure the cloth is slightly damp and gently wipe.
There is a fix. You have to insist that your dealer talk to PCNA's technical people. They are aware of the fix. There is a limited supply of the modified control modules, but you should get one, if not immediately, eventually. Get on their list.
Jun 22, 2005 4:42:33 AM
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