Sorry to hear of your mis-fortune.
After following the Skip in Boulder thread and yours I was at my dealers when they were getting ready to deliver a new 997 and guess what appeared "SYSTEM FAULT" The car was taken in to the service bay and connected up to the PIWIS tester, the fault codes that came up were the front control module, as well as the hood latch, On the hood latch fault there was also a reference to a fault to ground from terminal... Falts were reset after two attempts and the car was sent away. It's only a matter of time before it reapears.
A day or so later I had the opportunity to speak with the regional PCNA rep about the System fault problem that I've read about as well had witnessed. He was familliar with Skips experience, and apparently it is a known problem thathas been poping up here and there, they are addressing it, and in fact has somthing to do with the hood latch grounding.
Since there is no TSB yet the techs really have no clue as to what to do, and in many cases just clear the fault memory in the hopes it won't re-appear.
Make sure that the dealer gets the PCNA field manager involved!!!
Once the Field Manager receives a case, they must update the progress of the case in ActionWare throughout the process. This enables the appropriate PCNA personnel to track a case until resolution is made. On every OPEN case, the Field Manager must verify the customer's satisfaction status directly with the customer after all appropriate solutions have been exercised
PCNA is aware of this issue
There will be an official fix in the near future!