Sensitive Key Issue

Big Daddy CS · Apr 20, 2007

Has anyone experienced their key being very sensitive? On several occasions when I put my key in my pocket the doors will unlock or the hood will pop open.

At the beach the other day, when I got up in the morning to go out to my Croc in the parking lot, the hood was open and it had been raining all night. Thank God there was no water in the trunk.

I guess I will need to wait to put the key into my pocket until I'm 500 yards away from the car.

Big Daddy CS

Santa Fe · Apr 20, 2007

Yes a lot of folks have commented on it here. Apparently there is even a service bulletin: http://www.planet-9.com/showthread.php?t=4345

suneet · Apr 20, 2007

It's service bulletin 9662, as updated in October of 2006...

Using PIWIS 16.0, the activation time for the front trunk, hatch lid, and open window commands can be set from 471 ms to 700 ms, or 900 ms ("long") or 1100 ms ("extra-long")

I would post the tsb here, but supposedly that's against copyright law...

- Suneet

K-Man S · Apr 20, 2007

tsb's can go in the files section as long as the source is identified as Porsche. It is the service manuals that we cannot host.

BTW, this is why people also need the Mods4Cars remote key, solves this problem.

TerryB · Apr 21, 2007

What is the Mods4cars remote?

Santa Fe · Apr 21, 2007

See this old tread: http://www.planet-9.com/showthread.php?t=8832&highlight=wilhelmy and check them out under the sponsors tab: http://www.mods4cars.com/?aff=11804

suneet · Apr 21, 2007

I've uploaded the tsb and it will be available here as soon as a moderator approves it:

http://www.planet-9.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=101

Daniel L · Apr 22, 2007

I bought a belt clip keychain just to prevent this.

The Kloser · Apr 22, 2007

I thought my jeans were too tight cuz I gained weight!

josephsdesimone · Apr 23, 2007

Too sensitive remote

Could somebody direct me to a post I read a few months ago that discussed opening the remote and making subtle modifications (mechanical) to the remotes parts to render it less sensitive. I'm not referring to the programming modification discussed above. I searched for this but I found nothing. Thanks in advance. Joe

Interpol · Apr 23, 2007

Happens to me almost daily. Planning to get the TSB fix done sometime at my local dealership when I have the time.

fmarshall · Apr 23, 2007

FWIW, I lived through the sensitive key issue. And after many drives and over 11,000 miles, I find the key to have "worn in", meaning that it behaves properly without being overly sensitive anymore.

I'm sure that key 2 is still sensitive, as it is brand new. If I ever sell the car, the next owner will get to experience the car as new

2thMnky · May 26, 2007

I am picking up my car next Tuesday and sent an e-mail to my sales person asking her to have the service department adjust the activation time before i pick up the car. She sends me a response saying "There will be around a $150.00 charge for the programming you requested on your Cayman. Service wanted to know what form of payment you will be using." So I sent her the TSB, asked her to show it to the service department, and said if they are going to charge not to do it. I will take it to a different dealership. So far I have to say I'm not pleased with the customer service at Braman Porsche. They gave me the best price, but it fells like they are trying to make some back where ever they can before I pick up the car.

objectuser · May 26, 2007

I have an even easier fix for this. The range of the key is ... well, very short, much shorter than my BMW. I take a few steps away from the car and then put it in my pocket ... Sha-Zam! No issue.

Interpol · May 26, 2007

How is this a solution? First of all, please quantify "a few steps". I can still lock/unlock my car with my key from 75-100 feet away. If your key stops working after moving 5 feet away from the car ("a few steps" couldn't be more than that), then there is something wrong with your key or your car.

Second, we are talking about inadvertent keypresses here, which can happen regardless of whether or not the key is in your pocket.

If this problem was as easily fixed by your recommendation, why is there a TSB out on it?

josephsdesimone · May 26, 2007

Key Modification

I think the best solution is to cure the key of it's hair trigger; take a look at the download titled "Key Modification" available by clicking on the heading "FILES" at the top of the page.
Regards,
Joe

Doobydarby · May 26, 2007

Am I missing something?

I would think that your dealership shoud fix the key somehow, someway without charge to you. Obivously it is a key problem, so why should any of us be responsible to fix it, or pay to have it fixed?

Doobydarby

Interpol · May 26, 2007

Doobydarby said:
I would think that your dealership shoud fix the key somehow, someway without charge to you. Obivously it is a key problem, so why should any of us be responsible to fix it, or pay to have it fixed?

Doobydarby

Your local dealership WILL fix it for free, there's a TSB out for this problem.

Some people choose to install the Wilhelmy-IT solution, which not only fixes the problem but adds some other features.

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