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The rear seam of my headliner has come out of its "groove" Does anybody know the procedure to get it back in its groove? Thanks! Darin

A repair to the instrument cluster fixed the problem. 650 dollars- I am not sure what they did- but its fixed.

The instrument cluster was "repaired" at the cost of 650.00 plus tax. That did the trick. I couldn't get any additional information about what got "fixed" but it's working so I guess that is fixed enough for me. What a colossal pain in the butt. Thanks all for the help!

I have a loaner instrument cluster in for the weekend. So far so good no warning lights. If this holds out until Monday they will send my instrument cluster in for repairs. ($650.00) The loaner instrument cluster must be from a hardtop because the top wont go down. On the bright side it only has 8000 miles on it.

I just picked up the car with a brand new alternator! (548.00 parts) (270.00 labor) The specialist said that it was a common problem. On the way home all the lights came on again! Back to the shop next week. Nice...

I am kind of out of ideas. I guess I will take it to a shop on Tuesday. (uhg) Thanks for the ideas though. When I find out what the problem is I will report back.

I have a feeling it may be the ABS Module. Come to think of it just before all this started I was getting some weird shuttering on a few very low speed stops. A few more questions... Is replacing the ABS module straight forward? If so where is the best place to buy one? (online USA) Is the procedure described anywhere on this site? (I couldn't find it) Again- thank you thank you thank you!

Epic Fail- the warning lights are back. (uhg) (ABS failure- break distribution failure- check engine light) What is the next thing to try? Thanks! About to get fault codes moduleType = MotronicDME78 DTC Count = 1 Fault Number:P1601 Description:Porsche fault code 660 - CAN timeout - instrument cluster Application closing at user request About to get fault codes moduleType = MotronicDME78 DTC Count = 1 Fault Number:P1601 Description:Porsche fault code 660 - CAN timeout - instrument cluster Displaying infomation about Motronic 7.8 Porsche part number 99661866015 Supplier part number 0261206579 Software version number: 004161004620 Data Version 0041610046203613 Number of ignitions range 1 1274 / 1178h Number of ignitions range 2 70 / 661h Operating hours counter 1359 VIN: WP0CA29993S65xxxx Type ID DME control unit __996US03 Order type 996310 Country code C02 Engine type 9603 Engine number 66302206 Transmission type G9601 Transmission number 1266290432 Radio code 0 Body color/convertible top color 92U tb Interior equipment AA Application closing at user request

Oh Renntech joy! The cluster had not been out ever but I went ahead and reset all the connectors and cleared all the faults and all is as it should be. Took a spin around the neighborhood with a great feeling having conquered a problem with the help of friends that would have cost me a grand at the dealer. Thanks Loren and Wvicary!

Here are the codes out of the Durametric. It is only the second time I used it- but I think I got them all. I would really appreciate any help in making heads or tails of this! 9X6 ABS 5.7 Selected About to get fault codes moduleType = MotronicDME78 DTC Count = 1 Fault Number:P1601 Description:Porsche fault code 660 - CAN timeout - instrument cluster Displaying infomation about Motronic 7.8 Porsche part number 99661866015 Supplier part number 0261206579 Software version number: 004161004620 Data Version 0041610046203613 Number of ignitions range 1 1274 / 1178h Number of ignitions range 2 70 / 661h Operating hours counter 1358 VIN: WP0CA29993S65XXXX Type ID DME control unit __996US03 Order type 996310 Country code C02 Engine type 9603 Engine number 66302206 Transmission type G9601 Transmission number 1266290432 Radio code 0 Body color/convertible top color 92U tb Interior equipment AA Motronic 7.8 Current Fault Codes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P1601 Porsche fault code 660 - CAN timeout - instrument cluster ABS/PSM 5.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Block 80 7F 1A 12 Block 9F 5A 9F 07 Block 91 5A 91 09 96 35 57 55 05 09 96 61 81 15 00 Instrument Cluster Current Fault Codes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9110 DME control unit Status: not present -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9111 PSM/ABS control unit Status: not present Alarm Current Fault Codes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Interior sensor faulty Status: not present Frequency counter: 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 Central locking limit position Lock not reached Status: not present Frequency counter: 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 Radio receiver defective Status: not present Frequency counter: 8

The warning lights...

I haven't had a chance to attach the Durametric yet but I have new info While working on an unrelated roof rattle and roof hook refusing to latch issue. (sigh). The failure lights began to flash. While this was happening the car was cycling the rear wing! Any ideas? I will attach the Durametric when I get the power suppy for my pc found!

I will check the durametric as soon as I get a chance. The break lights work- I also noticed two other warning lights at lunch, the check engine and a message that said system failure- or something like that (it only flashed for a second). These don't stay on the just beep and flash for a moment. The MAF could be the problem as I have occasional super jerky early morning starts in first gear... Thanks Loren!

I have a 2003 C2 Cab. No Mods. 40,000 miles. I started getting warning lights just driving along at any speed. The lights say "Break Distribution Failure" and "ABS Failure" they blink for a second then go off. There is no noticeable change in the breaking. I had new break pads, discs and sensors in the garage ready to put on- so I did that all they way around just in the slim chance it might be a sensor. That didn't help. I have the durametric code reader. Any ideas of what this might be or should I go to a dealer I have searched around for hours- sorry if this topic is fully covered somewhere I missed! Any help is appreciated! Thanks! Darin

The PST2 never said that it was activating the radio- even with the Gateway 500 set in bypass mode I could never get the radio to work. The good news is that I just picked it up from Rusnak Porsche in Pasadena- and its working!- the radio- and the Gateway 500!!!- to get them to reset the radio- and enable it to see the cd changer was $150.00. On the up side I got to poke around on the PST2 for a while so its not such a mystery- I think the software version on it wasn't recent enough to address the TSB. (That or complete operator error on my part) naw- it couldn't be that! Also- the instructions that came with the Gateway 500 left a little to be desired. I have my iPod playing in my cdr23! and it only cost about $700.00!!! ouch! thanks again for your help!