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Instrument Cluster won't light after dead battery
n8080 replied to n8080's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
You have made no mention as to how she managed to get the hood opened with a totally dead battery. Did she energize the system through the cigar lighter temporarily to get to the battery? Did she jump it or was it a service? There was apparently a trace amount of power that allowed her to pop the hood but not enough to light anything else up. I was surprised as I once had a dead battery and had to use jumper cables to touch that access point in the foot well. -
Instrument Cluster won't light after dead battery
n8080 replied to n8080's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
I will have a talk with my wife about jump starting. Before she did it, I told her to pull out the manual and follow the directions exactly as newer cars have to be jumped a certain way. When she got home she said she never even opened the book. If it happens again, I hope she reads it. Thank you to everyone for the help! This is a great forum and I wish I would have joined sooner. -
Instrument Cluster won't light after dead battery
n8080 replied to n8080's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
I tend to agree that the jump start probably did something. I have just never seen a problem from jump starting a dead battery. Now that it's light out, I'm going to check those fuses. . . . Well, I just checked the fuses by the spoiler switch. They are all good but here is what is interesting....when I pulled B1 out and put it back in, there were a couple of beeps and the whole car reset itself; even the 'protect' message is gone and the stereo is back to normal. I'm glad that worked but does anyone know why that would work? -
Hi everyone, I have a really strange problem. My wife borrowed my 2003 Boxster and left the headlights on (her defense was her Toyota turns them off automatically). The battery drained to nothing. She had to get it jump started which worked. The problem now is that the instrument cluster won't light up, the radio says "protect", and half of the red emergency lights (airbag, emergency brake, oil, etc.) remain lit even when the car is off and the key has been removed. What in the world is going on here? Is there something as simple as pulling a fuse that could fix this? Remember, the only thing that caused this was a dead battery. Any help is greatly appreciated as those lights will be on until I solve this. I don't think I should have to go to a Porsche mechanic for a dead battery; it would be very expensive as you are all aware.