gavinsm3

Just happened to my early 2005 Turbo, 66K miles

My mechanic replaced just the bearing in the back and then something in my drive shaft failed after 20 miles. (see pict of my bearing)

We are working out a deal since I now am getting a new drive shaft.

I wanted the Vertex drive shaft but he talked me out of it

a) No longer elligle for the core credit since he took it apart fixing the bearing

B) Mechanic thinks a new driveshift from Porsche is worth the extra $200 it will cost me, verses a rebuilt Vertex

This is costing me $1500+ and my car is still a baby with low miles. I read about this problem everyone now on the fourms.

My question - where is the class action law suit against Porsche or the recall?

1 - If the Dice is switched with the PCM then that is wrong. The Dice should have constant power in order for it to be ready when the MOST bus starts up and it can be recognised.

2 - sounds just inconsistent

3 - wow, do you mean on the display or there position in a song

if your model is over 4 I would think battery maybe but other things would be going also, I am on my original battery still.

if you can afford it I would switch to Mobridge

1) That's the way DICE was designed.

2) Since its been warm in the last two week, I have not lost my IPOD yet. Great!!!

But when this cold, I can plug in the Ipod all I want and it is not recognized.

3) Loses position in a song. Both the CD in the PCM and the IPOD, but not too often

4) its a 2004, lets hope the battery is not failing. If this continues next winter I bet a Mobridge is in my future

Mudman-thanks for the suggestions, here is what I found

1-The DICE is wired into the PCM, so both are always switched, right?

2-Temp is a factor, the last week its been cold, (you know being from Bucks) and the Dice was never recognized, once even the AMP

The last 3 days its been warm, every morning and afternoon now the DICE has been recognized.

3- Once I have had a minor issue, both the CD in the PCM and the IPOD lost their time place.

Do you think that maybe my car battery is going bad?

I was thinking about trying another DICE?

What about trashing the DICE and going with Mobridge?

Any thoughts, thanks

PS-Thanks for the "Swap Air Filters" help, did that this warm sunny Saturday

What your describing is slightly different from the original writer.

When you add a device like the Dice to the MOST network, timing the power up of the device is critical. If the Dice does not have a permanent power connection to it, when the car starts its pre flight the MOST circuit does not see the component and will throw the error.

It takes a while after you shut the car off before all the systems shut down. I don't think its temperature related at all a coincidence maybe.

I would check to make sure it has a non switched power supply so its primed and ready when the car systems come up.

PIWIS / PST2 are Porsche shop testers (computers) used to do almost everything on the 30+ computers on the car.

Its not your head unit. The DICE unit simulates a changer

Not to familiar with the DICE unit, I use Mobridge. Not much discUssion on DICE i.e. not a good system

I too am having the similar problems. I had some professionals install the DICE Ipod adapter. This only happens after the car sits a while and mostly when the temp goes below 32F overnight. I get a CD CHANGER not found.

So I drive my car 5 minutes, pull over, shut my engine off and remove the key. Wait 1 minute, start the car back up and guess what, the IPOD adapter is fully functional.

Sometimes the IPOD or regular head-unit CD player loses it place and time if the car sits over night. This never has happened in my heated garage.

Brought this into Porsche once, they say my AMP has an error code and I replaced it.

Only once since has my AMP not been found. Still happens. I have a 2004 Cayenne-S with NAV, no real CD-changer.

How does one check for a “slightly bad Fiber connection”

What is a “PST2 or PIWIS”

I love my music almost as much as my car, is it worth trying another PCM head-unit? I bet I can find one used under $1000.

Mudman2- When you wrote “My temp Fiber bypass of CDC”, was this temperature or temperature. Wondering if this part could fix my issue.

Many thanks for I am at wits end!!!

I too am having the similar problems. I had some professionals install the DICE Ipod adapter. This only happens after the car sits a while and mostly when the temp goes below 32F overnight. I get a CD CHANGER not found.

So I drive my car 5 minutes, pull over, shut my engine off and remove the key. Wait 1 minute, start the car back up and guess what, the IPOD adapter is fully functional.

Sometimes the IPOD or regular head-unit CD player loses it place and time if the car sits over night. This never has happened in my heated garage.

Brought this into Porsche once, they say my AMP has an error code and I replaced it.

Only once since has my AMP not been found. Still happens. I have a 2004 Cayenne-S with NAV, no real CD-changer.

How does one check for a “slightly bad Fiber connection”

What is a “PST2 or PIWIS”

I love my music almost as much as my car, is it worth trying another PCM head-unit? I bet I can find one used under $1000.

Mudman2- When you wrote “My temp Fiber bypass of CDC”, was this temperature or temperature. Wondering if this part could fix my issue.

Many thanks for I am at wits end!!!