Roli Savvaris

Well,... as an update,.. I bought the wrong lights!!! as I thought the ones I wanted were the high beam,... after changing the pair I realised that the cornering lights were somewhere else so I kept the old high beam ones for spares, and when I went to replace the cornering lights I saw the clear bulbs had changed into a solid white and black, so I only replaced the one which was blown as RFM mentioned above and tested them out and they were working fine so I also have a new spare for the future. Thanks again for the tip RFM :thumbup:

Dear Anubis, My solution works for Turbo models. If it is a non turbo cayenne you might need the screen as others mention above. I have details of the company I bought this transformer for the fix from in the link in my previous post further up. Good luck.

Hi, I bought mine used. The LPG was fitted by a company previously called TASSO and now they are called Global Auto Gas. It had a manual lubrication system which I paid another 150 pounds to install an automatic one. No problems whatsoever and don't forget this is a turbo cayenne. When I went to another Gas fitter they told me that there was a better lubrication system but I just didn't want to fork out another 200 pounds since I already paid 150 recently. The only "problem" I am having with the car is that it consumes some oil but I undrstand that is because my left turbo probably has a leak. I am not going to fix this leak since the cost is 1500 pounds plus labour (350 because of a friend mechanic). Fuel economy is BRILLIANT. I get about 20 miles per gallon on the motorway, and since lpg is cheaper it works out similar to 35-40 mpg in comparison to a petrol car which is great since many normal diesel cars do around 40mpg and they are much smaller, less powerful, and uglier than this beast. Best car I have ever had by a huge difference. Worth getting the turbo version as it also drives like a PORSCHE and can beat 911 careras including the S but not the 911 Turbo. Not that I race anyone, but sometimes this extra power is handy, and the fuel economy of the turbo and non-turbo versions are identical. Don't forget, the turbo comes with many extras and doesn't cost that much more than the other versions. Conclusion: Every time you fill her up, you'll have a smile on your face because it will cost you as much as a NORMAL car. Regarding petrol pumps, you will get used to filling up at your local stations and for example there are 3 around the area I live in London. It also runs on petrol just in case. You will end up paying for some petrol as the engine starts up on petrol in the mornings for about a minute or so but the cost is barely visible on a monthly basis. My advice: Go for it, you will enjoy every second of it!!!!!!!!! Unless you hardly drive your car, or just commute for 2 miles a day when the engine is cold.

Hi, When I bought my Cayenne 2005 Turbo, the interior cover which is normally removed for servicing - where the pedals are, under the steering wheel) was not present. Please note this is a right hand side vehicle as it is UK spec. This cover is on the driver side and it is annoying to drive in hot weather without the air conditioning since a lot of hot air comes in from under the steering wheel due to not having it in place. I would really appreciate if someone could provide me with a part number and or details on where I could buy this used or new. Thanks, Roli

Hello, Until recently my cornering lights were working and they were amazing. Unfortunately a couple of days ago they have stopped to work. I opened the left hand side fusebox and noticed that slot 21 or 24 (can't remember but it was the one indicated in the book) was missing!!! I inserted a 15 amp fuse in its position but the cornering lights are still not working :wacko: :blink: :( I am really upset. I haven't changed the bulbs however I did view the left hand side cornering ligh and seems to me it is ok. I will buy a couple of new ones and see if they work. I don't know if the fuse was there before and taken out as I put all fuses as per the porsche book recently as there were quite a few missing and some had the incorrect amp rating; I might had accidentally removed this! Should the new bulbs not work, what shall I do or check? Thanks in advance for your ccomments

Yup, It is in there, I didn't take a pic of it though sorry. You will not need to remove the speedo dials as it is behind the first cover,...

I had the same brake booster faulty and it had nothing to do with the hoses in my case,... My friend checked if there was power going to the brake booster when the brake was applied in stationary. He then opened the fuse box which is located in the engine compartment up close to the winscreen on the side, close to the left hand door as we see from sitting in the car (this is so that people don't get confused if left hand drive or right hand drive vehicle) The fuse which I believe was a standard 30 was blown so he replaced it and finally the car is braking as it should for a supercar,...

Thanks Loren, Gotta get my hands on a pair of these :)

Hi Everyone, I have repaired my multi function display. Make note it is the Turbo version I am talking about. Please follow this thread for full repair instructions. This should cost you only about 50 US dollars including the DHL from China for a 3 day delivery of the transformer needed. You also need to know how to solder the transformer instead of the malfunctioned one. I took it to a computer repair guy in Queensway market in London who only charged me 40 pounds sterling. I am not a mechanic and this took me about 2 hours to solve (plus some since I had to take the unit to the pc repair man to solder the transformer onto the motherboard of the dashboard. Click here to follow the solution: http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic/42373-porsche-cayenne-turbo-main-dashboard-digital-display-repair/ ENJOY,...

Hi again, here are some more tips,... I should not have used my mechanics panel removal tool and used the plastic ones as covered in the previous posts,... you can see some markings on the leather under the airvent in the pics. I opened the box again and moved the needles about a centimeter down and tested and it works in line accurately with the digital display now. I have also added a pic of the blue and green cables since I was there and a few pics of the new transformer which you can see is different than the original which had a green dot on it and is slightly bulkier,... I hope these are more reliable, although since I recently purchased this car and don't know if the previous owners ever changed them they might have done 97K so far over 6 years. The other thing to make note is the one screw in the back of the top dash cover hidden in the rear darkness needs a long screw driver so I took a pictures of the tools I used - make sure not to use the metal removal tool or you will scratch the leather as noted above. (by the way although off topic, anybody know how I can repair the leather damage - I also got a scratch from glass which was broken when one thief broke the driver window) There is a picture showing the front of the dash without the needles (and withot the thin plastic layer which has the readings on it (0-180 miles per hour). As a side note, would this plastic be available from Porsche as km/h for people who want to export their British or American car to countries with kilimeters/hour and vice versa for people importing cars to get the miles/hour plastic cover,... this is not stuck on the front and it is not painted, it is a thin strip of black plastick with white and red numbers and figures as we see it when lit) This would be helpful for people who in some other posts were thinking of paying 1500 for a new instrument cluster because of import rules they have to abide by since although the digital display can change to km/h or m/h but the law states that the analogue must be the same as the countries say for passing an mot and dealing with import regulations) Oh, and you will need the magnet tool if your T20s are not magnetized as there are some srews in awkward places and you will have to use a spot light if they accidentally fall behind. Also, apology for the previous person posting as they had made note of the keylock fixing mechanism,... I wasn't paying attention like with the fault in damaging the leather here. Enjoy!!!!!!!!

Dear members, I am so happy I can CONFIRM that the main dashboard digital display is finally working (lighting up) again properly. I am writing this because there have been some issues which I need to add to help fellow members repair their display which were not previously covered. Of course I would not have managed to do this without the help of the forum and the other members who contributed before me. I believe this fix is only for the turbo models which have the 2 transformers on the backside of the tachometer, so it should be different from the S and standard cayenne. First of all, in the previous topics explaining this fix, they started with the cayenne turbo fix and ended up talking about the other models making things complicated,... this is only for the Cayenne TURBO I repeat. I have taken pictures of extra steps to be followed to make this a bit more user friendly. First of all, my main display all of a sudden stopped lighting up the LED in the middle section of the dashboard. This is where you can check the menu of the car, mileage/kilometer reading, digital speed display and other functions. I need to make a note, there are two brown transformers behind the display, one is for the lights of this main display unit and the other one I think must be for the lights lighting up the analog dials (speed, rpm, oil temp, turbo, water temp,). I say this because only the main dispay was not lighting up (but visible at night at a very weak light visibility meaning it was working but not lighting up) while the analog dials were lighting up as normal. I only changed the one transformer and it fixed the issue. I wish I had ordered another transformer to replace the other one just in case as it would have only costed me an extra US$29. I am saying this because you need 1 or 2 hours to remove the dashboard unit, and the person who did the soldering for this transformer would have done the second one for free. He actually had to do it twice, but because he soldered it on the wrong side initially as he was too tired from a long day so he had to remove it and resolder it properly. A couple of notes, after removing the air ventilation unit you have to remove a rubber cap from around the key lock. Underneath is a plastic circle which needs to be unscrewed (anticlockwise) so that it gets removed and the key lock is loose enabling the covers to be removed so that you can get to the screws behind it. This was not mentioned previously and should be noted. The next step is removing the screws behind the vent/lock surround frame, and then in the middle of the display cluster there are two more screws underneath the cluster in the middle section which should be removed so that the display cluster is finally loose. Then, there are two cables behind which come off similar to cpu's from computers, the have a hatch which needs to be pulled outwards away from the cable plastic unit and voila the cluster is free. Next, removing the dashboard display cluster and repairing it is a whole new process (new ball game) and has not been covered anywhere on the net since non-turbo users changed topic and started writing of putting in turbo displays which they found on ebay to make the dash look a bit more fancy (though the turbo gauge would be there only for show and the battery power gauge would not be there any more) So after removing the dash display unit, you have to remove 6 screws (smaller than the T20 previously used so far in the process - I think T15 or something else) and then remove the clips to remove the outer back plastic. Next you need to get hold of the bottom of the motherboard which is pretty difficult if you don't know what you are doing. To do this is easy if you do it once or have someone to tell you how to do it without damaging the unit and especially the dials. The are 3 screws on the motherboard which you need to remove. Next, which is the tricky bit, You need to turn each dial ( oil temp, speed, water temp, rpm, and turbo) ANTICLOCKWISE many times till each dial is loose and gets removed. Without doing this it is impossible to remove the motherboard without damaging the unit. Now that this is done you can untighten the plastic clips to get a hold of the motherboard. Next, there are 2 brown transformers. The one you need to change (although as I stated before you might as well change both of them at the same time) is the one with the white and orange cable close to it as this white and orange cables are the ones going towards the display unit. I gave it a chance and tried this one first because of the wire colouring and it worked. To do this, you need an experienced person with good soldering skills. Which is why I left my mechanic and took the unit to a computer repair person. What he did was the following: He heated up the bottom side of the brown transformer (not the side you see the transformer but the side you see the 6 plus 2 metal pins coming out the other end) and cleaned it and removed it. He then soldered the new brown transformer in place. I took the unit to the car (without putting the dials back on) in order to test that the lights are working and I thanked God that they were. Went back to the pc repair man and he put back the dials by moving them CLOCKWISE till the were strong back in place and at the zero mark for all dials. I will have to move the Speed and RPM dials to -3 miles per hour and some RPM down (by turning them clockwise till they get there) as these two dials will slightly move up when the engine is started. At the moment, the car when turned on showns 3 miles per hour when the digital is on 0mph. Which means when driving, the digital mph shows say 25mph while the analogue dial shows 28mph. Now regarding the links I used for the first stage, which I can't seem to find any more, you can view the stripping process by opening this PDF from this location: http://www.soloporsc...rbo_Cluster.pdf At the top it says click here to view the original topic but the link is dead. Moreover, here is a picture of the lock and the plastic bits that have to be removed. I can confirm that this solution worked for me and saved me a lot of money from going to Porsche who would have sold me a unit for 1500 pounds plus labour, or going to someone else who said he would repair it for me for 500 pounds (about 470 pounds in his pocket for a couple of hours or less since the transformers cost US$52 including the DHL 3 day delivery from China (ordered it on the Friday 17th August and got it today (bearing in mind the weekend in between) As for the transformer, I bought it from the following (highlighted in red) who were previously recommended in your other posts and paid by paypal: hello Transformer for TOUAREG, PORSCHE and BENTLEY instrument Cluster Illumination Repair price: 29usd shipping to UK: 23USD BY DHL TOTAL: 52USD you can by paypal our paypal address: lily@keyecu.com or make order in our web, and make online payment via paypal emily best regards www.keyecu.com msn: info@keyecu.com email: info@keyecu.com skype: keyecu I hope this post will help someone save money on repairing their TURBO dash display. Keep up the good work fellow members.