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On 7/3/2004 at 2:41 PM, trygve said:

Update: Just finished putting the new switch in. It's a little uncomfortable to crawl under the steering wheel on my back, and get my head and arms into a workable position in the footwell, but mechanically very easy. The old switch comes out with a quarter twist, then pull. Then you can more easily unplug the connector. Putting things back, I found it worked if I put the switch itself in first, and then plugged the cable in. When I tried w/ the cable plugged in first, I was unable to get enough force to push and twist with my fingers in the tiny space.

It's a 5-minute job. The switch was a little under $20.

There are two strange things about the part number, although in the end they don't seem to matter.

First is that the part that I got has 3 different part numbers imprinted on it! They are:

996.613.111.01

996.613.113.01

996.613.114.01

Second is that the parts catalog shows that two different parts are required depending on whether you have a Tiptronic and whether you have cruise control. And yet, these two part numbers are both imprinted on the part I got (I guess they figured out how to make one part that works for all three cases, and that was not originally true?). The guy at the parts counter said there is another part with a red collar instead of brown. Here's what the parts catalog says:

996.613.114.01 - for manual transmission (M481) with cruise control (M454)

996.613.113.01 - for tiptronic (M249) with cruise control (M454)

996.613.113.01 - for manual without cruise (my car)

(Looks odd, but that's what it says.)

And finally, I took apart the old switch and the mechanism is dead simple. Pushing the pedal just makes the contacts...make contact. There was some greasy gunk on the contacts, probably whatever lubricant they use, gone bad from dirt. A good cleaning of the inside was probably all it needed. Worth a try if your switch goes bad.

Thanks for the help.

I know it's a very old thread, so i hope you guys are all well, but I found this very helpful as I'm having the same issues. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Thanks mate very much. Spot on!

Hi Loren and all,

I've seen you been helpful to many others with this issue so I'm trying my luck.

Can you please help me get the code for my 

Becker 1

Model CDR220

Type 4462

Ser: X5035447

Gal 00

24/99

With many thanks and kind regards,

Rob

Hi guys, a new kid on the block here :-)

Just bought my first Boxster MY00 2.7L a few days ago, so can't quite contribute a lot with experience. Its at 122,000Km at the moment. Already clocked like 1500 of them myself in 4 days and enjoyed every minute of it. Reading through all the car's history that was provided to me, it did have some things changed some a bit expensive and some not, but I just had to replace all four wheels and windscreen just to make it pass the Road Worthiness Certificate tests to register it in my state ( a bunch of red tape and a legal robbery from the state). So far it already costed me around $1500 just to do that, but am looking forward and hoping for a long time of pleasure in return. A problem I also have is I have no remote locking/unlocking but I'm suspecting that's because the only key provided to me is not even the actual car key, only one button on it, with no Porsche logo, and it only turns a tiny light on.

Glad to join this big community here, and I hope I can somehow be of any help as much as I would need help myself :-).

Cheers and regards.