erikjwells

This has happened to my 06 C2S twice in 4000 miles.... and the gas cap thing seems to be the fix.

They had it at the dealer for an entire day attempting to find a problem.. and they decided that it was related to a vacuum issue (ie. the gas cap maybe being loose)

1. turn engine off

2. open gas cap

3. start engine and run for few minutes

4. put gas cap back on

Thankfully for those of us that put in the kits.... we can take them with us and move them when we purchase new cars.... (if they never get around to making this available for the 997 again).

Mine is still working great except the occasional attempting to acquire signal.

~erik

Do you think it can cause damage to the engine if parking the car outside on a rainy day? It seems that water may be able to run into the engine through the air vents on the rear wing.

certainly hope not since the dealers park them outside 24/7/365.

~erik

they offered me free sport exhaust and one free service maintenance as a compensation for this trouble.

The dealership really should have disclosed they were gonna repaint the panel... but a good quality paint shop (that has tons of experience painting high end cars) will do it right and it should'nt affect your resale... Its not the same as wrecking the car.... the only thing that might affect you at resale is if the shop isn't experienced and you end up with a mismatched tone from car to resprayed panel.... or orange peel where the rest of the car is smooth...

I have had hoods resprayed to fix massive rock chips and when done by a really good shop... never could tell a difference....

so... make em do it right.. until your happy... enjoy your FREE PSE (which is gotta be the best Posche option ever) and enjoy the ride....

~ erik

I've just ordered a 997S, and downloaded the owners manual from the "Porsche manuals" section. Is the PCM 2 manual applicable to the 997, or is it for a 996?

I'm actually trying to find info related to the Navigation unit...Basically, I want to know if it is possible to enter a street name & number and have the nav system suggest the city. I can do this with my Mercedes....if you enter a street address, it provides a list of relevant cities to choose from. I find it particularly helpful as I'm relatively new to Los Angeles, and often I don't know if the address is in West Hollywood, Hollywood, Culver City, Bel Air etc.....

Thanks

Unfortunately you have to know the city in which you are providing the address.... I just tried entering the street name and it assumed the last city I had entered in my destination... had to change the city to get another list of street names.

~erik