12 captured repliesDiscussion pagination complete · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHReplacing circuit board in key - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Leading reported evidence
Replace top key cover piece and it all works, joy
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
solder on new microswitch, replaced the top key cover piece and it all works, joy to have remote again!
Replacing circuit board in key - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Read full discussion summary
Leading evidence: 'Replace top key cover piece and it all works, joy' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Repair kit' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Replacing circuit board in key - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Repair kit-review.html
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Replacing circuit board in key - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Replace fob
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion · Original poster
Unfortunately my car lost the key, so i had to replace the fob.
Replacing circuit board in key - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Replace just the 3 button circuit board in my remote
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion · Original poster
My understanding is, if I replace just the 3 button circuit board in my remote that it will need programmed at a dealership?
Replacing circuit board in key - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Coverage and how to read this overview
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
12 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
986Forum: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261026T130754Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
My understanding is, if I replace just the 3 button circuit board in my remote that it will need programmed at a dealership? My main button had come off the circuit board, too small for me to solder a new one one I think.
The lock/unlock button detached from my Boxster's fob too. When I disassembled the fob, I found that the small metal cage that holds the button in place had deformed. After carefully bending the cage back into shape I was able to reattach the button, and it's worked just fine for me for several years.
If this fix doesn't work for you, it may be worthwhile to try to solder in a new button. That's what I had originally intended to do, and it really doesn't look like it would be that difficult. Of course, if you aren't able to fix your current fob you can always get a new one from your Porsche dealer.
Good luck getting your fob to work and do let us know if you are able to fix it.
More on my fob project here :
https://rx19jones.wixsite.com/projectboxster/projectboxster5
Do you know how to solder electronics? It's really not too fine for the button. pretty simple.
I had a button off, soldered a new one on. Unfortunately my car lost the key, so i had to replace the fob.
A new remote pcb + programming will be $300 give or take, so take a swing at soldering first.
The button to unlock the doors failed on one of my keys a month ago. In my search I found a kit to replace the three switches. There is also an old 986 thread from 2016 regarding this.
https://youtu.be/WyyzKFu3nDY?si=ZA4CmtsvMOpVAOZN
https://batee.com/collections/porsche/products/986-996-boxster-carrera-911-keyless-transmitter-repair-kit
This is the thread from 2016 with the YT link:
https://986forum.com/forums/boxster-general-discussions/62773-986-key-fob-repair-kit-review.html
I have not ordered the kit yet but it looks promising.
My concern is being able to see what im doing!
I ordered the vuttons and a new top piece for the remote QUOTE=maxbottomtime;668037]Do you know how to solder electronics? It's really not too fine for the button. pretty simple.
I had a button off, soldered a new one on. Unfortunately my car lost the key, so i had to replace the fob.
A new remote pcb + programming will be $300 give or take, so take a swing at soldering first.[/QUOTE]
