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987 Window Drop Revisited...

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YOUR RESEARCH987 Window Drop Revisited...

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Use cable/wire

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The only "difference" was the 987 uses a rod to connect the exterior door handle and the Cayenne used a cable/wire.
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Set anything off

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Opening the door with the car alarmed doesn't set anything off.
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Leading evidence: 'Use cable/wire' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'door control box' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Set anything off' (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.

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I'm beginning to wonder if all this is due to a faulty door control box, but I'm unclear where that might be.
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Set anything off

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Opening the door with the car alarmed doesn't set anything off.
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Use rod

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The only "difference" was the 987 uses a rod to connect the exterior door handle and the Cayenne used a cable/wire.
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Set anything off

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Suggestion
Opening the door with the car alarmed doesn't set anything off.
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987 Window Drop Revisited...

Use cable/wire

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The only "difference" was the 987 uses a rod to connect the exterior door handle and the Cayenne used a cable/wire.
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987 Window Drop Revisited...

Use rod

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The only "difference" was the 987 uses a rod to connect the exterior door handle and the Cayenne used a cable/wire.
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door control box

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I'm beginning to wonder if all this is due to a faulty door control box, but I'm unclear where that might be.
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No coding or anything required either so you'll very quickly know whether it has solved your problem or not.
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POST 1Original post

Hi gang, As I sort through my passenger door in my 987.2 2010 Boxster ...something is definitely wrong. Per an earlier post where I had to do a "handover" procedure in my car using my PIWIS 2 , I had noticed the window drop issue not he passenger side. The passenger door window now does not go up/down slightly when opening the passenger door -- when you pull the both the interior and exterior door handles. Works fine on the driver's side. Something was wrong before this handover procedure where it wouldn't work with only the external door handle (interior handle was fine), but again -- now both interior and extra handles don't work and the passenger door window doesn't drop at all. Opening the door with the car alarmed doesn't set anything off. I went back in with the PIWIS today, and I generally couldn't get the passenger door to respond to tests. The door lights don't come on... and the window drop doesn't happen. However, the window switches work in the car and the door will lock/unlock. I can manually operate the door. That's about it. I'm beginning to wonder if all this is due to a faulty door control box, but I'm unclear where that might be. Having pored through forum threads, I'm sensing that it is incorporated into the door lock mechanism instead of a separate box (981 and newer)? If so, as it looks like the door lock mechanisms are all the same part number (even some VWs), is that all I need? Any thoughts, please let me know. Thanks!

POST 2Original post

Yeah, I had problems ( 987.1 ) with my drivers door window not operating correctly, swapped in a door lock mechanism from a cayenne I found at a local wrecker and boom, fixed!

POST 3Original post

Dynamite, @Apexhunter987 -- Thanks! Do I just need to match the lock mechanism part number (I think it's the same as in some VWs)...with a blue female connector...install it, and I'm done? This would be a huge help, particularly if the control unit and microswitches are all in the unit.

POST 4Original post

There's another thread here that discusses part numbers and a compatibility list incl R32's, GTi's, Toureg etc. Here are a couple of photos of the one i pulled from a 2010 Cayenne (white plug). The only "difference" was the 987 uses a rod to connect the exterior door handle and the Cayenne used a cable/wire. The receiver for the 987 rod and Cayenne cable is interchangeable though. You turn it 90 deg and it comes out so you just swap the rod receiver over to the new unit. Dead easy. No coding or anything required either so you'll very quickly know whether it has solved your problem or not.

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