7 captured repliesDiscussion pagination complete · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHRemote key wouldn't open car
Leading reported evidence
Check manual
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
On the 997 that is happening after a week and if my memory is right for the 996 is 5 days but check the manual on that
Leading evidence: 'Check manual' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check manual' (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.
Suggestion
Unlock the car using the key but do not open the door.
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
Best way to awake it is to open/close the door with the key and then use the remote.
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
after trying it loads of times even using the spare!!
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.
7 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
911uk: 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: 20261026T112012Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
Tried to open the car with remote key today but nothing happened even
after trying it loads of times even using the spare!! It's not been driven for about five days so thinking the battery might be flat I opened the door with the key to jump start it, the alarm started but I manage to switch it off using the remote, put the key in the ignition and it started first time no probs?
Any thoughts on what happened would be appreciated cheers G
Very likely car goes into sleep mode to save the battery. Best way to awake it is to open/close the door with the key and then use the remote. On the 997 that is happening after a week and if my memory is right for the 996 is 5 days but check the manual on that
Regards
Theo
Yeah, it'll be the sleep mode issue. I had the same concern when I first got my 996.
Basically, you just have to open the door with the key and get the engine started asap or the alarm will go off.
That's what it is sure enough. And there is a neater answer. Unlock the car using the key but do not open the door. Remove key, press locking button on remote. Then press again and enter car as normal.
Or something like that - I do still set the alarm off every once in a while, usually at 0600 when I'm trying to tiptoe!
Just found a few lines about this in the handbook page14 (the remote control standby function switches off after 5 days) it says switching on the engine reactivates the remote, but no mention about the alarm going off!
Can you imagine coming back from a holiday and the car wont start, it's a great function when your aware of it, but they should go into more detail in the handbook and have a footnote under batteries etc.
I got the car on the 13 Feb and haven't stopped smiling since it ticks all the boxes.
Thanks for the advice again really appreciated
George
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
