Clock

The clock in my 03 C4S has not kept accurate time since I bought the car new. It's even worse since I replaced the battery. The local repairshop says I need to replace the entire circuit board on the dash to fix the clock. Cost=$1000. Any thoughts? I know I'm going to get a lot of joker responses. That's ok, I can take it.

have you tried to re-calibrate it per manual instructions?

mine always runs slow. On average about a couple of minutes ever week or so and then somehow it stops being off around 7-10 mins slow. go figure. although now, in my clumsy cleaning routine, my california interior duster got snagged on the adjustment ***** and with two strokes, snapped both the adjustment ***** off, so now, I can't even adjust the clock.

didn't even think of looking at the manual. i assumed my local porsche mechanic (oldwick garage) would be on top of that. i'll take a look at the manual and let you know. thanks, dan

you would think that if you pay this kind of money for a car, that the damn clock would keep time. it really drives me nuts. where is porsche buying the clock from? mexico?

thats why they put it in the manual... Porsches' way of washing their hands.

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LMAO!! - so ALL those things I read about are hand washing... gee thats a lot of dirt under the rug!!

checked the car manual. just the basics on setting the clock. nothing about fixing a slow clock

There is a clock in a 996??

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I thought you knew you were gonna get a joker's resonse....

The manual suppliment I got in the mail states to "adjust" daily for best results......... wierd

A watch?

yes, the joksters have arrived. i thought they just hung out on 6speed. oh well, i guess i'll buy one of those $5 stick-on clocks from e-bay and that'll take care of it. maybe they sell them in 14k gold for a few more bucks

I looked in my workshop manual for the 996 and can find no info about the clock. Except related to dashboard removal / replacement.

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Hey with a couple pieces of electrical tape, mine looks great!!

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Sure you're not trying to tell time with the little green cruise control circle like I did for 3 months? Happens to the best of us!

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Good one Phil!

i'm not sure but i think their is a setting in the instrument cluster thru the pivis porsche tester that has the ability to set the time around the world according to zone you live in.. if it is set wrong the clock will keep time wrong. go to the local dealer and have the set it to -8 standard time zone, you will be fine... go luck.. jon

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Let me get this straight..... if you live ini a differant time zone, time can pass either slower or faster than other time zones.. WOW this explains some rather unusual problems I have had when dealing with people in other time zones... thier clocks are runnning slower than mine!!!!!

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Simple: E=MC squared.

Obviously it's keeping Jamaican time mahn!

Shoot, Jamacian Porsche! - that will cost more to get the clock "up to speed"

Procedure to fix slow clock: 1) Leave door open on car so light stays on and battery drains overnight. 2) Next morning try to jump start dead battery using Porsche procedure in manual. 3) If car doesn't start, call AAA and let them charge battery. 4) Clock now keepsperfect time.

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You want accurate time? That option is not yet available, like a no-sunroof coupe in North America. The Porsches I know of all keep approximate time. The clocks seems to always run a little slow. Fast car, slow clock, compromises...

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Rest assured we are a bunch of joker's to be sure, but our hearts are in the right place

The slippage on the clock is an indication of just how fast you've been driving. The faster you go, the more time slows.

did you really drain our battery overnight by leaving the door open? Didn't feel like just pulling the leads off the battery?

Did you ever consider that instead of keeping time, it was counting down?

I think a search of this issue will show many owners have expericenced the same problem. I have actually witnessed my clock go backwards by one minute upon start up! And that was without the flux capacitor installed

Yes, I purchased some Dilithium crystals from a guy named Scotty on e-bay and when stepped on the gas the clock did start going backyards.

This is a strange post. I have a hard time believing that your digi clock is inaccurate. Mine keeps perfect time. <head scratch>

Sadly, the best time-keeping clocks were the Zeit (time) units from VDO that were last seen in the 993s. They have been the most accurate clocks that I have ever seen in a car. (I actually have one of those on my nightstand courtesy of Elliot in MD). I suspect the 996 clock is wired similarly to that in the 997. I read about issues with fast and slow running clocks in the initial delivery of 997s and discovered that if you order the navigational system the clock will be updated by the GPS input. I suspect that you have no nav system--correct? The answer, my friend, is as the parts guy said--the entire instrument panel has to be switched out.

interesting that this thread is still alive. Update for me now is that my clock is about 1/2 an hour slow. This is obviously different from my initial 7 minute slow post. Took about a year to slow down an additional 23 minutes. I wish there was a fix instead of the $1000. It annoys me, but not to the point of spending $1K.

If a slow clock is your only issue with your Porsche...then you're doing ok in my book.

My clock is slow in my 997 as well. It's actually off about 5 or so minutes per week, then it just stays there. I presume Porsche will cover this under warranty--if an electronic board is required. However, it's probably not worth worrying about...