Wet Immobilizer and No power

I�m hoping someone can help. I have a 2001 Porsche 911 (996) that currently has no power, and I�m trying to access the immobilizer under the driver�s seat. My biggest issue is that I can�t move the seat forward because the car is completely dead. I was able to remove the two front seat bolts and lift the front of the seat cushion enough to see the mechanisms underneath, but I can�t access the rear bolts to remove the seat completely. I�ve seen a few posts mentioning that it�s possible to manually wind or drive the seat forward, but I haven�t found anything detailed enough to follow. Does anyone have step-by-step instructions or a video showing how to do this? For troubleshooting, I�ve already: Tried jumping the car through the fuse box with no success. Removed the front seat bolts and partially lifted the seat. Attempted to remove the front wheel to access the manual hood release cable, but unfortunately stripped the wheel lock, so I can�t access it at the moment. A few questions I�m hoping someone can help with: Is there a way to manually move or remove the seat when there is absolutely no power? A video or detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated. Once I can access the immobilizer, what is the best way to inspect and clean it? Are there particular areas I should look for (corrosion, water intrusion, damaged pins, etc.)? Are there any other ways to determine whether the battery is completely dead or simply not receiving power? Since jumping through the fuse box didn�t work, I�m wondering if there are other points I can test before going further. Are there any common issues on the 996 that would cause a complete loss of power that I should investigate while I�m working through this? Any advice, pictures, or videos would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help!

How did the car lose power in the first place? How did the interior get wet? Most of the wheel locks can be defeated by hammering on a smaller 12 point socket. If the battery is simply dead/low, you can trickle charge it through the cigarette lighter. That socket is always connected to battery power. It�s where I connect my tickle charger when I park the car.

Your battery is dead !! There are numerous threads on how to get the hood open when the battery is completely dead.. The wet Immobilizer is what caused the battery to go dead.... after you have opened the frunk to get to the battery, you can restore power and move the seat the remove the mounting bolts to remove the Immo.... Then send the Immo to ECU Doctors to see if they can repair it..... and while waiting remove/dry out your carpets... After all that, last but not least, find and fix the water intrusion .......

Where are you? No Pshops around or a P-dealer? Borrow a wheel lock nut thing? Offer deposit to bring it back or leave your first-born there? Kidding. Have you tried to jump battery from engine compartment, or you can't get in there either? There is a post for + and then any ground in engine compartment. (look in owner's manual for it) You mean you never looked for the emergency pull cables and routed them so you could find them - like in the vey low off-chance battery goes dead? Just thoughts. YMMV

Just brainstorming here I wonder if you could apply power through the thing in the fuse box and if that would be enough to get the seat to move? Removing the front right wheel would have been zero help in getting at my manual frunk release. I was able to see the cable after feeding a camera cable in front of the headlight. Then I could get at it with a piece of coat hanger. The cable has since been relocated to someplace actually accessible. It might be a pain but you can try getting the immobilizer out with the seat in place. You will probably break/rip out the plastic screw thing that holds the front of the immobilizer in place but that�s not a huge problem. Once you have the immobilizer out it�s easy to disassemble. My mechanic suggested gently cleaning it with dish detergent to get any corrosion off and then rinsing well with water. I didn�t really have any corrosion so I mostly just rinsed it and then blew it off very thoroughly with compressed air. Then I lightly dried it with a blow drier and then let it sit for a couple days. It has worked fine since.

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Use isopropyl (common) alcohol to rinse unit. Rinse with that and alcohol absorbs water, leave it sit a few days. It works on electronic stuff that had been in a tub, filled with rain water...caused by a bear "re-arranging" things. Saw this on "OGEngineering" on YTb. YMMV