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996 fob stops working after car parked for a while?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Searched through the threads, but not sure if I'm having a slightly different problem or not. My key fob works fine as long as I keep driving the car. But if I go on a trip and leave it parked for a week, it will no longer open the car when I'm back. I have to insert it into the lock... at which point the alarm goes off, and then I press the unlock button, and everything stops and the fob begins working correctly once again. Should I try resetting it? It doesn't seem like I need a brand new fob as outside of this, it works fine.

POST 2Original post

Normal. That's a power saving feature of the car

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Quotes source post: 12252299

Hahaha. Yeah, this is my first p-car, and I'm still learning about all the ... let's say, "design decisions".

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You may want to check out the two sticky threads: "things you didn't know about your 996" and "common issues".

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Excellent advice. Thanks

POST 6Original post

That's good advice for anyone who is in the process of buying a 996. The most important part of the PPI is knowing what the car is supposed to do. Finding out after the sale that something is not working correctly, can be a very expensive time consuming event.

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