Help Locked out of 996 NOT responding to the key

My driver door lock isn't responding to the key, I usually use the remote button rather than the key but it's been over a week so I'm locked out. Any ideas how I can get in please? Cheers Mike

Tried the passenger side?

The key always works - open with key, when alarm goes off put it in ignition and turn and the immobiliser bullet (a tiny glass thing) in your key fob does its thing I’ve had loads of 996 key problems, all solved with new key fobs from pixels fixed

Sadly the key doesn't work, I've refitted the lock and obviously got it wrong!!! Break a window?

Looks like something is wrong inside the door from the lock barrel side of things. Obviously car is in sleep mode so the fob won't open it. If that were me I'd try triggering the alarm by either rocking the car or jacking one side up if you have a jack. Once the alarm activates, I'm guessing it will pull it out of sleep mode and your key fob will be able to deactivate the siren. Once you've done that you should be good to go using the fob (so long as that isn't the issue). Failing that, open the frunk with the emergency pull cable and disconnect the battery. Reconnect and you should be good to go.....but will annoy the neighbours.

I’d suggest trying the emergency pull cable too. It worked when I was in a similar situation. My cable was found under the front passenger headlight. Make a thin wire hook or find something thin enough to push under the light and not scratch the paint. Fish around under there and the cable should pop out. When the frunk lid pops the alarm will likely go off too. Good luck

Many thanks, I hadn't thought that the alarm would re-activate key fob

Still locked out! Plan A. Jack up to tilt the car to set off the alarm and then try the remote. The alarm didn't go off. Plan B. Use the frunk remote pull to get in the frunk and disconnect the battery to set of the alarm. Step 1, take off wheel to access the wheel liner. The locking nut is in the car! Plan C. Use gaffer tape to pull down the window. Unable to move the window. Plan D is to break a window, the passenger side is scratched anyway and they are cheap enough. Does anyone know whether they are toughened and therefore easy to break, or laminated?

Toughened, and should be covered by windscreen insurance . It will take years to find all the glass fragments!

I've managed to get the front section of the wheel arch liner out with the wheel on and the car on the ground, fiddly but doable. That was on a Turbo though, but I can't see there being that much difference. Alternatly cover passenger window in gaffer tape and pretend it's Keir S. The tape should reduce the amount of glass that goes everywhere.

Have you got breakdown recovery and would they help you out?

Thanks all, I'll order a window from Ebay.

Sorted at last! I hadn't got the tang on the door lock into place , there's not much =room in there to get things aligned. Many thanks to Mac for the tip about taping up the window to stop the spread of glass, I used parcel tape and it worked well although the large piece that fell inside did slightly damage the leather door pull. Breaking the window was astonishingly easy with a centre punch! The window itself is different from the Boxster in that it has small dots printed on the trailing edge to reduce friction with the seal and so it's more expensive from breakers. Of course, even when I broke in, I couldn't open the doors but I did retrieve the locking nut and opened the bonnet, charged the battery, the alarm went off and all was well.

hi Mike It’s great to hear your perseverance paid off