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You need to find someone with a Porsche PST2 or PIWIS tester, and get them to run the Sports Car Handover Routine, which will remove the energy-saving features of transit mode.

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You need to find someone with a Porsche PST2 or PIWIS tester, and get them to run the Sports Car Handover Routine, which will remove the energy-saving features of transit mode.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi New to the forums, and new to 996 ownership - just bought a 2000 Carrera 4 Tiptronic with 85K on the clock. Very, very pleased with the car, but there are two minor niggles that I can't seem to find any information on"¦ 1) When locking or unlocking the car with the remote, only the nearside indicators flash. All of the indicators work as they should do, and the hazard warning switch operates all the indicator lights simultaneously. The car locks and the alarm is armed as it should be, but it just looks odd! Any ideas? 2) The interior lights do not operate when the car is unlocked, or when the doors are opened. All lights operate correctly via the rocker switches, but when I put the rocker switches to their central position, zilch! Again, any ideas? Cheers, Ian

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Do the lights on the bottom of each door light up? I believe they should light up when the cars unlocked but with no engine running.

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No, none of the interior lights come on at all unless manually switched on...

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I suspect that the alarm system has slipped back into 'transit mode', which is how it comes from the factory. I have seen this several times before. You need to find someone with a Porsche PST2 or PIWIS tester, and get them to run the Sports Car Handover Routine, which will remove the energy-saving features of transit mode. It takes about 5 minutes.

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Thanks for the reply - I will take it to my local Porsche specialist and see if they can sort that for me. Cheers, Ian

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