Before I left for spring break with the family, I drove my car and inadvertantly leftthe V1 on. It drained the battery to nothing. I did not notice this until I put the key in the ignition. No power and now the key is stuck in the ignition. How do you remedy this? I read the manual but do not have a spare battery on hand to use to open the hood. Any other wat to open it? i tried to hook the battery charger up to the hood designater as per the manual - but it did not work?
Any ideas? Will a jumper from the cig lighter work? Otherwise I wll buy a new battery and use that to open the hood to acxess the battery so I can charge it.
Thanks
SB
I wish I could answer some of your questions, but I can't, however I would suggest hardwiring your V1. It is easy to do by using the fuse box only.
Good luck,
Russ
You should be able to follow the directions in the manual with either a donor battery from another car or a charger. Just take it slow and read the directions and I bet you get it to work.
Will one of those portable chargers work? Otherwise I will buy a spare battery to use for this. Seems pretty easy to hook up, i just do not have a spare battery hanging around. Pure operator ignorance that lead to this.
Anyone know if it will affect the electronics?
Sb
Surely you must have another auto around from a friend or someone. Porsche batterys are around $300. Should not bother the electronics and normal charger will work (always handy to have). Good luck and lets us know how you come out.
Porsche Roadside Assistance will also provide a fix. They say that this is the most common request that they have.
Can't you just jump start it like any other car
I left the radio on overnight and woke up to a dead battery the next day.
Called Porsche roadside assistance, and he couldn't get it started with one of those portable things. He told me even if he did get it started, I would need to drive it for about 45 minutes to get the battery charged.
I thought about all the ways that could go bad, and I agreed to have them put it on the back of a of a flat bed and took it to the dealer, where it stayed over night.
It was embarrasing.
Now, I'm pretty careful with the radio
My radio doesn't turn on without the key in the ignition
Does your radio turn off when you turn off your ignition?
Russ
Mine Shuts Off
My radio / CD player turns off when the key is removed too. It is the Bose & single CD setup.
