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YOUR RESEARCH996.2 Alarm Question

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Replace driver's side door lock

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I had the driver's side door lock replaced three-ish months ago, have put ~300 miles on it since.
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996.2 Alarm Question

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Check battery - 12v

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I unlocked the car via key fob, opened door, stuck key in ignition and turned to accessory to check battery - 12V - and then closed door and *left it unlocked*.
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Leading evidence: 'Replace driver's side door lock' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check battery - 12v' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Check battery - 12v

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Suggestion · Original poster
I unlocked the car via key fob, opened door, stuck key in ignition and turned to accessory to check battery - 12V - and then closed door and *left it unlocked*.
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996.2 Alarm Question

Disconnect battery

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Suggestion · Original poster
I hope I won't have to beg my local shop for a housecall to disconnect battery....
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Set off has never happened

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Suggestion · Original poster
Since I've owned the car, the car chirps when I lock it with fob, but again, this random alarm set-off has never happened before.
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Check battery - 12v

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Suggestion · Original poster
I unlocked the car via key fob, opened door, stuck key in ignition and turned to accessory to check battery - 12V - and then closed door and *left it unlocked*.
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Disconnect battery

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Suggestion · Original poster
I hope I won't have to beg my local shop for a housecall to disconnect battery....
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996.2 Alarm Question

Replace driver's side door lock

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I had the driver's side door lock replaced three-ish months ago, have put ~300 miles on it since.
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996.2 Alarm Question

Set off has never happened

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Suggestion · Original poster
Since I've owned the car, the car chirps when I lock it with fob, but again, this random alarm set-off has never happened before.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Howdy, I'm hoping y'all can assuage my conscience/concerns here. An hour after parked in my garage after a ~45 min drive in my 2002 Carrera, the alarm started going off. Good thing I noticed......while waiting for my Uber to the airport to be out of town for *two weeks*. I've had the car for 5 years, and this is the first time this has ever happened. Here's the state of the car when it happened: Locked, in garage, garage door closed, no one has access to the garage except myself and my apt neighbor, who wasn't home at the time this happened. The alarm is OEM/stock. I had the driver's side door lock replaced three-ish months ago, have put ~300 miles on it since. Since I've owned the car, the car chirps when I lock it with fob, but again, this random alarm set-off has never happened before. Maybe it' a glitch, maybe there was an insect flying around in the locked car, maybe a loud car passed by and set it off...who knows. I won't try and diagnose this here. Here's what I did next: I unlocked the car via key fob, opened door, stuck key in ignition and turned to accessory to check battery - 12V - and then closed door and *left it unlocked*. As such, the red security on the dash was NOT blinking. Here's my question: Aside from glitches, will the 996.2 alarm go off/is it armed in any way when left unlocked (after door opened, so hopefully no auto re-lock) without the dash light blinking? I live in an apt complex, and REALLY don't want to be *that guy* who keeps the whole building awake. I hope I won't have to beg my local shop for a housecall to disconnect battery.... Thanks in advance for insight.

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Get the car scanned with a Porsche specific scan tool (Durametric, PIWIS); the alarm system will store the reason last 10 "trips" in the system memory.

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