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Due to a rather odd set of circumstances my wife needs to use the car but the key at home does not have a functional battery so can't operate the remote CL. But does opening the car manually with the key disable the alarm as it would using the fob or will the door open but the alarm go off? The car was locked with the fob.
If that works I'll be in slightly less trouble than I currently am!
If that works I'll be in slightly less trouble than I currently am!
Magic919 said:
I opened my 996s with the key a few times and it didn't go off. Might be worth ensuring she gets the ignition on promptly, but that's it.
If you leave a 996 for a week, you have to do this manually anyway, as the car's remote receiver goes to sleep.
From experience, you need to get the key in the ignition within 30 seconds to stop the alarm going off.If you leave a 996 for a week, you have to do this manually anyway, as the car's remote receiver goes to sleep.
However in this case, with no working battery, will communication between key and car be possible? i.e. will the alarm/immobiliser actually get disabled at all, even with the key in the ignition?
Zoin said:
Magic919 said:
I opened my 996s with the key a few times and it didn't go off. Might be worth ensuring she gets the ignition on promptly, but that's it.
If you leave a 996 for a week, you have to do this manually anyway, as the car's remote receiver goes to sleep.
From experience, you need to get the key in the ignition within 30 seconds to stop the alarm going off.If you leave a 996 for a week, you have to do this manually anyway, as the car's remote receiver goes to sleep.
Zoin said:
monthefish said:
...or just lock the (already locked) car with the key first. This wakes it up. You can then unlock using the remote fob as normal, no alarms.
As I read it, that's not an option here - "the key at home does not have a functional battery so can't operate the remote CL"monthefish said:
Yes, it wasn't necessarily intended to help the OP's situation, more just general advice continuing from the "If you leave a 996 for a week, you have to do this manually anyway, as the car's remote receiver goes to sleep" post to save anyone from rushing to "get the key into the ignition within 30 seconds"
Useful indeed - Mine often goes days without being driven and I'd thought there was an intermittent fault with my cl system. Now I know better. Thanks guys 
monthefish said:
...or just lock the (already locked) car with the key first. This wakes it up. You can then unlock using the remote fob as normal, no alarms.
On a similar thread recently somebody said that lifting the door handle has the same effect. I've not tried it yet but if it's true it's a handy tip.apgreco said:
related to this, does anyone else find their battery goes completely flat after 10-14 days of not driving their 996?
Yes. At the very least, when you garage your 996, take the key out of the ignition and lock the car via the key remote.You should be ok for a few weeks.
If you leave the key in the ignition (off position of course) you will do well to have it last 3 days. Mine was completely flat by then, and it's a good battery that will hold charge for months if disconnected.
Letting a lead acid battery go completely flat is bad for it, so avoid at all costs.
In reality I would disconnect the battery if leaving the car idle for more than 4 days. To stop alarm going off (it has a separate battery) make sure that they key is in the ignition when you disconnect. Turn ignition on, then off, but do not withdraw it.
Leave your windows slightly down because the auto retract won't work, and also, after you disconnect, do not completely close the bonnet! Assuming you have an electrical release for it as later ones do.
Alternatively, chuck away the OE "chocolate teapot" battery & buy a Bosch . . . . . . to answer the original Q however, I have tried unlocking the car & stuffing the key in the ignition, I have a suspicion that this armed the "autolocking" function for the doors, as the little red telltale for the "doors locked" illuminated & the doors locked even though I have the system set up NOT to do this.
What I do now is to reoperate the fob switch after opening the door. I am interested in the "lock it again with the key" & use remote as normal option, I will also investigate the "door handle cycling" theory.
What I do now is to reoperate the fob switch after opening the door. I am interested in the "lock it again with the key" & use remote as normal option, I will also investigate the "door handle cycling" theory.
Edited by the other me on Saturday 1st February 16:22
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