Anyway to turn off auto door unlock? 981

Anyway to turn off auto door unlock? 981

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SkinnyPete

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Monday 18th September 2017
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My 981 unlocks the doors when I remove the key from the ignition, is there anyway to stop this? There is nothing in the PCM, only auto door lock.

It really annoys me and I'm surprised it's not been brought up before. Scenario, you park up waiting for someone and you turn the engine off, only the key is still in the ignition and therefore you've only got a few minutes before the MOLL battery dies and you need to call the AA.

I remove the key from the ignition to stop this but then the car auto unlocks leaving you vulnerable to any opportunist car jacker who fancy a go of your sports car. I know there is a central locking button inside the car but it doesn't give you any indication that the car is actually locked.

Just earlier this week I was parked up when after a few minutes someone approached my window and started asking for money, fortunately I had remembered to press the manual door lock button but I would prefer not to have to do this.

SkinnyPete

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Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Redbaron1973 said:
The CL button has a really sodding bright red LED when the doors are locked..

(So bright that some painted over it to dim/remove it - if you cant see yours it is worth checking it hasn't been doctored)
The red LED does not display if the keys are out of the ignition, so the only way to tell if the car is locked is to wind down the windows and try open the door handle from the outside.

I'll ask OPC if they can disable it.

SkinnyPete

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Tuesday 20th February 2018
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So I took my car to Porsche, unfortunately they were unable to disable the auto door unlock 'feature'.

Quite annoying and a bit dangerous, although I guess it wouldn't be half the problem if they didn't fit batteries that drain flat in just a few minutes.

SkinnyPete

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Tuesday 20th February 2018
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I think you are wrong on that one.

With the key in he ignition you are still powering the dash, lights, PCM and a 300 watt sound system etc.

Even stop start will only stop the engine for max of a few minutes. Add a 4 year old battery into the equation and you are going to run into problems leaving the key in the ignition for more than a few minutes.