Why does my Porsche Boxster alarm keep going off?
Or another issue on these cars is corrosion on the electrical connections to the battery back-up siren and tilt sensor beneath the plastic panelwork just in front of the windscreen (You will need the front hood up to access this area). Best thing to do is to let a Porsche dealer to look at it as the “Specialists” are, on average, a load of c**p.
Where is the tilt sensor on a Boxster 986?
You just have to take off the plastic panel to the right of the battery (as you look at it from the front) to access them. The siren is the black and red device, and the tilt sensor is the translucent plastic box. Thanks Richard, I’ve just managed to get back to this problem.
Why does my Boxster alarm make a double beep?
A couple of weeks ago my local mechanic took my Boxster in as the screenwasher had stopped working. He discovered that one of the hoses behind the battery had come adrift and repaired it. Since then, when I lock the car the horn makes a double beep, which is a sign of a fault.
Where is the Boxster alarm driving me mental?
– Page 1 – Porsche General – PistonHeads UK Boxster Alarm driving me mental! The area under the passenger seat is sodden (broke my ankle so haven’t driven the daily hack for over 4 weeks) which according to Porsche is where the electrics for the alarm/immobiliser are located.
Or another issue on these cars is corrosion on the electrical connections to the battery back-up siren and tilt sensor beneath the plastic panelwork just in front of the windscreen (You will need the front hood up to access this area). Best thing to do is to let a Porsche dealer to look at it as the “Specialists” are, on average, a load of c**p.
– Page 1 – Porsche General – PistonHeads UK Boxster Alarm driving me mental! The area under the passenger seat is sodden (broke my ankle so haven’t driven the daily hack for over 4 weeks) which according to Porsche is where the electrics for the alarm/immobiliser are located.
A couple of weeks ago my local mechanic took my Boxster in as the screenwasher had stopped working. He discovered that one of the hoses behind the battery had come adrift and repaired it. Since then, when I lock the car the horn makes a double beep, which is a sign of a fault.
You just have to take off the plastic panel to the right of the battery (as you look at it from the front) to access them. The siren is the black and red device, and the tilt sensor is the translucent plastic box. Thanks Richard, I’ve just managed to get back to this problem.