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Porsche Flat Battery – No-Start and Battery Draw Problem Solving

Answers to Porsche battery problems-battery draw, flat battery and no start conditionsHow Healthy is Your Battery? Diagnosing the Flat Battery, No Start or Battery Draw Problems on Your Porsche.

Good battery goes flat? – no power or weak power after overnight parking? Finding a draw on a battery that causes it to go flat or have very weak power after a relatively short period e.g., overnight parking, can be a real pain in the you know what! Finding the problem can be a long drawn out and frustrating process – often this can also be expensive because of the hours involved to establish the source of the problem.

Here’s what you need to know and some shortcuts to solving battery problems: Read Full Article »

Porsche Technical Q & A – October 2020

Porsche technical Q & APorsche Technical Q & A – Highlights of the Most Recent Technical Questions We’ve Answered – Some, No One Knows the Answer to Yet!

We receive thousands of visits every month to our common problems pages. We encourage you to contact us if you don’t find the answer to your particular issue and we do our best to try to find a solution.

We receive hundreds of questions every month in this way and we try to gather them together to identify any trends. The type of question varies dramatically from what appears to be design issues on new cars, to very unusual mechanical behavior. Here are some of the issues that have come up most recently.

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Porsche Diagnostic Trouble Codes – OBD2

Reading Porsche DTC codes from an OBD2 scanner is only half the storyPorsche DTCs, Fault Codes or Trouble Codes – How to Make Sense and Take Advantage of those OBD2 Codes on Your Porsche.

So, you’re working from home, bored and hooked on Amazon shopping. You decide it’s time to get one of those fancy new DTC OBD2 code readers and do a spot of that there mechanic stuff yourself – how difficult can it be? You plug in, read the code and there’s your answer – simple, right?

“This little thing will save us a fortune in repair bills, babe,” you proudly announce to your wife, as you rip open the box and head for the garage. Let’s see what that check engine light on the Porsche is really all about. You got this, no worries, right?

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Perfect For Kids Like Us This Weekend

May17th digital tour Porsche museumFree Digital Live Tour of Porsche Museum

Lock down and social distancing has made it difficult to pursue typical weekend activities – no news there! However, here is an opportunity to do something a little different this weekend and it comes with the possibility of being cool!

This Sunday, May 17th, Porsche will offer a free digital guided tour of their museum in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart. This presents a wonderful opportunity to score a series of good relationship points during these difficult times. Read Full Article »

Porsche 911 996 – Cheap Fun For All

Cheap As Chips and Bags of Fun – 996

Porsche 911 996 Used Car Buyers GuideThe early Porsche 911 996 cars are now extremely affordable and can be fun to own. Many people are scared off by reading the hyped technical problems, so prices are low, even for good examples.

Of course, not for the purist, the 996 has an usual shape to it’s headlights – despite the noise, some people actually like the shape of the lights and you wont find another 911 like it.

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