1999 996 Owners Manual

[PauliesPorsche]

Does anyone have a 996 owners manual on PDF

[thewightstuff]

:)

i asked this yesterday,

the short answer is no. they werent released as PDF until 2003 and no one has scanned one in yet.

you can buy one from your dealer for around $30 however it seems MY99 are rather short but MY00 are available readily.

you should be safe enough using the MY03 version as its right with most stuff, just dont get excited when you see the OBC functions as the early cars can only show a few things, temp, average mpg, average speed, speed alarm and distance to empty.

hope this helps.

loren very kindly scanned his OBC section for me yesterday, its posted further down this forum in the thread i started and in tandem with the later manual should see you relatively right.

[PauliesPorsche]

:)

i asked this yesterday,

the short answer is no. they werent released as PDF until 2003 and no one has scanned one in yet.

you can buy one from your dealer for around $30 however it seems MY99 are rather short but MY00 are available readily.

you should be safe enough using the MY03 version as its right with most stuff, just dont get excited when you see the OBC functions as the early cars can only show a few things, temp, average mpg, average speed, speed alarm and distance to empty.

hope this helps.

loren very kindly scanned his OBC section for me yesterday, its posted further down this forum in the thread i started and in tandem with the later manual should see you relatively right.

I saw one on ebay that looked like the whole package (several owners manuals) for around $150. I thought it was a little pricey.

[Loren]

Folks you need to look at Sunset Imports (Porsche Parts at Dealer Cost). The last Owners Manual I bought was $18.

[thewightstuff]

i talked to them today and they can only get me a MY00 at the moment. it was $24.30 which seemed nice so im going to order when i get the list im working on completed.

edited to correct price

Edited March 11, 2008 by thewightstuff

[PauliesPorsche]

Thanks I'll call them today

[taschauer]

Whatever you do don't use Sunset Imports. My girlfriend tried to buy we one of their manuals for the 996 last year for my birthday.  She even paid this jerks for express shipping. This was last June (2017). She has received nothing from them since. 

[JFP in PA]

42 minutes ago, taschauer said:

Whatever you do don't use Sunset Imports. My girlfriend tried to buy we one of their manuals for the 996 last year for my birthday.  She even paid this jerks for express shipping. This was last June (2017). She has received nothing from them since. 

 

Welcome to RennTech

 

Sunset Porsche is one of RennTech's board sponsors, and very highly regarded within the Porsche community at large.  Many poster's here, as well as shops like mine use them almost exclusively for our parts needs without problem.  Did you try to contact them to resolve your problem with them?

[wizard]

It's odd that you've apparently let this eat you up for, what, nine months until your very first post on Renntech to badmouth Sunset Imports.

 

Very odd.

[wyovino]

I've dealt with Sunset on several occasions and have had zero issues. I suggest contacting them directly. Also confirm that the transaction went through on your end.

[ttocs]

+1 on happy dealings with Sunset.

[DBJoe996]

Sunset has a very good reputation in my book.  I've always received what I ordered and no problems.  I would contact them directly because I'm sure they keep a record of orders/shipping and so on.  Have you ever heard of "it got lost in the mail?"  Or "it was shipped but never arrived?"

Edited April 18, 2018 by DBJoe996

[rbogh911]

What is the part number for a 996 owner's manual?  2000 C4 in my case.

[ttocs]

Try WKD-996-021-00, I believe this covers 4 and non 4.

[dporto]

Sunset Porsche has always come through for me. My only complaint is that their shipping seems a little high sometimes... Not really a big deal. I find it a little hard to believe that with today's package tracking systems it would be very difficult to resolve a situation where you didn't receive something you paid for...?