Can anyone help (dispair)?

[hivez]

It was one of those days when I just had to drive (Boxster S 2001 RHD UK model manual).

First I opened the door with the key it had gone into power save mode and the alarm went off straight away I was well inside 10 seconds.

The passenger door will not open from inside or outside, the window goes down only if you press the switch

The central locking switch stays red and will not reset even doing the 2 clicks thing. The horn gives 2 short blips on opening the car

But anyway it still drives (foolish) drove down the road there was a pinging noise and the gear lever went all floppy and stuck in first. I am outside in the frezing UK weather taking the centre console out to see if I can do anything

Can anyone help with any of this ( someone tell me its a fuse)

Dave

Sorry I also stuck this in the 987 forum I am desperate

[Eric (Plug Guy)]

It was one of those days when I just had to drive (Boxster S 2001 RHD UK model manual).

First I opened the door with the key it had gone into power save mode and the alarm went off straight away I was well inside 10 seconds.

The passenger door will not open from inside or outside, the window goes down only if you press the switch

The central locking switch stays red and will not reset even doing the 2 clicks thing. The horn gives 2 short blips on opening the car

But anyway it still drives (foolish) drove down the road there was a pinging noise and the gear lever went all floppy and stuck in first. I am outside in the frezing UK weather taking the centre console out to see if I can do anything

Can anyone help with any of this ( someone tell me its a fuse)

Dave

Sorry I also stuck this in the 987 forum I am desperate

Did you try to insert your key in the door, lock and unlock it? That usually renders the alarm mode back into normal position.

[hivez]

Did you try to insert your key in the door, lock and unlock it? That usually renders the alarm mode back into normal position.

Thanks I'll give anything ago but I just tried it and the door is still stuck. I get two horn beeps on the press of the fob and the car remains unlocked, then I press the fob again and it locks okay without the horn beeps.

Could be related to the underseat controller failing. Loren mentioned in a previous post to my windows dropping overnight that this unit may be faulty.

Also took the centre console off to see why I can't change gear and all seems well, anyone any experience of what to look for the other end (under the belly pan I guess)

[adsach]

the gear lever went all floppy and stuck in first. I am outside in the frezing UK weather taking the centre console out to see if I can do anything

This is a very good description of the feeling when my shifter cables slipped off the positioning bracket at the transmission end. This happened to me after I bent the retaining clips during a clutch replacement.

Simply replacing the cables back into the brackets fixed the problem.

Unfortunately I had to remove the aluminum bars (3/4 inch x 4inch by 18inch) and the metal plate covering the bottom of the engine to reach in and reseat the cable.

Edited January 4, 2006 by adsach

[hivez]

Thanks I just wish I could open the passenger door now. I disconnected the battery for 10 mins ( recommend leaving the key in the ignition switched on unless you have no neighbours Arrrh) but the central locking light stays on.

[Richard Hamilton]

Where abouts are you located in the UK? If you are anywhere near me in Maidenhead PM me as I may be able to help.

[hivez]

Just to finish this post off- The problem with the passenger door was traced to a failed door lock (Thanks Richard for the sugguestion)- You can peel back the door trim just enough to chisel the lock to bits. Disconnect the battery first before messing with the trim -there are some good posts on doing this- and remember to reseal the trim.