Trunk Emergency release error

[shawn]

My car was sitting in the garage and just started sounding an alarm with the error message below. Anyone get this? Its Sunday and cannot contact Porsche but this alarm will not stop.

 

[shawn]

My car was sitting in the garage and just started sounding an alarm with the error message below. Anyone get this? Its Sunday and cannot contact Porsche but this alarm will not stop.

Ok the alarm stopped after 10 minutes and trunk operation seems normal..wtf

 

[PanameraFrank]

Next time make sure they're dead before putting them in the trunk.

 

[shawn]

Next time make sure they're dead before putting them in the trunk.

Ah...will do. The little critters almost got away.

 

[shawn]

Ok the alarm stopped after 10 minutes and trunk operation seems normal..wtf

ok so it happened again randomly just sitting in the garage. No local kidnappings so must be something wrong with the car

 

[shawn]

Ok so here is the scoop. The trunk release error is part of the anti theft code. The service rep said that during the download and configuration of my car they did not complete the anti theft coding they need to do hence the error. This was a service oversight and not an issue with the hardware.

It does give you the impression that the software configuration is very piecemeal. I am from the software world and I know the difference between a manual and automated config. process. This kind of oversight is often due to the process relying on manual steps being performed (usually from some checklist). Anyway, hopefully your service rep did not overlook that part of the coding update but if you get a random anti theft alarm then this could be your root cause.