
Driving and Driving Safety
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Locking the steering column
Vehicles without Porsche Entry & Drive
The steering column is locked automatically
when
the ignition key is removed from the ignition lock
and unlocked automatically when the ignition key
is inserted into the ignition lock.
Vehicles with Porsche Entry & Drive
The steering column is locked automatically when
the driver’s door is opened when the ignition is
switched off or when the vehicle is locked.
It is unlocked automatically when the alarm
system is disabled using the key, when the driver’s
door is opened with Porsche Entry & Drive or
when the ignition is switched on.
Emergency operation with
Porsche Entry & Drive
Interference in radio transmission between the
vehicle and ignition lock or a discharged ignition
lock battery can disable the Porsche Entry & Drive
comfort function.
If this happens, the control unit can be removed
from the ignition lock and the vehicle can be
started using the standard ignition key.
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Please see the chapter “EMERGENCY
OPERATION – UNLOCKING THE IGNITION KEY”
on page 149.
Emergency operation – unlocking the
ignition key
If the vehicle battery is dead, the ignition key (or
the control unit on vehicles with Porsche Entry &
Drive) can only be removed if the emergency
operation is performed.
1.
Carefully lever off the fuse box cover on the
driver’s side with a screwdriver and remove it.
2.
Unclip metal hook
A
on the inside of the fuse
box cover.
3.
Use metal hook
A
to remove the plastic
cover
B
from the ignition lock.
Make sure that plastic cover
B
is not lost.