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Help With Fault Codes???
Today we had a PPI done on a 2014 911 Carrera S we are looking at purchasing.
The car’s in PA and we're in Kansas City. The shop is an independent, primarily air cooled, shop. They “said” they could handle a PPI on a water cooled car. Clearly I’m disappointed in what I got. We spoke in the afternoon and they said the car is very very nice but it was throwing off 3 fault codes that they weren’t able to decipher. They don’t have the “Porsche” fact equip. They said they put a email out to the mfgr of the equip but haven’t heard back. I called my local shop and gave them the codes and they couldn’t decipher either as they use Porsche approved equip. So, I’m reaching out here. I don’t know the mfgr of the equip they are using, yet. Here are the instrument cluster fault codes - 4142/102e, 9774/262e and 8494/212e. ANY help would be appreciated. TIA
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If all else fails, consider having it brought to the local Porsche dealer and asking them to pull the codes. I’d be surprised if they would not do it.
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This is the wrong forum for the water pumper cars. Go to the dealer, they can tell you about the car. They can pull up any history of service at a dealership, and recalls that might never have been done.
And they can read the codes.
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I went to the dealer here in KC to have a car checked that I was interested in buying and the told me that since I didn't own the car they wouldn't do it.
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I've heard the same thing as sixbanger, that most P-car dealers will no longer perform PPI's due to the "perceived" liabilities. Just ANOTHER thing the lawyers have screwed us on....
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My suggestion since you are now a water cooled owner is to look at a Durametric, but that is limited to 3 VINs, and you need to use a computer for it. What I did is to get a icarsoft POR2. It is a standalone unit and worked on my 996 an 987. I don't know if there is a newer unit out there, but mine was under $150. I also have a Foxwell NT510 for my BMW, that can also be programmed for Porsche cars. Foxwell makes the Schwaben units our host sells.
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