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UtahPorsche UtahPorsche is offline
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Exclamation It may be the DME Control Unit

I have just had my '99 996 returned to me after 4 months at the local dealership. It turns out the every time I went to start the car I was blowing fuses, and it was related to a bad DME.

The reason this took 4 months, was that Porsche AG has had all dealerships get new computers that were "reverse compatible", this is a lie. After having all pieces related to the DME replaced, AG finally sent an old computer to Utah to program the 996. I would talk to your dealership before going down the rabbit hole. This is a case that a third party re programmer or older shop would have been a much better option.

It is BS that the DME would go out a car this "new"

Even with dealership concessions for the delay I was out of pocket $3600.
Old 09-02-2013, 08:07 AM
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