2003 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA ESP

Neverinvite
car
theft!
Anunlockedcarwiththekeyintheignitionlock
invitescartheft.
Asteeringwheellockanda
gong
alarmare
standardequipmentinyourPorsche.
Thegongalarmwillsoundifyouopenthe
driver'sdoorwhilethekeyisstillintheignition
lock.Itisyourremindertopullthekeyoutof
theignitionlockandtolockthedoors.
/!\.Warning!
Anyuncontrolledmovementofthevehicle
mayresultinseriouspersonalinjuryand
propertydamage.
Neverleaveyourvehicleunattendedwith
thekeyintheignitionlock,especiallyif
childrenand/orpetsareleftunattendedin
thevehicle.Theycanoperatepowerwin-
dowsandothercontrols.Iftheengineis
leftrunning,theymayaccidentallyengage
theshiftlever.
I>Alwaysremovetheignitionkey.
I>Alwayssettheparkingbrake.
I>Lockthedoorswiththekeyorwiththe
remotecontrol.
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/!\.Warning!
Riskofaseriousaccident.
Thesteeringcolumnwilllockwhenyou
removethekeywhileyouaredrivingoras
thecarisrollingtoastop.Youwillnotbe
abletosteerthecar.
I>Neverremovethekeyfromthesteeringlock
whileyouaredriving.
Toprotectyourvehicleandyourpos-
sessionsfromtheft,youshouldalwayspro-
ceedasfollowswhenleavingyourvehicle:
I>Closewindows.
I>Closelifting/slidingroof.
I>Closeconvertibletop
(withtheconvertibletopopen,theinfrared
passengercompartmentmonitoringsystemis
alwaysswitchedoff).
I>Closeglassslidingroof(Targa)
(withtheglassslidingroofopen,theinfrared
passengercompartmentmonitoringsystemis
alwaysswitchedoff).
I>Removeignitionkey.
I>Engagesteeringlock.
I>Lockstoragetraybetweenthefrontseats
andglovecompartment.
I>Removevaluables(e.g.cardocuments,radio
controlmodule,telephone,housekeys)from
thecar.
I>Lockdoors.

Keys
Pleasenotechapters"CentralLockingand
AlarmSystem".
Twomainkeysandonesparekeyaresupplied
withyourPorsche.
Thesekeysoperateallthelocksonyourve-
hicle.
I>Becarefulwithyourcarkeys:donotpart
withthemexceptunderexceptionalcircum-
stances.
I>Toavoidbatteryrun-down,alwaysremovethe
ignitionkeyfromtheignitionlock.
Replacementkeys
Replacementcarkeyscanbeobtainedonly
fromyourauthorizedPorschedealer,andthis
cansometimesbeverytime-consuming.
Youshouldthereforealwayskeepthesparekey
onyourperson.
Keepitinasafeplace(e.g.wallet),butunder
nocircumstancesinoronthevehicle.
Thekeycodesofnewkeyshavetobe
"reported"tothecarcontrolunitbyyourauth-
orizedPorschedealer.
Thekeygripofthesparekeycanbeexchanged
foramain-keygrip.
Disabling
key
codes
Ifakeyislost,thekeycodescanbedisabled
byanauthorizedPorschedealer.
Alltheremainingcarkeysarerequiredforthis
purpose.
Disablingthecodeensuresthatthecarcanbe
startedonlyusingauthorizedkeys.
Note
Pleasenotethattheotherlockscanstillbeop-
enedwiththedisabledkey.
Immobilizer
Thereisatransponder(anelectroniccompo-
nent)inthekeygrip,containingastoredcode.
Whentheignitionisswitchedon,theignition
lockchecksthecode.
Theimmobilizercanbedeactivatedandtheen-
ginestartedonlyusinganauthorizedignition
key.
Note
Iftheignitionisleftonformorethantwo
minuteswithoutstartingtheengine,theimmobi-
lizerisreactivated.
I>Ifthishappens,theignitionkeymustbe
turnedbacktothe"0"positionbeforetheen-
ginecanbestarted.
Theimmobilizerisautomaticallyactivatedwhen
theignitionkeyiswithdrawn.

Security
WheelBolts
Ifwheelshavetoberemovedduringaworkshop
visit,donotforgettohandoverthesocketfor
thesecuritywheelboltsalongwiththecarkey.
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CentralLocking
USA:FCCIDLXPRKY
116;

FCCIDLXPVIM145
Canada:TxF315P2255102275;
RxF315P2255102276A
Thisdevicecomplieswith:
Part15oftheFCCRules
RSS-21OofIndustryCanada.
Operationofthisdeviceissubjecttothefollow-
ingtwoconditions:
-Itmaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and
-itmustacceptanyinterferencereceived
includinginterferencethatmaycauseun-
desiredoperation.
Note
Themanufacturerisnotresponsibleforany
radioorTVinterferencecausedbyunauthorized
modificationstothisequipment.
Suchmodificationcouldvoidtheuser'sauthority
tooperatetheequipment.
Seethechapteron"Loadswitch-off","Power
windows","Lifting/slidingroof"and"Convertible
top".
Bothcardoorsandthefillerflapcanbecen-
trallyunlockedorlockedwiththeremotecon-
trol.
Thevehiclecannotbelockedifthedriver'sdoor
isnotcompletelyclosed.
Ashortsignalfromthealarmhornwilldraw
yourattentiontothefactthatthefollowing
componentsarenotcompletelyclosedwhen
youtrytolockthevehicle:
-Passenger'sdoor
-Luggagecompartmentlid
-Enginecompartmentlid
-Rearlid(Targa)
-Storagetray
-Glovecompartment
Note
Unlockingthevehiclebyusingthekeyinthe
doorlockandopeningthedoormayactivatethe
alarmsystemwithin10seconds.
Automaticrelocking
Ifthecarisunlockedbyremotecontroland
noneofthecardoorsisopenedwithinapprox.
60seconds,automaticrelockingtakesplace.
Thisrelockingtimecanbeadaptedtoyourindi-
vidualrequirements(4-120seconds)byan
authorizedPorschedealer.
Lockingconditions
[>
Lockcaronce.
Thedoorscannotbeopenedfromtheout-
side.
Alarmsystemandinfraredpassengercom-
partmentmonitoringareswitchedon.
Ifapersonoranimalremainsinthe
vehicle:
[>Quicklylockcartwice.
Thedoorscannotbeopenedfromtheout-
side.
Theinfraredpassengercompartmentmonitor-
ingisswitchedoff.
Unlockingthedoorwiththeinnerdoor
handle
Anypersonremaininginthelockedcarcan
openthedoorwiththeinnerdoorhandle:
1.Pullinnerdoorhandleoncetounlockdoor
lock.
2.Pullinnerdoorhandleagaintoopendoor.
Note
Informanypersonremaininginthecarthatthe
alarmsystemwillbetriggeredifthedoorisop-
ened.
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[>
Unlockthedriver'sdoorwiththekeyatthe
doorlock.
Openthedoorandswitchtheignitionon
within10secondsinordertopreventthe
alarmsystemfrombeingtriggered.
Emergencyoperation-closing
[>Quicklyturnthekeyinthedriver'sdoorlock
tothelockpositionthreetimesinsuc-
cession.
Ifthereisadefectinthecentrallockingsys-
tem,allfunctioningelementsofthecentral
lockingsystemwillbelocked.
Thealarmsystemisswitchedon.
Theinfraredpassengercompartmentmonitor-
ingsystemisswitchedoff.
Thefaultshouldberemediedimmediatelyatan
authorizedPorschedealer.
Indicationbyemergencyflasherand
alarmhorn
Iftheremotecontrolisusedforunlockingor
locking,aresponseisprovidedbytheemer-
gencyflasher:
-Unlocking-singleflash.
-Locking-doubleflash.
-Lockingtwice-continuousilluminationforap-
prox.2secondsandshortalarm-hornsignal.
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Emergencyoperation-opening
~Centrallockingswitch
Thecentrallockingswitchonthedashboardlets
youlockandunlockbothdoorselectrically.
Note
Ifthedoorsarelockedwiththekeyorremote
control,theycannotbeopenedbypressingthe
centrallockingswitch.
Locking
[>
Presstherocker-switchsymbol.
Indicatorlightlightsupifignitionison.
Unlocking
[>
Presstherocker-switchindicatorlight.
Indicatorlightgoesout.
Ifthedoorswerelockedwiththecentrallocking
switch,theycanbeopenedbypullingtheinner
doorhandle:
1.Pullinnerdoorhandleoncetounlockdoor
lock.
2.Pullinnerdoorhandleagaintoopendoor.

A-Rockerswitchfordoorwindows
B-Rockerswitchforrearwindows,Cabrioletonly
PowerWindows
/!\Warning!
Riskofanaccident.
I>Donotputanythingonornearthewindows
thatmayinterferewiththedriver'svision.
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Riskofinjurywhenthedoorwindowsclose.
Thisappliesespeciallyifthewindowsare
closedwiththecomfortfunction,because
withthisfunctionthewindowgoesupauto-
matically.
I>Makesurenobodycanbeinjuredwhenthe
windowsclose.
I>Removetheignitionkeytoshutoffpowerto
thewindowswitcheswhenthevehicleisnot
attendedbyaresponsibleperson.
Readinessforoperationofpower
windows
-Withenginerunningor
-inignitionkeyposition1or
-withdoorclosedandignitionkeywithdrawn:
onlyuntilfirstopeningofthedoor.
Note(Cabriolet)
Therearsidewindowscannotbeclosedwhen
theconvertibletopisopen.

Opening
windows
~Openingwiththerockerswitch
~inthecenterconsole
I>Pressrockerswitchuntilthewindowhas
reachedthedesiredposition.
I>One-touchoperation(doorwindowsonly):
Pressrockerswitchbriefly.
Windowmovestoitsfinalposition.
Pressagaintostopthewindowinthedesired
position.
Comfortfunctionwhenunlocking
thevehicleatthedoorlock
I>Coupe,TargaandCabrioletwithhardtop:
Unlockcarwiththeremotecontrol.
Holdcarkeyindoorlockintheunlockingdi-
rectionuntilthewindowshavereachedthe
desiredposition.
Cabrioletwithouthardtop:
Unlockcarwiththeremotecontrol.
Thewindowscanonlybeopenedwiththe
convertibletopopen.

Operating
with
theremotecontrolof
thevehiclekey
Each
remote
control(uptofour)canbe
assignedanindividualseatanddoormirror
position.
Thestoredseatanddoormirrorpositionisset
automatically
whenthevehicleisunlockedusing
thecorrespondingremotecontrol.
Eachkeyisidentifiedwithadifferentcolour.
Storingseatposition
1.Switchtheignitiononwiththedesiredvehicle
key.
2.Setthe
desiredseatanddoor-mirrorposit-
ions.

Ifyouwishforthepassenger'smirrortoswi-
veldownasaparkingaidwhenreversing,
reversegearmustbeengagedwhenthe
seatpositionisstored.
3.KeepmemorybuttonM
depressedandaddi-
tionallypressthe~
button(besidethe
memorybutton).
Theindividualsettingisnowassignedtothis
remotecontrol
andtothe~
button.

Recallingseat
position
[>
Unlockthelockedvehicleorluggagecom-
partmentwiththeremotecontrol.
Thestoredseatposition
isset
automatically.
Theseatpositionassignedtoaremotecontrol
canalsoberecalledwith
the~
buttonifthe
correspondingkeywasusedtounlocktheve-
hicleortoswitchontheignition.
Ifnoseatpositionwasassignedtoaremote
control,
the~
buttonwillnotwork.

Note

Automaticseatadjustmentcanbeinterrupted
immediatelybypressingthecentrallockingbut-
tonoranymemoryorseatadjustmentbutton.

Clearingthestoredseatposition

1.Switchtheignitiononwiththedesiredvehicle
key.
2.Simultaneouslypressandhold
the~
but-
tonandpersonbutton2foratleast5sec-
onds.
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Rear
Seat
Backrest
Extrastoragespaceisgainedbyfoldingthe
rearseatbackrestforward.
Foldingbackrestforward
I>PullleverAforwardandfoldthebackrest
down.
Foldingbackrestback
I>Tiltthebackrestbackuntilitclicksintoplace.
Whendoingthis,payattentiontotheseatbelt
guide(figure).
Note
Cabriolet:Donotfolduptherearseatbackrests
withthewindstopinstalled.

Steering
WheelAdjustment
A.Warning!
Riskofaccident.
Thesteeringwheelmaymovefurtherthan
desiredifyouattempttoadjustitwhile
driving.
Youmaylosecontrolofthevehicle.
I>Donotadjustthesteeringwheelwhiledriving.
Longitudinaladjustment
1.Pushlockingleverdownwards.
2.Adjuststeeringwheeltofitthechosenback-
restangleandseatpositionbymovingthe
steeringwheellongitudinally.
3.Swivellockingleverbackuntilyoufeelit
engage.
Ifnecessary,movesteeringwheelslightlylon-
gitudinally,toensureengagement.
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Airbag
Systems

TheAirbagsincombinationwiththesafetybelts
makesupasafetysystemwhichoffersthe
driverandthepassengerthegreatestknown
protectionfrominjuriesincaseofaccident.
Evenifyourvehicleisequippedwithairbags,

thesafetybeltsmustbewornatalltimes,

becausethefrontairbagsystemisonlyactu-
atedbyfrontalcollisionswithanimpactofsuffi-
cientseverity.
Seeshownfigureforrangesofeffectiveness.
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Belowtheactuationthresholdoftheairbagsys-
tem,andduringtypesofcollisionswhichdonot
causetheactuationofthesystem,thesafety
beltsprovidetheprimaryprotectiontotheoccu-
pantswhencorrectlyworn.
Therefore,allpersonswithin
thevehicle
mustalwayswearsafety
belts(inmany
states,statelawrequirestheuseofsafety
belts).Seealsothechapter"SafetyBelts".
Thefrontairbagsarelocatedbehindthepadded
steeringwheelpanelonthedriver'ssideandon
thepassenger'ssideinthedashboard.
Thesideairbags(POSIP-PorscheSideImpact
ProtectionSystem)areinstalledinthedoors
underthedoortrimpanel.
Function
Thefrontairbagsaretriggeredduringafrontal
collisionofsufficientforce.
Intheeventofasideimpactofcorresponding
force,thesideairbagontheimpactsideistrig-
gered.
Theinflationprocessgeneratestheamountof
gasrequiredtofilltheairbagsatthenecessary
pressureinfractionsofasecond.
Airbagsprotectthefaceandupperbody,whilst
simultaneouslydampingthemotionofthedriver
andpassengerintheimpactdirectioninthe
eventofafrontalimpactorsideimpact.
A.Danger!
Toprovide
optimaloccupantprotection,
airbagsmustinflateatveryhighspeed.
Ifyouarenotwearingyoursafetybeltor
aretooclosetotheairbagwhenitsde-
ployed,inflatingairbagscanresultin
seriousinjuryordeath.
t>
Makesuretherearenopeople,animalsor
objectsbetweenthedriverorpassengerand
theareaintowhichtheairbaginflates.
t>Sitbackasfarfromthedashboardorsteer-
ingwheelasispractical,whilestillmaintaining
fullvehiclecontrol.
t>Donotleanagainsttheinsideofthedoors.

t>
Alwaysholdthesteeringwheelbytheouter
rim.
Neverrestyourhandsontheairbagpanel.

t>
Nevertransportheavyobjectsonorinfront
ofthepassengerseat.

t>
Alwayskeepthelidofthedoorstoragecom-
partmentclosed.Objectsmustnotprotrude
outofthedoorstoragecompartment.

t>
Giveyourpassengeralloftheinformationin
thischapter.

t>No
changesmustbemadetothewiringor
componentsoftheairbagsystem.