2003 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA seats

ChildRestraintSystems
Porscherecommendsthatallinfantsandchild-
renberestrainedinchildrestraintsystemsatall
timeswhilethevehicleisinmotioninaccord-
ancewithapplicablelaws.
Theuseofinfantorchildrestraintsisrequired
bylawinall50statesandtheCanadianprov-
inces.
Thechildrestraintsystemshouldbeonethat
complieswithU.S.Federal/CanadianMotorVe-
hicleSafetyStandards213andshouldbese-
curedbyalapbeltorlapbeltportionofalap-
shoulderbelt.
Astatementbytheseatmanufacturerofcom-
pliancewiththisstandardcanbefoundonthe
instructionlabelontherestraintandinthein-
structionmanualprovidedwiththerestraint.
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/!\Danger!
Riskofseriouspersonalinjuryordeathto
thechild.
I>Followallchildrestraintinstructionsandwarn-
ingsinthismanual.
-Whenusinganinfantorchildrestraintsystem,
besuretofollowallmanufacturer'sinstruc-
tionsoninstallationanduse.
-Infantsandsmallchildrenshouldneverbe
heldonthelap,norshouldtheysharea
safetybeltwithanotheroccupantwhiletheve-
hicleisinmotion.
-Childrentoobigforchildrestraintsystems
shoulduseregularsafetybelts.Ashoulder
beltcanbeusedprovidingitdoesnotcross
thefaceortheneckofthechild.
-Formaximumsafetyandprotection,werec-
ommendthatsmallchildrentravelintherear
seats.

Theairbagdeactivationdeviceinstallation
requiresspecialprogrammingavailable
onlyfromyourauthorizedPorschedealer.
YourauthorizedPorschedealerwillbeglad
toadviseyouabouttheinstallationpossi-
bilityforaPorschechildrestraintsystem
whichallowsdeactivationofthepas-
senger'sairbags.
/!\Danger!
Theuseofachildrestraintsysteminthe
passengerseatwithoutairbagdeactivation
canresultinseriouspersonalinjuryor
deathtothechildfromanairbagdeploy-
ment.
Toreduceriskofinjuryfromaninflating
airbaginanaccident,Porschestrongly
recommends:

I>Donotuseachildrestraintsysteminthepas-
sengerseatunlessthepassengerairbagsare
deactivated.

Storage
inthePassenger
Compartment
/!\Warning!
Unsecuredluggageandheavy
objects
may
comelooseduringbraking,rapiddirec-
tionalchangesorinanaccidentandcause
seriouspersonalinjuryordeath.
t>Donottransportanyheavyobjectsinthe
storagetrays.
t>Donotcarryunsecuredluggageorobjectsin
thepassengercompartment.
Additionalstoragepossibilities
-Inthedoorpanel,
-inthedoorsillonthepassengerside,
-inthecenterconsole,
-ontheCoupeandTargabehindtherearseat
backrests,
-extensionofstoragespacebyfoldingthe
rearseatbacksforward,
-clotheshookandpocketonbackoffront
seat,
-pocketonbackoffrontseats(onlyonsports
seats).
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Glovecompartment
/!\Warning!
Riskofinjurybytheglovecompartmentlid
incaseofanaccident.
t>Keeptheglovecompartmentclosedwhile
driving.
Opening
t>Pullthecatchandopenthelid.
Locking
t>Lockthecatchtosecurethecontentsagainst
unauthorizedaccess.

Storagetraybetweentheseats

Opening
~Pressthelockingknobandliftthelid.
Thereisacoinholderintheforwardpartof
thestoragetray.
Locking
~Lockthecompartmenttosecurethecontents
againstunauthorizedaccess.
CDorCassetteHolder
Occupieddrawersareindicatedbyaredwin-
dow.
Openingdrawers
~Pushthebuttonofthedraweryouwishto
open.
Closingdrawers
~FoldtheCDdrawerupandcloseuntilitclicks
shut.
Closethecassettedraweruntilitclicksshut.
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Preconditionsforoperationofthe
convertibletop
Withtherockerswitch:
-Theignitionmustbeswitchedon
(enginerunningoroff),
-theenginecompartmentlidmustbeclosed,
-thespeedmustbebelow30mph(50km/h).
Ifthismaximumspeedisexceeded,theopen-
ing/closingprocedureoftheconvertibletop
willbeinterrupted.
Withthevehiclekeyinthedoorlock:
-Theenginecompartmentlidmustbeclosed.

~Openingconvertible
top
A
Warning!
Riskofinjuryanddamagewhenoperating
theconvertibletop.
~Makeabsolutelysurethatnobodycanbein-
juredbytheconvertible-topmechanismorthe
convertible-topcompartmentlid.
~Beforeopeningtheconvertibletop,make
surethattherearenoobjectsbehindtherear
seats.
~Inordertoabortconvertibletopoperationin
theeventofdanger,immediatelyreleasethe
switchorvehiclekey.
Withtherockerswitch:
~Pressleftrocker-switchhalfwithoutinterrup-
tionuntiltheconvertibletophasreachedits
finalpositionoruntilthedoorwindowsarein
thedesiredposition.
Withthevehiclekey:
~Unlockvehiclewiththeremotecontrol.
~Holdthevehiclekeyintheunlockingposition
inthedoorlockuntiltheconvertibletophas
reacheditsfinalpositionoruntilthedoorwin-
dowsareinthedesiredposition.
Re-Iockthevehicleifnecessary.
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Closing
convertibletop
1.InsertAllenkeyBthroughholeGandinto
thehydraulicvalve.
TurnAllenkeyBcounterclockwisebyapprox.
1revolution.
AlwaysremoveAllenkeyB.
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2.Getbehindthefrontseatsandgraspthe
convertibletopinthemiddle.
3.Closetheconvertibletopuntilitreachesits
highestposition.

Windstop
Thewindstopisstowedinaprotectivebagin
theluggagecompartment.
/!\.Caution!
Riskofdamagetothewindstop
t>Makesurethatthewindstopisnotdamaged
byitemsofluggageorobjectsintheluggage
compartment.
t>Donotplaceanyobjectsonthewindstop.
t>Donotstoreanysharp-edgedobjectsunder
thewindstop.
t>Donotdamagethewindstopduringseatad-
justmentandwhenfoldingbackthefront-seat
backrests.
Adjustseatsothattheseatbackrestdoes
nottouchthewindstop.
t>Donotfolduptherearseatbackrestswith
thewindstopinstalled.
t>Removewindstopbeforefittingahardtop.
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911Carrera
Installingthewindstop
1.Openvelcrotapeorzipperoftheprotective
bag(arrow)intheluggagecompartment.
Takethewindstopoutoftheluggagecom-
partment.
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4.TakeunlockinghandleDfromtheoddments
traybetweenthefrontseats.
5.PositionunlockinghandleDonthedotmark-
ing.
CarefullyremovetheplasticcoversCon
bothsidesofthehardtop.
6.InsertunlockinghandleDintooneoftherear
hardtoplocks.
Forcefullyturntheunlockinghandlepastthe
pressurepoint1inthedirectionofthearrow
uptothestop2.
7.Repeatprocedureontheothersideofthe
hardtop.
8.Togetherwithasecondpersonontheother
side,graspthehardtopatpointsEandF.
/!\Warning!
Dangerofpinchingfingersorhandsatthe
points"F".
[>Evenlyliftthehardtopatbothsides.
9.Firstpullthehardtoprearwardandupoutof
thelockingelements.
Carefullyliftthehardtopupandovertheve-
hicletotherear.
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10.CarefullyremovebothprotectioncoversJ
totherear.
11.FitbothplasticcoversCintothetrimpanel.
Themarkingpointmustpointtotherear.
Thesecoversarealsousedwiththehard-
top.
12.Closefrontlockinglever.
Pushonplasticcoverofthefronthardtop
lock.
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PuttingonthehardtopPositionunlockinghandleDonthedotmark-
ing.
ACaution!
Riskofdamagetothewindstopandhard-
top.
I>Alwaysremovethewindstopbeforefittingthe
hardtop.Refertothechapter"Windstop".
CarefullyremovebothplasticcoversCon
bothsidesofthehardtop.
3.CarefullyfitbothprotectivecoversJintothe
trimpanelfrombehind.
1.Openallfoursidewindowsandconvertible
top.
2.TakeunlockinghandleDfromtheoddments
traybetweenthefrontseats.