2003 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA start up

Starting
Procedures
Seealsothechapteron"Immobilizer".
/!\Warning!
Serious
injurymayresultifyouarein-
volvedinacollisionwithout
having
fastened
thesafetybelts.

[>
Fastensafetybeltsbeforedrivingaway.
Beforestartingtheengine
[>Applythehandbrake.

[>Manualtransmission:

Movethegearshiftleverintoneutral.
Theclutch
pedalmustbedepressedfully
beforethestarterwillengage.
[>Tiptronic:

Movetheselectorleverto"P"or"N".
Temperaturesensorsontheengineautomat-
icallyprovidethecorrectfuel/airmixturere-
quiredforstarting.
Therefore,
itisnotnecessarytodepressthe
acceleratorpedal
whilestartingacoldora
warmengine.

[>As
soonastheenginestarts,releasetheigni-
tionkey.
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Thefirstoperationofthestarterisendedauto-
maticallywhentheenginestarts.
Iftheenginedoesnotstart,subsequentstarter
operationswillnotbeendedautomatically.
Iftheenginefailstostartafter10or15sec-
ondsofcranking:

[>
Waitabout10secondsbeforeengagingthe
starteragain.
[>
Donotlettheengineidletowarm
up.
[>

Whenstartingtheengine,bereadytodrive
immediately.
Drivevehicleatmoderatespeedsandavoid
enginespeedsabove4,200rpmduringthe
first5minutes.

/!\Danger!
Engineexhaustfumeshavemanycompo-
nentswhichyoucansmell.Theyalsocon-
taincarbonmonoxide
(CO),
whichisaco-
lorlessandodorlessgas.
Carbonmonoxidecancauseunconscious-
nessandevendeathifinhaled.

[>
Neverstartorlettheengineruninanen-
closed,unventilatedarea.
Itisnotrecommendedtositinyourcarfor
prolongedperiodswiththeengineonandthe
carnotmoving.

Anunattendedvehiclewitharunningen-
gineispotentiallyhazardous.
Ifwarninglightsshouldcomeontoindicate
improperoperation,theywouldgounno-
ticed.
[>

Neverleavetheengineidlingunattended.

Dangeroffire.

[>Donotparkoroperatethevehicleinareas
wherethehotexhaustsystemmaycomein
contactwithdrygrass,brush,fuelspillor
otherflammablematerial.

[>
If
yourcarcatchesonfireforanyreason,call
thefiredepartment.
Donotendangeryourlifebyattemptingto
putoutthefire.

Stoppingengine

I>TurnkeybacktopositionO.
I>Donotstopengineimmediatelyafterhardor
extendeddriving.
Keepenginerunningatincreasedidlefor
abouttwominutestopreventexcessiveheat
build-upbeforeturningoffengine.
I>Toavoidbatteryrun-down,alwaysremovethe
ignitionkeyfromtheignitionlock.
I>Makesurethatwhenyouleavethecar,even
briefly,youhavewithdrawntheignitionkey.
I>Engagethesteeringlockbymovingthesteer-
ingwheeltotheleftorright.
Turnthesteeringwheeltothelockingposition
beforeyouswitchofftheenginesothatyou
don'thavetoexertyourselfwhenlockingor
unlockingthesteering.
/?\.Warning!
Hotenginecompartmentcomponentscan
burnskinoncontact.
I>Beforeworkingonanypartintheenginecom-
partment,turntheengineoffandletitcool
downsufficiently.

Engine-compartmentblower,
radiator
fan
Theradiatorandradiatorfansareinthefrontof
thecar.
Theengine-compartmentblowerismountedon
theenginecompartmentlid.
/?\.Warning!
Riskofinjury.
Aftertheengineisswitchedoff,theengine-
compartmentandcoolanttemperaturesare
monitoredforapprox.20minutes.
Duringthisperiod,anddependingontem-
perature,theengine-compartmentblower
andradiatorfansmaycontinuetorunor
starttorun.
I>Carryoutworkintheseareasonlywiththe
engineoffandexerciseextremecaution.

Automaticgaragedoor

TheignitionsysteminyourPorschemayinter-
ferewithyourelectronicallyoperatedgarage
door.
I>Tocheckthis,driveyourPorscheclosetothe
garagedoor.Makesurenottointerferewith
theoperatingrangeofthedoor.
I>Runtheengineatdifferentspeeds.
Ifthegaragedooropensorcloseswithoutyou
operatingthegaragedoorunitinyourcar,con-
tactthedealerwhoinstalledtheautomaticgar-
agedoortohavethefrequencyand/orcoding
ofthegaragedoorsignalchangedormodified.
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0Voltmeter
Indicatesthebatteryvoltage.
Normalrange:12to16volts.
Thevoltagemaydropconsiderablywhenthe
vehicleisbeingstarted.

Ifthegaugeiscontinuallybelow
12
volts
whentheengineisrunning:

t>Havethebatterychargingsystemcheckedat
anauthorizedPorschedealer.
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Battery
e
Warninglight
Thewarninglightintheinstrumentpanelcomes
onwhenignitionisswitchedonandmustgooff
whenengineisrunning.

Ifthewarninglightsintheinstrumentpanel
andon-boardcomputercomesonwhilethe
engineisrunningorwhiledriving:

t>Stopthecarinasafeplaceandstoptheen-
gine.
Possible
causes

-Defectinthebatterychargingsystem.
-Brokendrivebelt.

/!\Warning!
Riskofanaccidentandriskofenginedam-
age.
Abrokendrivebeltmeansthereisno
powerassistancetothesteering(moreef-
fortisrequiredtosteer)andcoolantpump
functionwillstop.

t>Donotcontinuedriving.
t>Havethefaultremediedatthenearestauth-
orizedPorschedealer.
A-Adjustmentbuttonforinstrumentilluminationand
tripcounter
.~AutomaticSpeedControl
Indicatorlight
Indicatesautomaticspeedcontrolreadiness.

"Oil"
Displayandmeasurementoftheengine
oillevel
/!\Caution!
Riskofenginedamage.
I>Regularlychecktheoilleveleachtimethecar
isrefuelled.
I>Donotallowtheoilleveltofallbelowthe
minimummark.
Conditionsformeasuringtheoillevel
1.Vehicleislevel.
2.Engineisoff.
3.Ignitionon.
Oilreturntime
Beforetheoillevelismeasured,theengineoil
hastohaveflowedbackintotheoilpan.
Thetimetakenfortheengineoiltoflowback
dependsontheenginetemperatureandhow
longtheenginehasbeenstopped.
Thiswaitingtimeiscounteddowninthe
on-boardcomputerdisplaywhentheignitionis
switchedon.Theoilleveldisplaysegmentsstart
to"cycle".
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Itisbesttomeasuretheengineoillevelwiththe
engineatoperatingtemperature.Correctmeas-
urementsandshortwaitingtimesareachieved
inthisway.
Initiatingoillevelmeasurement
I>Switchignitionon(donotstarttheengine).
Theengine-oillevelmeasurementdisplay
appearsintheon-boardcomputer.
I>Allowwaitingtimetoelapse.
Oncethemeasurementhasbeencompleted,
youcanreadofftheengineoillevelontheseg-
mentdisplay.
Iftheoillevelhasfallenbelowthemin.mark,
thesegmentbelowthemin.markflashes.
Thedifferencebetweenthemin.andmax.
marksonthesegmentdisplayisapprox.1.25
litres.
Onesegmentofthedisplaycorrespondstoa
quantityofapprox.0.2litre.
I>Addengineoilifnecessary.
Refertothechapter"Engineoillevel".
Beforeaddingoil,switchignitionoff.
Neveraddmoreengineoilthanrequiredto
reachthemax.mark.

Oillevelmeasurementduringrefuelling

Theoillevelisautomaticallymeasuredduring
refuelling.Iftheoillevelistoolow,"Checkoil
level"appearsintheon-boardcomputerdisplay.
However,thismeasurementisperformedonlyif
thefollowingpreconditionsaremet:
Engineisatoperatingtemperature,ignitionis
off,refuellingiscompletedwithin15minutes.
Failure
Afailureoftheoilleveldisplayisindicatedbya
warningmessageintheon-boardcomputer.

Oillevelmeasurementcanalsobeinitiated
inthe"Oil"menu:
Switchingonselectionfield

"A"
I>Pushoperatingleverforward.
I>Pushoperatingleverforward.
I>Pushoperatingleverforward.
Measurementisstarted.

Info
The
"Info"functionallowsyoutocallthepre-
requisitesforoillevelmeasurement.
I>I>I>
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Initiatingmeasurement

I>Select
"Oil"
withtheoDeratim!lever.

Generalinformationregardingthe
on-boardcomputerfunctions
Rangeonremainingfuel
Therangeonremainingfueliscontinuously
recomputedwhiledrivingbasedonfuellevel,
currentconsumptionandaverageconsumption.
Themorethefuellevelfalls,themoresponta-
neouslythedisplayreacts.Forthisreason,
rangeonremainingfuelisnotdisplayedifless
than15kilometres(9miles).
Ifthevehicle'sinclinationchangeswhiledriving
orrefuelling,incorrectrangeinformationmay
temporarilybegiven.
Note
Ifthetankisnearlyemptyandyouaddonlya
smallquantityoffuel,thiscannotbeusedto
calculatetherangeonremainingfuel.

Averageconsumptionandaveragespeed

Thedisplayedvaluesarebasedonthedistance
travelledsincethelastresetto"zero".
Youcansetthestartingtimeforameasurement
beforeorduringthetrip.
Switchingtheignitionoffdoesnotresetthe
measurements.Valuescanthusbecollected
overlongperiods.
Disconnectingthecarbatteryclearsthese
memories.
Outside
temperature
The
outsidetemperaturedisplaydoesnotindi-
cate,ificeisontheroad.
Evenifatemperatureabove32°F(O°C)isdis-
played,icemaystillformontheroad,forin-
stanceonbridgesorwhentheroadpasses
throughaheavilyshadedarea.
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Note

Thelidcannotbeopenedfromtheinsideifthe
batteryisdisconnectedorempty.

Safetyreasonsthereforerequirethatyou
unscrewthelatchstrikerofthelidlockif
youplantoputthevehicleoutofoperation
foranextendedperiod.

PleaseconsultyourauthorizedPorschedealer.
Theywilladviseyouaboutthenecessarymeas-
ures.

Note
I>
Whenloadingtheluggagecompartment,
makesurethatitemsofluggageorotherob-
jectscannotbecomecaughtonhandleA.
Thiscouldcausetheluggagecompartmentto
openunintentionally.

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SportsExhaustSystem
Thesportsexhaustsystemcanbeswitchedoff
oronwhentheignitionisswitchedon.
Iftherockerswitchisnotoperated,thesports
exhaustsystemwillbeonwhentheengineis
started.
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,therocker
switchmaybeinstalledinthecentreconsoleor
inthecentretunnelbehindtheashtray.

Switchingoff
I>
Presstherocker-switchsymbol.
Indicatorlightcomeson.

Switchingon
I>
Presstherocker-switchsymbolagain.
Indicatorlightgoesout.
PorscheCommunication
Management(PCM)

I>
Refertotheseparateoperatinginstructions
beforeputtingthePCMintooperation.
Whenputintooperationforthefirsttime,a
distanceofapprox.31miles(50km)mustbe
driveninorderforthenavigationsystemto
completetheprocessoffinecalibration.
Thesameapplieswhenthetiresarechanged
(e.g.summer/snowtires)ornewtiresfitted.
Fulllocationaccuracyisnotyetachievedduring
thefine-calibrationprocess.
Ifthevehiclehasbeentransported(e.g.ferry,
cartrain),thesystemmaytakeafewminutes
afterbeingswitchedonbeforeitdeterminesthe
currentlocation.
Serioustireslip(e.g.spinningwheelsonsnow)
mayresultintemporarilyinaccuratenavigation.
Whenthebatteryhasbeendisconnected,itmay
takeupto15minutesbeforethenavigation
systembecomesoperationalagain.
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Tiptronic
S
ThePorscheTiptronicisafive-speedtrans-
missionwithan"Automatic"and"Manual"selec-
tionmode.
Inautomaticselectionmode(selectorlever
positionD),gear-changingisautomatic.
Youcanchangetemporarilyfromautomaticto
manualmodeusingthetoggleswitchesonthe
steeringwheel.
Inmanualselectionmode(selectorlever
positionM),youchangegearusingthetoggle
switchesonthesteeringwheel.
Youcanchangebetweenselectorleverposition
DandMasyouwishwhiledriving.
Note
Takecarenottooperatethetoggleswitcheson
thesteeringwheelinadvertentlyineitherauto-
maticormanualmode,therebytriggeringun-
desiredgearchanges.

Lockingbutton

Topreventunintendedgearshifts,thelocking
buttonintheselectorlever(arrow)mustbe
pressedtochangetoposition
RorP.
Keylockposition

Thispositionallowstheignitionkeytobe
removedonlyafterthegearshiftselectorlever
buttonisdepressedandmovedtoposition"P".
Thisensuresthatthedriverengagestheparking
lockbeforeleavingthevehicleandturnsthe
ignitionkeytoposition"0",thentheignitionkey
canberemovedfromtheignitionswitch.

Shiftlock(selectorleverlock)
The
shiftlocksystemisanotherfeaturetopre-
ventinadvertentmovementofthevehicle.

Ignitionswitchposition0
The
selectorlever(lockingbutton)islocked.

Ignitionswitchposition1

Withthevehiclestationary,theselectorlever
cannotbemovedfrom
thePorN
positions,
unlessthebrakepedalisdepressed.

Startingtheengine

Theenginecanbestartedonlyinselectorlever
position
PorN.
Drivingoff
I>
Selectthedesireddriveposition(D,MorR)
fordrivingoffonlywhentheengineisidling
andwhiledepressingthebrakepedal.

I>
Sincethecarcreepswheningear,donot
releasethebrakeuntilyouwanttodrive
off.
I>After
selectingagear,donotaccelerateuntil
youcanfeelthatthegearhasbeenselected.
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