2003 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA light switch

Instrument
On-boardTextdisplay
inMeaning/measure
panelcomputeron-boardcomputer

UnitsTheunitskilometers/milesforspeedand
arechangeddistancewerechanged.
LIMITCurrentspeedcanbeacceptedforthe
Cannotbeacousticwarningsignalonlyifthevehicleis
acceptedwithinmotion.
vehiclestopped
USALIMITSelectedspeedlimitfortheacousticwarning
~exceededsignalhasbeenexceeded.
Adjustyourspeedifnecessary.

Canada

~Fuel
levelgauge
IJ1
ConsiderrangeonRefuelatthenextopportunity.
warninglightremainingfuel
0ii1
EngineoilStopimmediatelyatasuitableplace,
pressuremeasureoillevelwiththeon-boardcomputer
toolowand,ifnecessary,addengineoil.
Temperature
II
EngineSwitchengineoffandletitcool.
gaugewarningtemperatureCheckcoolantleveland,ifnecessary,
lighttoohighaddcoolant.
Temperature~CheckSwitchengineoffandletitcool.
gaugewarningcoolantlevelCheckcoolantleveland,ifnecessary,
lightflashesaddcoolant.
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Instrument
On-boardTextdisplayin
panelcomputeron-boardcomputer
-
S
CheckEngine
Temperature
iI
Failureof
gaugewarningengine-
lightflashescompartment
blower
8i]
Warning
battery/
generator
Iii
Failureindicator
~~Failure
oillevel
indicator
II
Failureindicator
S
Failureindicator
Meaning/measure
Refertochapter"Checkenginewarninglight".
Havethefaultremediedatanauthorized
Porschedealer.
HavefaultremediedatanauthorizedPorsche
dealer.
Stopinasafeplaceandswitchtheengine
off.Donotcontinuedriving.
Havethefaultremediedatanauthorized
Porschedealer.
Oilpressureindicatorisfaulty.
Havethefaultremediedatanauthorized
Porschedealer.
Havethefaultremediedatanauthorized
Porschedealer.
Coolanttemperaturegaugeisfaulty.
Havethefaultremediedatanauthorized
Porschedealer.
Thecoolanttemperaturegauge,tacho-
meterorcruisecontrol,etc.,couldbefaulty.
Havethefaultremediedatanauthorized
Porschedealer.
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A
EmergencyFlasherSwitch
Operationalreadinessoftheemergencyflasher
doesnotdependontheignitionlockandturn
signalleverposition.
I>Ifyourcarisdisabledorparkedunderemer-
gencyconditionsswitchontheemergency
flasherinthedashboard(arrow).
Allturnsignalsandtheindicatorlightinthe
switchflashwiththesamefrequency.
/!\Warning!
Riskofanaccident.
I>Wheneverstalledorstoppedforemergency
repairs,movethecarwellofftheroad.
Switchontheemergencyflasherandmark
thecarwithroadflaresorotherwarningde-
vices.
I>Donotremaininthecar.Someoneapproach-
ingfromtherearmaynotrealizeyourvehicle
isstoppedandcauseacollision.
Dangeroffire.
I>Donotparkoroperatethevehicleinareas
wherethehotexhaustsystemmaycomein
contactwithdrygrass,brush,fuelspillor
otherflammablematerial.

Hotenginecompartmentcomponentscan
burnskinoncontact.

I>Beforeworkingonanypartintheenginecom-
partment,turntheengineoffandletitcool
downsufficiently.
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LightSwitch
Lightsswitchedoff
Parkinglights,sidemarkerlights,
licenseplatelight,instrumentillumina-
tion
Lowbeam,highbeam
Onlywithignitionon
100Controls,Instruments
Foglightsinadditionto
parkinglightsorlowbeam:
Pullswitchtofirstclick.
Indicatorlighton.
Thefoglightswillgooutautomatically
whenthehighbeamsareswitchedon.
Rearfoglightinadditionto
thefoglights:
Pullswitchtosecondclick.
Indicatorlighton.
Parkinglightright/left
Onlywhenignitionkeyiswithdrawn:
Pullswitchoutslightlyinposition"0"
andturnto
-parking-lightpositionleft
-parking-lightpositionright.
Parkinglightsandsidemarkerlights
arelitontheselectedside.
Iftheignitionkeyiswithdrawnandthedooris
openedwhilethelights(nottheparkinglight
lefVright)areon,a
gong
warnsofpossiblebat-
terydischarge.

Insome
countries,differencesarepossible
duetoprovisionsoflaw.
AutomaticHeadlightBeam
Adjustment
VehicleswithBi-Xenonheadlightsfeature
automaticheadlightbeamadjustment.
Whentheignitionisswitchedon,thelevelofthe
headlightbeamautomaticallychangesinaccord-
ancewiththevehicleload.
Theleveloftheheadlightbeamisautomatically
keptconstantduringaccelerationandbraking.
Checkingoperation
1.Switchthelowbeamon.
2.Switchignitionon.
Thelightbeamfirstdipsallthewaydownandis
thenadaptedtothevehicleload.
Itthistestitemisnotmet,theheadlightbeam
adjustmentmustbecheckedbyanauthorized
Porschedealer.

102Controls,Instruments
WindshieldWiper/WasherLever

/!\Warning!
Dangerofinjurywhenthewindshieldwipers
operateunintentionally.
Riskofdamagetothewindshieldandwiper
system.

I>Avoidrunningthewiperbladesoveradry
windshieldtopreventscratchingtheglass.
Spraywasherfluidonthewindshieldfirst.
Ascratchedwindshieldwillreducevisibility.
I>Alwaysloosenwiperbladesfromfrozenglass
beforeoperatingwiperstopreventdamageto
thewipermotororblades.
I>Alwaysswitchoffwindshieldwipersincar
washtopreventthemwipingunintentionally
(intermittentorsensoroperation).
I>Alwaysswitchoffwindshieldwipersbefore
cleaningthewindshieldtoavoidunintentional
operation(intermittentorsensoroperation).
I>Donotoperatetheheadlightwasherincar
washes.
I>Donotoperateheadlightwasherwhenitis
frozen.
0-
Windshieldwipersoff
1-Windshieldwipersslow
2-Windshieldwipersfast
3-Intermittentoperation
4-Windshieldwashersystem:

Sprayswhiletheleverispulledtowardsthe
steeringwheelinthefirstposition.
Whentheleverisreleased,afewdrying
wipesareexecuted.

5-Windshieldwipersandwashersystem:

Spraysandwipeswhiletheleverispulled
towardsthesteeringwheelinthe
second

position.

6-Headlightwasher
(VehicleswithBi-Xenonheadlights):

Spraysonlywhilelowbeamorhighbeamis
switchedon.
Thespraydurationislimited.Ifheavily
soiled,repeatwash.
Persistentdirt(e.g.insectremains)should
beregularlyremoved.
Seethechapteron"CarCareInstructions".

Note
Thewindshieldwashernozzles
areheated
whentheignitionison,asaprecautionagainst
freezing.

A-Automaticspeedcontrolreadinessoff/on
1-Holdandstore/accelerate
2-Decelerate/resume
3-Interrupt
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Automatic
Speed
Control
Theautomaticspeedcontrolmaintainsany
selectedspeedbetween25mphand120mph
(40km/hand200km/h)withoutyouhavingto
usetheaccelerator.
Theautomaticspeedcontrolisoperatedwith
theleveronthesteeringwheel.

/!\Warning!
Aconstantspeedmaynotbesafeinheavy
traffic,oronwindingorslipperyroads.
Withthespeedcontrolsystemengaged,
theenginespeedwillnotreturntoidle
whenremovingthefootfromtheaccelera-
torpedal.

I>Donotusethespeedcontrolwhenitmaybe
unsafetokeepthecarataconstantspeed.
I>Observealllocalandnationalspeedlimits.
Switchautomatic
speedcontrol
readinesson
I>Press
buttonAontheautomaticspeed
controllever
.
~

Thisgreenindicatorlightinthe
t"speedometernowindicatesreadiness
Hold
andstorespeed
I>
Bringthecartothedesiredspeedwiththe
accelerator.

I>
Thenpushoperatingleverforward1briefly.

Accelerating(e.g.toovertake)
I>
Increasespeedasusualwiththeaccelerator.
Whentheacceleratorisreleased,thepreviously
savedvalueisagainset.
Automaticspeedcontroloperationisautomat-
icallyinterrupted,however,ifthespeedisin-
creasedbymorethanabout16mph(25km/h)
forlongerthan20seconds,
or:
I>Pressoperatinglever
forward1untilthe
desiredspeedisreached.
Thespeedreachedismaintainedandstored
whentheleverisreleased.
Speedcanbecorrectedinstepsof2km/h(ap-
proX.1mph)
bybriefly
pushingtheleverfor-
wardordown(upto10times).

Decelerating

I>Pressoperatingleverdown2untilthedesired
speedisreached.
Thespeedreachedismaintainedandstored
whentheleverisreleased.
Speedcanbecorrectedinstepsof2kmjh(ap-
prox.1mph)bybrieflypushingtheleverfor-
wardordown(upto10times).

Interruptingautomaticspeedcontrol
operation

I>Pulloperatingleverbrieflytowardsthesteer-
ingwheel3or:
I>Operatebrakeorclutchpedalor,
withTiptronictransmission,selectposition
"N".Seealsothechapteron"Tiptronic".
Thespeeddrivenbeforetheinterruptionre-
mainsstoredinthememory.

Automaticspeedcontroloperationisinter-
ruptedautomatically:
-Iftheset
speedisexceededbymorethan
16mph(25km/h)forlongerthan20sec-
onds,
-iftheactualspeedfallsto6mph(10kmjh)
belowthesetvehiclespeedforlongerthan5
seconds(upwardslopes).

Resumingthestoredspeed

I>Pressoperatingleverbrieflydown2.
Thestoredspeedshouldonlybecalledupwhen
trafficconditionsandtheroadsurfacesoper-
mit.

Switchingautomaticspeedcontrol
readinessoff
I>
PressbuttonAontheautomaticspeedcon-
trollever.
Thegreenreadinesslightinthespeedometer
goesoff.
Whenthevehicleisparkedandtheignition
switchedoff,thememoryiscleared.

Importantnote
On
upwardordownwardslopes,thesetspeed
cannotalwaysbemaintainedbytheautomatic
speedcontrol.
Toobtainsufficientenginebrakingorabetter
engine-speedrange,therefore,youhavetose-
lectalowergear.
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~Donotoperateelectricalappliancesformore
than5minuteswhenengineisoff(batterywill
otherwisedischarge).
~Donotdamagethesocketbytryingtoinsert
plugsofthewrongdesign.
CigaretteLighter

A
Warning!
Dangeroffireandburning.
Thecigarettelighterisreadyforuse,re-
gardlessoftheignitionlockposition.

~Neverleaveunsupervisedchildreninthecar.
~Nevertouchtheheatingelementorsidesof
thelighter.
~Holdthelighterbytheknobonly.
Heatinglighter
~Pushinknobofthecigarettelighter.
Whenreadyforuse,thelighterwillsnap
back.
Operatingadditionalappliances
Withthecigarettelighterremoved,thesocket
maybeusedforsmallelectricalappliances,
suchasashaverorhandvacuumcleaner.

Maximumrating:
150
Watt.

L
QRearWiper

ACaution
Riskofdamagetotherearwindowand
wiperblade.

~Onlywipetherearwindowwhensufficiently
wet,otherwiseitcouldbescratched.
~Freefrozenwiperbladesbeforesettingoff.
Switching
on
~
Touchthesymbolontherockerswitch-the
rearwiperwipestwice.
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