2003 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA light

A-Openingluggagecompartmentlid
B-Openingenginecompartmentlid

Luggage
CompartmentLidand
EngineCompartmentLid
Unlocking
t>Operatetheappropriatepul~buttonnexttothe
driver'sseat.
Theluggagecompartmentorenginecompart-
mentisilluminatedwhentherespectivelidis
open.
Alsorefertothechapter"Rearlid(Targa)"
and"Loadswitch-off".
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Theluggagecompartmentlidcanalsobe
unlockedwiththeradioremotecontrol.
Refertothechapter"Keys".
ImportantNote
Ifthevehiclebatteryisdischarged,thelidscan
beopenedonlybyconnectinganexternalelec-
tricalpowersource.
Pleaseobservethechapter"Electricalsystem"
orthedescriptioninsidethefuseboxcover.

e
Warninglight

Thewarninglightsintheinstrumentpanelandin
theon-board-computercomeonifthelidsare
notcompletelyclosed.
t>Fullyclosethelid.

Opening
luggage
compartmentlid
A.Caution!
Risk
ofdamagetoluggagecompartment
lidorwindshieldwipers.

I>Makesurethatthewindshieldwipersarenot
foldedoutforwardswhenopeningthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.
I>Raiselidslightlyandunlatchthesafetycatch
withthelever(arrow).
Closingluggagecompartmentlidand
enginecompartmentlid
I>Lowerlidandletitfallintothelock.Ifnecess-
ary,pushthelidwiththepalmofyourhandin
theareaofthelock.
I>Checkthatthelidhascorrectlyengagedin
thelock.

A.Warning!
Riskoflossofcontroloranaccident,re-
sultinginseriouspersonalinjury.

I>Shouldyounoticeatanytimewhiledriving
thatoneofthelidsisnotsecuredproperly,
pleasestopimmediatelyinasuitableplace
andcloseit.
Thefrontlidmayflyupimpairingvision.
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911Carrera

Luggage
Compartment
1-Vehicleidentificationnumber(VIN)
2-Battery
3-Compactdiscchanger
4-Fluidreservoirforcleaningwindows
andheadlights
5-Brake-fluidreservoir
6-Paintdata
7-Headlightadjustmentandlocking
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911CalTera,Targa
8-
Spaceforfirstaidkit
9-Toolkitandjackarelocatedbehindthe
sparewheel
(sparewheelmustberemoved)

10-
Spare-wheelfastening(wingnut)

11-
Spaceforwarningtriangle

TrunkEntrapment
Dependingontheproductiondate,yourvehicle
isequippedwithaninternaltrunkreleasemech-
anism.
Apersontrappedintheluggagecompartment
canreleasethelidfromtheinsideusingun-
lockinghandleA.
ThehandleAisfluorescentandglowsinthe
dark.
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e
Warninglight

Thewarninglightsintheinstrumentpanelandin
theon-boardcomputerlightupwhenunlocking
handleAisoperated.
I>Stopthevehicleimmediatelywhenthewarn-
inglightslightup.
I>Checktheluggagecompartment.
I>Closethelid.
Functionwithvehiclestationary
Iftheluggagecompartmentlidisunlockedwith
unlockinghandleA,thelidcanbeopenedfrom
theinsideimmediately.

Functionwithvehicleinmotion

Iftheluggagecompartmentlidisunlockedwith
unlockinghandleAwhenaspeedof3km/h
(2mph)isexceeded,thewarninglightsinthe
instrumentpanelandintheon-boardcomputer
lightup.
Atthesametime,thelidisunlockedandthe
latchstrikerpopsintothecatch-hookposition.
Thelidlockisfullyreleasedassoonasthecar
slowstolessthan2mph(3km/h),andthe
trappedpersoncanopenthelidimmediately.

A.Danger!
Riskofaccident.
Ifthewarninglightsintheinstrumentpanel
andintheon-boardcomputerlightup
whenthevehicleisinmotion,thelidmay
impactinfrontofthewindshieldandcan
tearoff.
Youcanlosecontrolofthevehicle.

I>Stopthevehicleimmediatelywhenthewarn-
inglightslightup.
I>Checktheluggagecompartment.
I>Closethelid.

Note

Thelidcannotbeopenedfromtheinsideifthe
batteryisdisconnectedorempty.

Safetyreasonsthereforerequirethatyou
unscrewthelatchstrikerofthelidlockif
youplantoputthevehicleoutofoperation
foranextendedperiod.

PleaseconsultyourauthorizedPorschedealer.
Theywilladviseyouaboutthenecessarymeas-
ures.

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

4!!J
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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123

Cassette
tapeplayer

ACaution!
Toavoiddamagetocassettetapeplayer
andtapes.
I>Useonlycassettetapesofgoodquality,hav-
ingnodamage.
I>Avoidusingtapeswithatotalplayingtime
longerthan90minutes.
Longertapesarenotrecommendedbecause
ofthethinnercrosssectionofthetape.
I>Besurethatthetapeisnotslackandthatthe
labelisfirmlysecuredontheshellbeforein-
sertingthecassetteintotheplayer.
I>Havethetapefirmlywoundaroundthetape
byturningthehubwithapencilorsimilar
items.Becarefulnottotouchtheexposed
tapesurface.
I>Whennotinuse,takethecassetteoutofthe
player,putitbackintoitscaseandstoreit
awayfromdust,magnetsanddirectsunlight.
Leavingthecassettetapeonthedashboard
inthesuncandamagethetape.
I>Keeptheplaybackhead,capstanandpinch
rollerclean.
I>Removetapecoatingresidueaccumulatedon
thehead,capstanandpinchrolleronceor
twiceamonth.
Acleaningtape,whichcandothis,shouldbe
availableinaudiostores.
I>Donotoilanypartofthetapeplayeranddo
notinsertanyobjectotherthanacassette
tapeintotheslot.
rnJDD~~
DIGITALAUDID
Compactdiscplayer
ACaution!
Toavoiddamagetocompactdiscplayer
anddiscs.
I>Useonlycompactdiscslabeledasshown,
havingnodirt,damageorwarpage.
I>Neverattempttodisassembleoroilanypart
oftheplayerunit.
Donotinsertanyobjectotherthanadiscinto
theslot.
Remembertherearenouser-serviceable
partsinsidethecompactdiscplayer.
I>Donotallowthedisctosustainanyfinger-
prints,scrapesorstickersonthesurfaces.
Thismaycausepoorsoundquality.
Holdthedisconlyontheedgeorcenterhole.
I>Whennotinuse,takethediscoutofthe
player,putthediscbackintoitscaseand
storeitawayfromdust,heat,dampanddi-
rectsunlight.
Leavingthedisconthedashboardinthesun
candamagethedisc.
I>Ifthediscgetsdirty,cleanthediscbywiping
thesurfacesfromthecentertotheoutsidein
aradialdirectionwithasoftcloth.
Donotuseaconventionalrecordcleaneror
anti-staticrecordpreservative.
Disccleanersareavailableinaudiostores.
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125

CarTelephoneand
AftennarketAlarms

Importantlegalandsafetyinformation
regardingtheuseofcellulartelephones

Some
statesmayprohibittheuseofcellular
telephoneswhiledrivingavehicle.Checkthe
lawsandregulationsontheuseofcellulartele-
phonesintheareaswhereyoudrive.
/!\.Danger!

Risk
ofanaccident.
Severepersonalinjuryordeathcanresult
intheeventofanaccident.
Lookingawayfromtheroadorturning
yourattentionawayfromyourdrivingcan
causeanaccidentandseriousorfatalin-
jury.

Whenusingyourcellulartelephone,youshould
always:
[>
Givefullattentiontoyourdriving-pulloffthe
roadandparkbeforemakingoransweringa
calliftrafficconditionssorequire;
and
[>
Keepbothhandsonthesteeringwheel-use
hands-freeoperation(ifavailable)-pulloffthe
roadandparkbeforeusingahand-heldtele-
phone.
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Itisessentialtoobservetheinstructionsof
thetelephonemanufacturerbeforeputting
thetelephoneintooperation.
Any
portabletelephoneorradiotransmitter
whichisusedinaPorschemustbeproperly
installedinaccordancewiththetechnicalre-
quirementsofPorsche.

Thetransmissionpowermustnotexceed

lOW.
Thedevicesmustpossessatypeapprovalfor
yourvehicleandhave
an"e"symbol.

Ifyoushouldrequireequipmentwithtrans-
missionpowervaluesgreaterthan10W,please
consultyourauthorizedPorschedealerforthis
purpose.Heisfamiliarwiththetechnicalrequire-
mentsforinstallingdevicesofthiskind.
Theantennasforallradiosandtelephoneswith
atransmittingantennamustbeexternally
mounted.
Theimproperinstallationofradiosortelephones
oruseofaradioortelephonewithatransmit-
tingantennainsidethecarmaycause
the
warninglightstocomeon.

Improperinstallationofsuchequipmentcancre-
ateadischargedbatteryorexcessivecurrent
drawfromaddedequipment.
Ifaftermarketsystemsareinstalledbynon-
dealershiptechniciansoroutsidetheselling
dealer,problemsmayresult.Installationofafter-
marketequipmentisnotcoveredundertheNew
CarWarranty.
[>
ConsultyourauthorizedPorschedealerabout
theinstallationofnonPorscheapproved
equipment.

Receptionquality

Thereceptionqualityofyourcartelephonewill
changeconstantlywhenyouaredriving.Inter-
ferencecausedbybuildings,landscapeand
weatherisunavoidable.Itmaybecomeparticu-
larlydifficulttohearwhenusingthehands-free
functionduetoexternalnoisesuchasengine
andwindnoise.

Automaticcar-wash

[>Unscrewexternalantennasbeforeusingan
automaticcar-wash.

Gearshifting
Thepositionsofthegearsareshownonthe
gearshiftlever.
/!\.Warning!
Riskofanaccident.
I>Alwayscheckthemovementoftheclutch
pedalbeforedrivingandmakesurethatitis
notobstructedbyafloormatoranyother
object.
I>Securethefloormattopreventitfromsliding
intopositionsthatcouldinterferewiththe
safeoperationofyourvehicle.
YourPorschedealercanofferyoufloormats
ofthecorrectsizeincludingasecuringpossi-
bility.
Toavoiddamagetotheclutchandtrans-
mission:
I>Alwaysdepresstheclutchpedalfullywhen
changinggears.
Makesurethatthegearshiftleveriscom-
pletelyengaged.
I>Onlyshiftintoreversewhenthecarhascome
toacompletestop.
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Reverse
I>Depresstheclutchpedalforseveralseconds
beforeshiftingintoreverse.
Onlythenmovethegearshiftlevertotheleft,
overcomingthespringtension,andthento
thefront.
Bothback-uplightscomeonwhenthetrans-
missionisputintoreverse(withignitionon).

Permittedenginespeed

~
I>Changeintoahighergearbeforetheneedle
reachestheredmarkonthetachometer,or
easeofftheaccelerator.
Iftheredzoneisreachedduringacceleration,
fuelfeedisinterrupted.
/!\.Caution!
Toavoidsevereenginedamage.
I>Alwaysobservetheenginerpmbeforedown-
shiftingtoalowergear,soyoudonotex-
ceedthemaximumenginerpm.