986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post

Bob O · 01-06-2008, 02:10 PM

Same thing happened to mine last Feb. (yeah yeah.. i know) Took it to the dealer (finally!) in Oct for an alignment and this problem. There was a short/burned out section in the wiring in the seat itself. My symptoms were exactly as you described. Strange that no fuses were blown, but that was the diagnosis. The fix is to replace the seat wiring to the tune of $575 or so (dealer price). The dealer would NOT honor Warranty Direct, since "we didn't sell it"!!, so I'm still debating what to do, and just haven't gotten around to calling WD to see what they suggest. (Hey.. its busy season for me and since it doesn't affect driveabliity, I really don't have time to fool with it just now! CPA's tend to get busy this time of year). It should be a relatively simple diy if you can get the wiring harness from the dealer or a recycler.

Bob

01-06-2008, 02:10 PM	#2
Bob O Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kansas City Posts: 319	Same thing happened to mine last Feb. (yeah yeah.. i know) Took it to the dealer (finally!) in Oct for an alignment and this problem. There was a short/burned out section in the wiring in the seat itself. My symptoms were exactly as you described. Strange that no fuses were blown, but that was the diagnosis. The fix is to replace the seat wiring to the tune of $575 or so (dealer price). The dealer would NOT honor Warranty Direct, since "we didn't sell it"!!, so I'm still debating what to do, and just haven't gotten around to calling WD to see what they suggest. (Hey.. its busy season for me and since it doesn't affect driveabliity, I really don't have time to fool with it just now! CPA's tend to get busy this time of year). It should be a relatively simple diy if you can get the wiring harness from the dealer or a recycler. Bob __________________ 79 911SC Targa.. gone but not forgotten 2001 Boxster Black/Savanah Beige RoW M030 suspension 7/15 mm spacers Deambered Desnorked SS door sills Debadged Clear tails Technobrace Technobra I'll never own another black car!