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Thought I'd update this for reference in case this happens to someone else. Went to specialist today and he said it required a new door latch as it had probably stuck, he could hear the latch working. We put the roof and windows down and tugged on the door whilst trying the handle to no avail. I then braced myself against the drivers door and kicked the door from the inside whilst he tried the handle, still nothing. At this point he noticed that here was a bit of play while tugging on the top of the door. When comparing this with the other working door it was quite a noticeable difference although required a lot of force. He advised that it would probably require removing the door card with the door closed but it could potentially damage the door card. Whilst he was ordering the new latch I thought I'd try and listen for this lock working as I couldn't hear it before. It was possible to hear it trying to unlock by putting my ear against the door, pressing the remote and trying the handle at the same time. Then finally success! It opened. He said it's quite common for this latch to go and had two 996 Porsches with the same problem so will replace it next week and advised not to lock the car up in case it gets stuck again. First thing I did when I parked the car was press the remote locking! Tried the door and fortunately it hasn't locked me out. I'm going to go ahead with the latch as he suggested. Hope this helps someone in a similar position in the future.
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