[RDKeysor]

Three or four week. back I saw a fast pulsing dash light with the left turn signal operated.  I replaced the bulb, restoring the function.  Now I have the right rear not working, with the usual fast pulse on the dash light.  The bulb appeared to be OK, but I tried a couple of others with this result:  The bulb lights with the turn signal lever depressed, ignition off and there is no light at the dash.  With the ignition on, the lever depressed, I get the fast pulse on the dash and no light at the RR signal.  A friend, an electrical engineer, suspects a faulty ground.

 

Another oddity, after replacing the left rear bulb, I had a dead battery the following day.  I assumed I had left the turn signal switch on and didn't notice it because the car is stored under a cover.  I recharged the battery and drove the car for a couple of weeks without incident.  I had the same thing happen, a dead battery, after my first attempt to fix the right rear issue.  Again I suspect I left the turn signal lever depressed.  I have recharged the battery and it is still showing 12 volts a day later.   Duh!

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[RDKeysor]

Replying to my post on a non-functioning turn signal light, I now have a dead battery and a locked car. Yes, I should have known better than to lock the car when I had had a couple of dead battery events.  The car is outdoors under a cover.  So, I am surely not the first one to have this happen, and there must be a solution.  I'll check the forum for an answer,  but perhaps someone knows and can advise me.

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[RDKeysor]

I find the solution is to remove the left "indicator" and fog light and pull a wire.  I guess the indicator is the turn signal.  I will try that in the morning.  I will then be searching for my electrical leak, likely related to my other two very recent posts here.  This is happening as I am two days from my 86th birthday, so there may be a bit of challenge for me.

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[unknown4u]

Normally you can use the key to open the door. Is your lockmechanism broken? On both sides?

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[J.Elenbaas]

Even the trunk you can open with the key

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[RDKeysor]

With the battery on my '92 apparently dead, the key turned in the door locks and hatch lock with zero resistance and no response.  I can't speak for cars owned by the two forum members who responded on that topic, but that was what I found. It tells me what I already knew but didn't act upon: if you think your battery is going to be drained by a parasitic leak of some kind, don't lock the doors.   Using the information found on the forum and mentioned in my last report, I pulled off the left front turn signal lens, the little rubber bumper pad and the fog light in search of the cable that will release the hood so I could recharge the battery and get the car doors open.  I didn't find the cable with its loop at the end behind the fog lamp where a forum contributor, I'm confident, had accurately reported it should be.  So I went looking for it, pulling down the left end of the panel that runs across the front of the car under the grill.  I found the cable suspended by a wire above that panel with my own little note identifying it as the hood release. I vaguely remembering doing that at some point--I've driven this car for 24 years. I pulled the cable and it worked.  I have now returned it to its proper location, replaced the parts I removed, and am recharging the battery.  I now resume addressing the nonfunctioning  RR turn indicator light.  I share my blunders for the benefit of future owners of the wonderful 968.

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[dlearl476]

Even the trunk you can open with the key

I can’t open the trunk on mine (92 Cab) with the key when the battery is dead or disconnected. Doors, yeah. But not the trunk. The lock is electric. 

 

And I think I’ve posted this before, but anyone caring for a 30 year old car needs one of these. 

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~$30 on Amazon. I use it every time I break/make an electrical connection. And next spring one of my first jobs is going to be going through every ground on the car. 

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[unknown4u]

Definatly your lockmechanism is broken. Repair at least one door!.
Very handy for the future.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

my key won't pop the trunk regardless of battery condition. Not enough oompf I guess.

I have to put the key in the ignition, turn it to acc, then hit the trunk release by the hood release.

The trunk lid will then pop, just enough to get a fingertip under it and open it.

 

Isn't there a door lock release somewhere in the trunk or am I having a false memory?

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[unknown4u]

Yes in de back there is a short cable. You have to access it from the inside.

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[Roboman]

Interesting that the places for these release cables appear to be non-standard (maybe owners have adjusted them for their own reasons).  Just in case this is helpful to someone searching for their cables in the future ..... my bonnet/hood release cable is in behind the front grill, and the boot/trunk release cable is behind the black plastic oblong grill which is exposed when one opens the driver's door..... I drive a 1993 LHD.

 

My trunk/boot lock is electrical and doesn't work when the battery is dead .... only option is cable pull...... actually that's not true, I remember squeezing in enough through the rear seat openings of my S2 to open the trunk/boot with a screwdriver.  But that was 20 year back, I suspect I would struggle now.

 

Inkedup you're missing a connector or broken cable from the trunk lock.  I fixed mine a few years back and posted some circuit diagrams because Porsche were a bit convoluted with their wiring.  The cable from the trunk lock goes forward to the rocker switch trunk release in the foot-well and is then routed back again to the trunk pull motor, which rotates once when triggered in order to release the trunk.

 

Door key opens both sides with dead battery ...... were the doors every electric or is that an after market mod??

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