From: Jim Bailey [jim@928intl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:42 PM
To: 928
Subject: [928] RE: 928 87 S4 Doors can lock and un-lock on their own. 

Porsche likes to use motors as switches - door locks , headlight motor ,
rear hatch motor ,windshield  wiper motor. The door lock motor is moved when
you manually lock the door . The motor of the door you locked tells the
other door motor "Ok I am Locked now you also should lock" so the second
moves electrically but if it does not move far enough it tells the first
lock . "Hey I am not locked so you should open " when it is really not
working correctly they will cycle open ,close, open, close . Using the round
knob on the inside of the door may change how the motors respond as it moves
the motor .




From: David Philp [mailto:dave@talrafon.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:56 AM
To: 928
Subject: [928] unlocking doors


After receiving a few e-mails asking how I managed to get back into my car
when the central locking locked me out here is a brief description.
The secret is to undo the cross head screw located between the rear hatch
and the roof in the rain gutter. This can just be accessed allowing the
strip above the door to be prised away very carefully. The strip does not
need to be removed, just pulled out carefully a little way and the gap
wedged with va wooden dowel or similar to save the paint. This allows
access above and behind the door seal.
Then a piece of coat hanger wire about 20 inches long with a sharp bend at
the bottom of about 1 inch and 45 degrees back on itself. This can be
carefully inserted behind the door sealand gently pushed down gradually
introducing a shallow bend until the point of the wire reaches the
underside of the rotary door knob. Pull up on the correct side of the knob
to turn it a little and hey presto the doors open.
Just be carefull not to bend the strip above the door back too much as
only a little is required.
Hope this helps someone as the locks  can sometimes be unpredictable.