Is it still drivable with that fault ?
Yes.
Thankfully the vehicle doesn’t go into limp mode.
The annoying thing (other than the message being totally erroneous) is that you can’t clear it on the move. It also obscures the dial where all the other ‘information’ about the car is displayed, so you can’t see it. Thankfully the analogue speedo and rev counter are not affected.
The only ‘fix’ seems to be to stop, turn off the engine, lock the car and wait for 30 seconds. Then unlock and restart. The warning message should then clear itself. It doesn’t though stop it reappearing at some point later.
There is a lot on the Rennsport (US) forum about it, simply as I guess a Spyder with its roof off is more common in Florida / Texas / Arizona / California than it is in Walsall. My friend also has the same model; his does it too, now.
The vehicle went back to Porsche East London on 23 March, since when they have been trying to find a fix. This has involved lots of correspondence with Porsche, Germany who haven’t (as yet) come up with something that works permanently. Switches, locks, wiring and relays have all been changed. They thought they’d mended it but then (on a final test drive) it came back. The strong suspicion now is that it’s a software glitch, which might / will be a sod to trace and fixable only from Porsche, Germany via a software patch. Or it’s a hardware problem or a possible combination of software and hardware.
Other than that…. 500 bhp from a GT3,m engine, shoehorned into a lightened Boxster chassis and mated to a very slick PDK auto-box, ain’t all bad. Very much a first world problem.
