Frunk Hand Gesture Opening - Caution

[danaddale]

Broken windshield through ignorance - did not know that hand gestures even accidental can open frunk. They do!

Motions like polishing can also open the frunk. I did this and the opening is so strong it drove my worklight through the windshield.

I suspect this may be the reason some people think the frunk opens on its own. There is no 2nd release. Wave your hand the right way doing anything and it will open. This can be turned off, I did not know it was turned on. The opening force is strong enough to drive a small battery powered worklight through the windshield.

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[pm4s]

The gestures (bonnet/boot) only work when you have the key on you or in the vicinity of the bonnet/boot.
When I wash the car key stays inside the house.
It's impossible to open it by mistake using gestures.
Learned this the easy way / first time I was drying the rear of the car and the boot opened.
The 2nd time was sufficiently more butt clenching, I was cleaning the interior and pressed with the drying cloth the button for the bonnet while my wipers or wiper was still in the upright position. I was immediately seeing $$$$$ worth of damage but luckily got away with it. It was probably 1 wiper as I'm sure if you try it with both you will damage the bonnet. I don't go near the door buttons now when the wipers are upright.
I'm sorry you had to learn the hard / expensive way.

 

[racerjim]

I've found it's also easy to accidentally press the frunk button, just by having it in my pocket. I've come back from an errand and found the thing wide open, never knew it opened.

 

[PrudentOcean]

I wish Porsche would let you configure Comfort Access to the frunk and trunk separately. I find it to be a useful feature for the trunk, but would like to disable it for the frunk.

 

[chaz]

It's also difficult to close. I never use it because of that. Also... why you got a work light on your hood

 

[krissrock]

yeah, just put the keys out of the range when cleaning/washing the car. If you're if a car wash tunnel, use the brake "hold" instead of putting it in park...

 

[atebit]

The opening force is strong enough to drive a small battery powered worklight through the windshield.

Wow, was this designed by Dick Jones’ team?

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