Hello, all! This is my first time posting, and I am recently the proud owner of a 2012 CPO Panamera 4. I am a bit confused/frustrated at one item with the car -- I have the factory window sticker indications that the car has Lane Change Assist. I see the LED windows on the mirrors, and I have a console menu available where I can adjust the brightness of the LEDs. All great. However, I can't actually turn LCA on. No other menu options related to LCA other than brightness adjustment. The manual says there should be a button next to the mirror fold. I don't have a button for LCA. Only the mirror fold.

Is is it possible that the switch cluster was replaced with the incorrect part? Or is there another way to turn the feature on/off that I'm not seeing?

Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

what are you expecting it to do? all it does it light the inside of the side view mirrors when a vehicle is in your blind spot, is this not happening?

 

Nope, it doesn't do anything while driving. Thus my questions on how to turn the feature on/off.

 

There is a button by the window switches (upper left one) that turns the feature on & off. If you don't have the button not sure what happened, are the lights on the mirror housings present?

 

Below a picture of the LCA button on my 2013 Panny GTS
You can turn it on-off.
In "Settings" you can change the brightness of the LEDs in your mirrors
Good luck

 

Thanks for confirming. The button you show is what I feel should be there. On mine, all I have is a switch to fold the mirrors that takes up both spaces. My guess is that at some point the switch console was changed out with the wrong part.

 

can you post your vin?
with your vin you can see if it was a factory option

 

I don't have my VIN handy, but I have reviewed the factory spec sheet (LCA is listed) and I do have the option in settings to adjust the brightness. Just no on/off button. It is going in to the shop to have it addressed next week. Frustrating that I did a poor job checking it out prior to purchase.

 

so on my 15 the switches are a little different but I believe you ll be fine and either do not have it on (I think the red light on the switch needs to be on) and if you read the manual it will only work at certain speed (I think it s around 35-40 MPH and up). So I don't know how you are testing it either.
I shut mine by mistake and thought it wasn t working and then drove around town to try it and realized it has certain conditions needed to function... I m not sure but I think if it was ON and not functional you would get a dash warning (Safety feature).

 

What s the top left button. I also see a window on that button that you ll need to get to come on. ?? Like I said, the 15 is a little different.
With the car ON, Press that top left switch once and the light should come on. That means it s set.

 

http://www.porscheownersmanuals.com/...nge-Assist-LCA


here it is in writing... Congrads on the car!! Enjoy.

 

Same issue with me. But the window buttons are known to easily break and asked the used car dealership I purchased it from to replace it since the tips fell off on some before I bring her home. I didnt notice right away but they replaced it with a non LCA button hence mine does not work as well. I told them about their mistake and they are fixing it. I believe either the previous owner or the dealership fixed it with using the incorrect window switch with yours. It's a $150 part but I figure I'd let then deal with fixing it since you need to take the whole door panel to replace it and not as easy as pulling it up. Good luck!

 

A quick update for you all --

The dealership came and picked up the car today to assess my complaint of the mysterious "missing" LCA button. Low and behold -- I was CORRECT! As Just A GTS mentions, the switch cluster in my car is incorrect. The dealership was a bit surprised that this occurred, but thankfully they are taking care of it and I'll have the car back tomorrow.

Thanks for all of the replies! Seems like a really great forum!!! I am super pumped to be a part of the P-Car community!

 

Glad to hear - welcome to the 6!