What's the secret to locking the car using a finger swipe on door handle?

[SWORDER]

2021 Taycan TS

What's the secret to locking the car using a finger swipe on the door handle?

I think I'm doing something wrong. Swiping my finger on the indentation of the driver's side door handle works sometimes but not others. Same with the other door handles, so I'm guessing it's not a bad sensor in the driver door. Is it something about how the key is positioned? It's just resting contently in my pocket.

The salesman taught me to swipe, but the Good to Know app, in the locking section, shows a video of a white, angel-like creature pressing the indentation rather than swiping. Is there some trick to it? The written documentation compromises by saying the handle indentation should be "touched." Presumably not in the figurative/emotional sense, but literally touched. I still have had little luck.

It brings to mind the TV show "Happy Days" where Fonzi was able to stop and start a jukebox by hitting it with his fist. But it had to be done just right. If he wasn't feeling "cool" that day, the technique failed. It occurs to me that there might be similar forces at play here.

Thanks in advance.

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2021 Taycan TS

What's the secret to locking the car using a finger swipe on the door handle?

I think I'm doing something wrong. Swiping my finger on the indentation of the driver's side door handle works sometimes but not others. Same with the other door handles, so I'm guessing it's not a bad sensor in the driver door. Is it something about how the key is positioned? It's just resting contently in my pocket.

The salesman taught me to swipe, but the Good to Know app, in the locking section, shows a video of a white, angel-like creature pressing the indentation rather than swiping. Is there some trick to it? The written documentation compromises by saying the handle indentation should be "touched." Presumably not in the figurative/emotional sense, but literally touched. I still have had little luck.

It brings to mind the TV show "Happy Days" where Fonzi was able to stop and start a jukebox by hitting it with his fist. But it had to be done just right. If he wasn't feeling "cool" that day, the technique failed. It occurs to me that there might be similar forces at play here.

Thanks in advance.

In my experience it works about 50% of the time. Usually what I do is if it doesn't work on the driver's door after 1 or 2 attempts, I just use the rear driver door and that usually will work (could be coincidence). If that still doesn't work I just walk away and use the keyfob

 

[Jhenson29]

I just push on it. The only times it hasn’t worked for me are when someone’s door isn’t shut all of the way (I’m looking at you 6-year old...)

 

[tigerbalm]

Here are my "rules":

1. Make sure key is in my pocket.
2. Make sure its in a different pocket to my iPhone. If key and phone are too close – it won't work.
3. Just push on the "dimple", not swipe.

 

[TayTaySD]

I find that ALL the touch features on the Porsche are terrible, locking doors via handle, opening trunk by kicking, opening frunk by finger swipe. Even opening the power ports takes a few times. I gave up on the rear trunk/frunk.

I found the door handles only work about 50%, I push, sometimes the rear door will work when the front doesn't. I mostly use the FOB. Sadly so many features on this car that cost a lot of money are worth $0. I'm very upset with Porsche and this car. My first Porsche and I'm soured to the brand.

 

[RickDC]

It works one in two attempts, and way better than opening the frunk with the swipe with is one in five. I hope they improve with updates, those are half baked feature.

 

[atebit]

I think it’s interesting as Porsche has been doing touch activation for quite some time now. On my 2017 Boxster, never had a problem with the doors at all; trunk & frunk are easily 95%++ reliable.

 

[TYKHAAAN]

Same here with 50/50 success rate on locking. Tried it all, swiping, touching, pushing, different doors. Same Thing. Keys in different pocket on other side of body, same thing. It is just very poorly implemented.

 

[andrewket]

Locking works 100% for me. I need to go read on how to unlock the passenger doors from the driver’s door.

 

[YWGT3]

Most of the comfort access features seem to operate 100% of the time, including pushing on the door handle dimple to arm and lock the vehicle. The only exception is the frunk opening mechanism, which works less than 25% of the time with the hand-swipe motion.

 

[THAICAN]

Mine works 100% of the time. I simply touch the dimple with the tip of my finger.

 

[Genau]

The touch lock/unlock feature on my Taycan stopped working consistently after I had PPF applied. I’m not blaming this on Porsche.

 

[Miwa]

Touch and hold for a second. Works better after the update.

 

[kreshi]

Door works like 60% of the time. Frunk works 90% and trunk maybe 70-80% of the time.
I haven't been really pushing the door handle, so I will try that.

 

[SWORDER]

Touch and hold for a second. Works better after the update.

Ah, thank you! This is indeed the magic sequence that works consistently.

Now if only I could get the trunk to open using the foot swipe dance. That one has never worked from day one.

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