L76

All these years in the 958.2 Cayenne S - and I never saw the button in-between the driver's seat and the door pillar (down low on the door pillar). Anyone know what it's for? Sorry for no picture, I couldn't get my phone/camera to focus in there and my head with readers wasn't gonna clear it either!

Cheers,
L76

CrossT

Occupant sensor switch.

L76

Thx! Which does what? It turns airbag on/off when occupant (in which seat/s) is present?

Cheers,
L76

ShdwFx

It's used to deactive the interior motion sensor (red light on means it's deactivated). I use it when I leave the dogs in the car so they don't set the alarm off. It resets itself to being automatically on every time you lock/unlock the doors.

CrossT

Yeah. the dog setting off the alarm in an old 996 is what prompted me to look into how to stop that. Different on that car than a Cayenne or Panamera. On the 996's you press the lock button on the key a second time shortly after the first press.

garrett376

No, that capability is the same on a 958, too.

eddieb4

Passenger ejection button!

RhinoComp

While I read that the lock button capability is supposed to be the same on the 958, I have never been successful in getting it to actually work on my 958.2. Finally discovering the button on the driver side B pillar that OP asked about is the only way I can seem to disable my motion sensor. My previous X5 was able to be disabled in the same manner the 958 supposedly can, so it was a familiar way to do it, just never worked.

garrett376

Does the 958.2 manual have the same language as the 958.1? I'd assume they'd keep this functionality with the minor .1 to .2 change.

RhinoComp

Verbiage in my 958.2 owner's manual is the exact same. But since they mention use of the door handle button, I wonder if my door handle is causing issues with it being able to activate in this manner. I've had several instances where I've just tried to lock the vehicle by pressing the door button without any response. Wouldn't surprise me if this is the reason I haven't been able to successfully disable it with any method other than the rocker switch.