My experience adding ALK via FoD + driving impressions using ALK

[Hirschaj]

Good that it's useful to you.
I occasionally try it, but then imagine drivers around me think I'm drunk, because of it wandering back and forth within the lane.
I'm hoping any improvement from the .2 makes it into an update.

Are you sure you’re using ALK? Mine does not wander around the lane like a drunk person. I know someone on the forum used LKA instead of ALK and that would just bounce you from lane marker to lane marker like a drunk person.

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[d00d]

Yes, and I agree it's not as bad as LKA.

 

[Stun74]

I tried to activate monthly FoD ALK yesterday, but unfortunately activation seems to have failed. When I get in the car, I am greeted with these nice messages:

I also received an email from the connect store saying:

”Thank you for booking a Function on Demand service for your Porsche.

Unfortunately, an error occurred during the installation of your Function on Demand service, which must be corrected by your Porsche partner in the workshop.

Please contact your Porsche partner to arrange an appointment to correct the error.

We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

Your Porsche Team”

Anyone got a any suggestions on how to recover from this that doesn’t involve a trip back to the Porsche Centre?

Did you find a solution to this? Mines done the same

 

[kurand]

Only way to resolve this was to have PRG Reading fix it. Its the second time they have had to do this on my car. I’ll not bother to get ALK FoD again especially as it doesn’t really work that well for me. They also decided to do the heater recall at the same time, so it was in over night.

 

[Artman]

Digging up this old thread I started... A few days ago I ordered ALK again (I just wanted to have it for a road trip). I placed the order right before going to sleep one night. The next morning the update was available in the PCM. I followed the prompts to get out of the car and lock it. When I returned to the car later that day the update had been applied and the ALK feature was available. It was a seamless process. The feature worked great on the road trip from Austin, along I-35N through Fort Worth and out into the countryside eventually arriving in Wichita Falls, TX. The I-35 corridor has a ton of traffic and the system really did a great job of dealing with it. It's very relaxing to drive on long stretches of highway using ALK. At all other times I much prefer to drive the car myself.

Agree. I activate it twice a year, on my way to and from Maryland from Florida. I thought about buying it outright until I did the math. It would take me 19 years to break even.

 

[Artman]

Agree. I activate it twice a year, on my way to and from Maryland from Florida. I thought about buying it outright until I did the math. It would take me 19 years to break even.

So I go to activate, per above, and the monthly option has been removed. I can only purchase lifetime activation. I called Porsche and they appologized that the option to go monthly is no longer available. Now this really puts a bad taste in my mouth. This is my 7th Porsche and likely my last.

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