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VW Golf Key
shazkhan111
Posts: 621 Forumite
in Motoring
Hi,
I have a VW Golf Mk 5 with 2 remote key fobs.
One of them stopped working all of a sudden - i replaced the battery but no luck.
I took it to VW, they said i need new keys and quoted £260.
One of the keys still works and the one that does not opens the car manually.
Is there a cheaper fix to this? I looked online and tried to recode it by flicking ignition whilst holding it in position in the lock and pressing sequential buttons but no luck!
I have a VW Golf Mk 5 with 2 remote key fobs.
One of them stopped working all of a sudden - i replaced the battery but no luck.
I took it to VW, they said i need new keys and quoted £260.
One of the keys still works and the one that does not opens the car manually.
Is there a cheaper fix to this? I looked online and tried to recode it by flicking ignition whilst holding it in position in the lock and pressing sequential buttons but no luck!
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If one works OK and the other just works as a manual key then I'd just leave it.0
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Replacing the battery in a key usually isn't enough and the key has to be re-programmed, but depending how old the car is it can be done from the car's ignition - Old car good/New car bad.
Visit the VW owners forum for advice0 -
If it is knackered, there are online/ebay sellers who can repair them, if you trust them. A friend had this done for a BMW and it hasn't been nicked...yet0
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shazkhan111 wrote: »Hi,
I took it to VW, they said i need new keys and quoted £260.
It's the price we pay for crime; we are all victims that have to have these over-complicated systems that cost us ££££'s.
An alternative might be some decent deterrants such that toe-rags might think car crime just isn't worth it.0
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