Key Fob code scrambled?

[Stueeyb]

Scenario... normal day drove car to university, locked it went around my business and walked back to car.. well i tried unlocking my car with key fob, no luck, LED on fob flash's like normal, red light on drivers door flashs, very odd, keep trying.. stil no luck, ended up having to go through boot and get in that way, took car to garage to get it checked guy seems to think ive scrambled to code by maybe having the buttons pressed whilst not in the vicinity of the car...

ok so we will code it for you sir... well about that i dont have a drivers door lock barrel, (its broke never worked lol) so cant re code it...

question is really, is there anyway of coding it without the drivers door lock? the mechanic has access to a diagnostic machine but this will be maybe 2-3 days time.

any ideas guys?

 

[rf860]

this is'nt going to help you but the mechanics comment about scrambling the code because you pressed the buttons on the fob while not in the vicinity of the car seems like a load of rubbish. I press the buttons on mine all the time while not in the vicinity of the car (usually bored waiting in a que or something) and its never affected my locking

 

[DEAN0]

Scenario... normal day drove car to university, locked it went around my business and walked back to car.. well i tried unlocking my car with key fob, no luck, LED on fob flash's like normal, red light on drivers door flashs, very odd, keep trying.. stil no luck, ended up having to go through boot and get in that way, took car to garage to get it checked guy seems to think ive scrambled to code by maybe having the buttons pressed whilst not in the vicinity of the car...

ok so we will code it for you sir... well about that i dont have a drivers door lock barrel, (its broke never worked lol) so cant re code it...

question is really, is there anyway of coding it without the drivers door lock? the mechanic has access to a diagnostic machine but this will be maybe 2-3 days time.

any ideas guys?

Before you go paying for anything to be done - try the following.

1. disconnect the CAR battery & leave it off for 10 mins
2. Connect the CAR battery and then hold the lock button on the key till the car locks.

Mine was re-synchronised that way by a friendly ex vw tech near me.

 

[Stueeyb]

this is'nt going to help you but the mechanics comment about scrambling the code because you pressed the buttons on the fob while not in the vicinity of the car seems like a load of rubbish. I press the buttons on mine all the time while not in the vicinity of the car (usually bored waiting in a que or something) and its never affected my locking

yer i thought this to be BS tbh, meh i dont know how it did it tho :|


"1. disconnect the CAR battery & leave it off for 10 mins
2. Connect the CAR battery and then hold the lock button on the key till the car locks.

Mine was re-synchronised that way by a friendly ex vw tech near me"

i will try this tomorrow, too dark now cars in garage, very weird tho how all central locking works just not key fob :S

 

[mick-fr]

yer i thought this to be BS tbh, meh i dont know how it did it tho :|


"1. disconnect the CAR battery & leave it off for 10 mins
2. Connect the CAR battery and then hold the lock button on the key till the car locks.

Mine was re-synchronised that way by a friendly ex vw tech near me"

i will try this tomorrow, too dark now cars in garage, very weird tho how all central locking works just not key fob :S

Dead key fob battery?

I agree thats a load of crap too, I press mine all the time and nothings happened.

Edit: Just read the light still flashes.. worth a try though.

 

[Stueeyb]

change the battery on the fob too, very wierd:s ... funny though me entering car through boot with alarm going off its head lol. everything works fine just fob doesnt work i cannot lock the drivers door,

 

[Stueeyb]

Before you go paying for anything to be done - try the following.

1. disconnect the CAR battery & leave it off for 10 mins
2. Connect the CAR battery and then hold the lock button on the key till the car locks.

Mine was re-synchronised that way by a friendly ex vw tech near me.

this didnt work

 

[Stueeyb]

£83 for re coding!!! havnt done that yet though hopefully vagcom or diag machine will work fingers crossed