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Apologies for making a new thread on this subject as I know there are many. I just never wanted to hijack someone else's thread.
When I bought my car last month neither of the remote keys would work via the buttons. So I bought some new energiser batteries (made sure they were branded ones as some of the cheaper ones seem to be doa) and installed them. I tried the first key and regardless of what method I used I couldn't get anything from it. I tried the next one and by using the method of pressing unlock button in the ignition it worked fine.
I have been using that one for a couple of weeks with no problem. The other day I received my new buttons for the keys and replaced both of them. Now with them looking the dogs ******* I thought I'd have one last go at fixing the one that was not synced. With no luck I took the battery out the one that was still working and tried it with that and nothing. So I put it back in the working one and sure enough now I can't sync that one. I'm now wishing I had not bothered.
I've looked all over this forum, Audi forums, VW forums, YouTube and not found anything that has worked.
I'm pretty sure they can be fixed after all I'm the one that caused the second one to stop working by taking the battery out. Both of them will open and close the windows when the button is held and lock turned in drivers door. I guess this proves the batteries are fine in both. Both keys also work fine to drive the car etc.
So I'm not sure what to do.
Could it be my timing of doing various methods e.g. Length of pressing buttons or pauses in between?
Could it be I have tried too many times and I need to give the car a break?
Could it be I have tried the keys too many times and need to take the battery out of the key each time I try to resync them?
If they need reprogrammed where would be the cheapest place to look to get them done? (ideally in the Glasgow area)
If anyone has any tips at all or advice I'd appreciate it greatly
Euan
When I bought my car last month neither of the remote keys would work via the buttons. So I bought some new energiser batteries (made sure they were branded ones as some of the cheaper ones seem to be doa) and installed them. I tried the first key and regardless of what method I used I couldn't get anything from it. I tried the next one and by using the method of pressing unlock button in the ignition it worked fine.
I have been using that one for a couple of weeks with no problem. The other day I received my new buttons for the keys and replaced both of them. Now with them looking the dogs ******* I thought I'd have one last go at fixing the one that was not synced. With no luck I took the battery out the one that was still working and tried it with that and nothing. So I put it back in the working one and sure enough now I can't sync that one. I'm now wishing I had not bothered.
I've looked all over this forum, Audi forums, VW forums, YouTube and not found anything that has worked.
I'm pretty sure they can be fixed after all I'm the one that caused the second one to stop working by taking the battery out. Both of them will open and close the windows when the button is held and lock turned in drivers door. I guess this proves the batteries are fine in both. Both keys also work fine to drive the car etc.
So I'm not sure what to do.
Could it be my timing of doing various methods e.g. Length of pressing buttons or pauses in between?
Could it be I have tried too many times and I need to give the car a break?
Could it be I have tried the keys too many times and need to take the battery out of the key each time I try to resync them?
If they need reprogrammed where would be the cheapest place to look to get them done? (ideally in the Glasgow area)
If anyone has any tips at all or advice I'd appreciate it greatly
Euan
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