Friend's had to change the battery on his carkey, and by doing so it now won't open/arm/disarm/lock the car doors anymore.
At the moment he's having to lock the car via the boot lock, as he's delocked the car.
Question is, how do u resync the key?
bearing in mind, he's only got one key (other key is miles away
at his mums), and he doesn't have the barrel lock to hand, as this is
lost somewhere in his mums garage!
Is that the only way? Just had to replace batteries in one of my keys and don't really want to go through the hassle of refitting the door lock to resync it.
If you don't have access to VAG-COM or similar (believe it or not some third world countries are that backward they haven't even heard of it[]) you can take the doorcard off and ground the lock or unlock wire,this simulates turning the key in the lock.
Pins #4 or #24 on the multiplex module if you want to try it.
I love the look of the de-lock, but they are soooo evil! almost cried when I paid £50 for a barrel and key last week, doesnt look the same now, but can rest easy in the fact that I have emergency acces to the car....no more unpleasant cold nights in car parks!
I love the look of the de-lock, but they are soooo evil! almost cried when I paid £50 for a barrel and key last week, doesnt look the same now, but can rest easy in the fact that I have emergency acces to the car....no more unpleasant cold nights in car parks!
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
I've done mine before, by just putting the key into the ignition, turn on so the dash lights up, then pressing & holding one of the buttons for 5 secs or so, then it resets itself.
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
on standard locks, you can get in without ever having set off the alarm in the first place, thats why.
Once it goes off you can only turn it off with a legit key etc
But with the locks in, you can do it very easily and not even set the alarm off, Ive done it to my own car just to see how easy it was, I caused no damage at all and I have no experience stealing cars lol
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
on standard locks, you can get in without ever having set off the alarm in the first place, thats why.
Once it goes off you can only turn it off with a legit key etc
But with the locks in, you can do it very easily and not even set the alarm off, Ive done it to my own car just to see how easy it was, I caused no damage at all and I have no experience stealing cars lol
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
Its a fuss for nothing... If you open the door with a screwdriver via the mechanism, it leaves 15-30 seconds until the alarm goes off. So all they can do is steal loose contents and start running before the alarm goes off.
If you HAVE de-locked the car, they will just put the window through to do the same.
Its a big 'security loophole' that is very minor actually, as it only gives 30 seconds longer to gain entry. If they are trying to steal the car itself, there are many other sophistocated ways to gain entry silently. Including using voltage spikes to certain circuits. Have done it on friends cars to scare them for a laugh.
Trust me, if you went through what I did in that carpark that night, you would never de-lock the car. Think its a CCM on the way out that exaggerated the issue though.
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
Because it gives bored mk.4 owners something to organise group buys for so they can save 50p[].
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
on standard locks, you can get in without ever having set off the alarm in the first place, thats why.
Once it goes off you can only turn it off with a legit key etc
But with the locks in, you can do it very easily and not even set the alarm off, Ive done it to my own car just to see how easy it was, I caused no damage at all and I have no experience stealing cars lol
There must be something wrong with your car or CCM in that case,opening the drivers door should give you a 20 second delay before the alarm goes off,opening any other door/boot/bonnet will trigger it instantly.If you arm it and don't get the indicator flash it thinks something is open so won't set the alarm,it only locks the doors.
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
on standard locks, you can get in without ever having set off the alarm in the first place, thats why.
Once it goes off you can only turn it off with a legit key etc
But with the locks in, you can do it very easily and not even set the alarm off, Ive done it to my own car just to see how easy it was, I caused no damage at all and I have no experience stealing cars lol
It cant, it requires a remote fob press, OR the transponder to match in the ignition barrel.
The key for my door is cut differently to the ignition one, which would confuse the hell out of anyone that got the ddor key. It also doesnt have a transponder. I bought it for emergency use.
Plus, I found a clever way to prevent the immobiliser being beaten that I thought was GENIOUS! not sharing though. Would event prevent VW software being used to bypass the system.
Many of us had the wrong impression. It was only after a bit of messing around, investigation and reading of wiring diagrams etc that I found out the truth.
And a lot of advice from Chris along the way....
At the end of the day, dont leave any valuables on display, and dont park your car anywhere it is asking to be taken, other than that, there is little else you can do. Most car thefts of cars less than 15 years old are planned and pre-meditated by clever people withe specialist equipment/tactics/software or vehicle loaders to just tow it away!
De-locking looks good though! But always leave yourself a failsafe, such as the boot or a hidden mag switch. Sadly my boot lock doesnt take my key and i only found out when too late!
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
Because it gives bored mk.4 owners something to organise group buys for so they can save 50p
.
You can't turn an OEM alarm off by turning the doorlock,it can only be turned off by remote or by putting a legitimate key into the ignition and turning it on.
on standard locks, you can get in without ever having set off the alarm in the first place, thats why.
Once it goes off you can only turn it off with a legit key etc
But with the locks in, you can do it very easily and not even set the alarm off, Ive done it to my own car just to see how easy it was, I caused no damage at all and I have no experience stealing cars lol
There must be something wrong with your car or CCM in that case,opening the drivers door should give you a 20 second delay before the alarm goes off,opening any other door/boot/bonnet will trigger it instantly.If you arm it and don't get the indicator flash it thinks something is open so won't set the alarm,it only locks the doors.
lol the night mine go done over i must not of set the alarm right cause they took everything they could
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