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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: mrsaunders on 19 May 2013, 17:28
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basically ive lost my only key and cant get into my car :cry:, just want to know my options as it has a factory fitted conlog something, i know vw can cut me a new key and chip but what about conlog fob thing!
looks like last night was one expensive night for me! :angry:
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im in a similar situation, lost my only key to mine last week, its also got an after market clifford alarm on there.
i called out an auto locksmith who got me a key that works for the locks, but no immobiliser chip, as couldnt program one to it cos the alarm was going off. so i just disconnected the battery to stop the alarm going off for the meantime.
i am gunna have to try and get an alarm guy to come out and take it out properly then get the key guy to come back and hopefully programme an immobiliser chip to it so i can actually use it again. although he aid he might not be able to do it cos of the age of the car, and might have to send the immobiliser box off for a week with the new key. so im not sure what i would do if thats the case. all a bit complicated and bloody irritating! tax out at the end of the month and mot soon, not good.
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How much was you quoted roughly?
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if you still got the login code (small plastic tag that you'd get with the keys when you buy a car new, maybe VW can request this for you also) you can get the keys recoded
alarm you can probably just disconnect and bring back to original state (you'll see where wires were cut etc).
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My alarm come as an optional extra i think, how would I go about disconnecting that?
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My old Golf also had an alarm - horn under the bonnet, electronics box connected up in the central electrics section, the control unit sat above the central electrics.
take off fuse/relay box cover, undo the two small pieces of trim under the steering wheel, then undo the screws (i think there's 5 or 6 philips heads) then take the bottom dash trim off (Will fall off after undoing the screws).
Then look up over central electrics box and follow the wires. it will become reasonably clear what to disconnect and where you have to reconnect wires that were cut and the alarm set in series.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try during the week
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My old Golf also had an alarm - horn under the bonnet, electronics box connected up in the central electrics section, the control unit sat above the central electrics.
take off fuse/relay box cover, undo the two small pieces of trim under the steering wheel, then undo the screws (i think there's 5 or 6 philips heads) then take the bottom dash trim off (Will fall off after undoing the screws).
Then look up over central electrics box and follow the wires. it will become reasonably clear what to disconnect and where you have to reconnect wires that were cut and the alarm set in series.
i have looked at my alarm before, there a control unit under there is it as simple as just desplicing the wires where they have been joined?... but arent some alarms connected up to the fuel pumps or other things to stop the car from starting if the alarm if attempted to be broken? not that i think my alarm has a particularly complicated system :huh:
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If I was to get a new conlog/logic 900 fob is there a way to program it to my old control box?
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Or is there a guide to remove my alarm? It's wired into my CD player aswell, never been to good with wires :undecided:
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I drank far too much Friday nite, I didnt lose anything! :grin:
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i wasnt even drunk and mine disapeared out of the house somehow. keep thinking they are gunna turn up but been over a week now :cry:
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i wasnt even drunk and mine disapeared out of the house somehow. keep thinking they are gunna turn up but been over a week now :cry:
well my vw quoted me £12 pound for a key to be cut and another £42 to code it so im goin to get the key cut, take the alarm out then get the aa to take me to my dealer and code the key, and then its sorted, thank god! :grin:
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:smiley: after the 15th try of calling weatherspoons they have finally found my keys, :grin:
Thank god this saga is over
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All hail Wetherspoons!
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Good result with finding them :smiley:
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Yeah was well pleased, I'll always leave my keys at home now :grin: