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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Wrex22 on 18 November 2016, 22:29
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Does anyone happen to know what battery is required for the 2015 gti key fob - keyless entry but with the flip key if that makes any difference , getting a message telling me to replace it, thought it would last longer than 12 months tbh. :rolleyes:
Also, when I leave my car when I come back the windows are steamed up, there are no damp coats etc left in the vehicle, I have even felt the footwells incase they were damp but they seem dry ( unless of course it's wet deep in the sound deadening) :undecided:
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1).Sorry don't know.Maybe in the handbook?.Should last longer than a year.I would just start using the spare. :smiley:
2) Make sure your climate control is set to Auto.I think the recirculate air button is manual so it won't be that.
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Does anyone happen to know what battery is required for the 2015 gti key fob - keyless entry but with the flip key if that makes any difference , getting a message telling me to replace it, thought it would last longer than 12 months tbh. :rolleyes:
Also, when I leave my car when I come back the windows are steamed up, there are no damp coats etc left in the vehicle, I have even felt the footwells incase they were damp but they seem dry ( unless of course it's wet deep in the sound deadening) :undecided:
Prerry sure it takes a CR2025 battery. The average battery life for keyless is 1 year. Just had mine changed at 1 year after low battery warning and I know others with keyless had the same. I got the dealer to change mine at first service and they picked up the tab.
Always a quite divisive subject steaming up of windows and everyone has their own thoughts. My personal experience is that running climate control/aircon is the answer to misting up. Not had a single misting issue on my R and run aircon all year round. Some people put silica gel pack in their door pockets to absorb excess moisture in the car or some use Pingi dehumidifier bag.
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I've read Keyless is always communicating with the car so its battery is being used regularly hence why it drains quicker than a car without.
Its a CR2025 according to this "How to change the battery" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4fx5pLNXo
As for the windows steamed. Do you use the AC?
My windows were always steamed up when I came back to the car if I had used AC. Stopped using it years ago and never get steamy windows.
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Does anyone happen to know what battery is required for the 2015 gti key fob - keyless entry but with the flip key if that makes any difference , getting a message telling me to replace it, thought it would last longer than 12 months tbh. :rolleyes:
Also, when I leave my car when I come back the windows are steamed up, there are no damp coats etc left in the vehicle, I have even felt the footwells incase they were damp but they seem dry ( unless of course it's wet deep in the sound deadening) :undecided:
Prerry sure it takes a CR2025 battery. The average battery life for keyless is 1 year. Just had mine changed at 1 year after low battery warning and I know others with keyless had the same. I got the dealer to change mine at first service and they picked up the tab.
Always a quite divisive subject steaming up of windows and everyone has their own thoughts. My personal experience is that running climate control/aircon is the answer to misting up. Not had a single misting issue on my R and run aircon all year round. Some people put silica gel pack in their door pockets to absorb excess moisture in the car or some use Pingi dehumidifier bag.
I always remember my old Dad telling me after he bought his wee Honda Jazz how the windows kept steaming up.He asked his neighbour about it who promptly informed him he had his A/C button set to 'recirculate'.Switched off-end of problem.After that,he started reading his handbook!.
Like yourself,i run my all the time,all year round.I paid for it so i'll use it.Never have a problem with 'steamy windows'.I feel a song coming on!. :cool:
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Battery is CR 2025. Costs about 3 quid in your nearest supermarket/chemist and takes about 30 seconds to change it. It's really not that big a deal...
I've had 2 MK7's with keyless and got the low battery warning in both around the 1 year mark.
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Battery is CR 2025. Costs about 3 quid in your nearest supermarket/chemist and takes about 30 seconds to change it. It's really not that big a deal...
I've had 2 MK7's with keyless and got the low battery warning in both around the 1 year mark.
I'll be looking out for it now then.1 year and 2 months in. :grin:
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I've just passed the three year mark and changed the batteries for a second time a short while ago.
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I got a Panasonic battery delivered from eBay for 99p took 2 minutes to fit.
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Hi sorry for not replying earlier been mad busy with work. Thanks for the advice battery sorted now :laugh:
However tonight the lower part of my windscreen is frozen with a thin layer of ice, it's driving me mad :angry:
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Hi sorry for not replying earlier been mad busy with work. Thanks for the advice battery sorted now :laugh:
However tonight the lower part of my windscreen is frozen with a thin layer of ice, it's driving me mad :angry:
Just a long shot.If you go into your climate menu.Your auto air recycle button isn't set to 'on' is it?.
If it is,that might account for a build up of moisture inside your car.It should be set to 'off' as standard.
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No it's set to off. Thing is I haven't even driven it today, just popped out before to get something out the boot and noticed ice on the inside :sad: thing is it steams up even when it's not raining so I don't know where the moisture is, air con pipes maybe
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No it's set to off. Thing is I haven't even driven it today, just popped out before to get something out the boot and noticed ice on the inside :sad: thing is it steams up even when it's not raining so I don't know where the moisture is, air con pipes maybe
I can't think of anything else Wrex.I know what a ball-ache ice on the inside[/b ]is.Hade it on my old Cavalier when the sunroof used to leak.Used to leave a Tesco plastic bag on the seat to collect the water. :grin:
You expect it on the outside-not the inside.
You could always get a few bags of silica gel and dot them around the car till you find out where the moisture is coming from.They are really good at absorbing any moisture in the vicinity.
Good luck with your quest!. :smiley:
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I find my windscreen steams up very quickly unless I have the air conditioning on or a window open all the time. This morning I had to defrost the windscreen outside AND in so there is clearly a lot of moisture in the car - there are no leaks or anything though so I'm not sure why it's prone to this.
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If I had some battered 15 year corsa I'd accept it, but for a car that retails at over £27k it's unacceptable :angry:
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Funny you should say that, I did have a 54 plate Corsa before my Golf and these were notorious for leaky seals behind the brake servo so I was driving around for ages with soggy carpets before having the car dried and sealed up!
It's nowhere near as bad as that but like you say, you don't expect it with a £27k new car.
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It has rained a lot lately though - did you put a wet passenger/umbrella/coat/dog in the car at all? It doesn't take much moisture to cause condensation.
The thing I notice the most with the Mk7 is that with 3 or more occupants it does mist up like a bastid, you have to be constantly pushing the max windscreen blower button. I'd like a mod to make that button steeringwheel mounted :D
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Well got into mine tonight and realised that the inside was steamed up, not the outside.
Can't ever remember that happening in any car that I'd had (unless I'd got into it recently with a wet coat or rain had got on the inside of the door when it was open).
I'll have to see if it turns to ice when it gets colder.
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re steaming up...
Is it due a service any time soon... It might be worth having the pollen filter replaced... when these become blocked one of the symptoms is that the windows steam up...
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I have replaced the batteries in both keys and i have only had the car 17 months
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Just a long shot.If you go into your climate menu.Your auto air recycle button isn't set to 'on' is it?.
If it is,that might account for a build up of moisture inside your car.It should be set to 'off' as standard.
Just out of interest why should it be set to off? Thanks.
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Just a long shot.If you go into your climate menu.Your auto air recycle button isn't set to 'on' is it?.
If it is,that might account for a build up of moisture inside your car.It should be set to 'off' as standard.
Just out of interest why should it be set to off? Thanks.
It's just a theory of mine.If it is set to auto recycle it could be recycling warm moist air round the cabin every chance it gets.Like stop/start traffic pollution or any time it senses dirty air entering the cabin.
I prefer to only put the air recirc on only when i'm stuck behing a particularly smoky old truck or bus.
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Cars always steam up on recirculate mode. Not just a Mk7, all of them.
The air becomes too overloaded with the moisture from you breathing.
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It's just a theory of mine.If it is set to auto recycle it could be recycling warm moist air round the cabin every chance it gets.Like stop/start traffic pollution or any time it senses dirty air entering the cabin.
I prefer to only put the air recirc on only when i'm stuck behing a particularly smoky old truck or bus.
Ok got you, thanks