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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Pixwix on 09 November 2017, 21:18
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Just got back to my car and it will not open. Keyless entry. Button on fib doing nothing. No lights flashing.
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Isn't there a key on the fob to open the doors manually?
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Drivers door, the part of the handle that does not move..look under it & there is slot next to bodywork..insert key & turn gently to ping off the cover to reveal a key slot to insert the key as per normal..
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Just got back to my car and it will not open. Keyless entry. Button on fib doing nothing. No lights flashing.
Sounds like you need new batteries for your key fob?
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Just on way back to car with spare... think it might be battery in five.. thought it might have warned me?
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Just on way back to car with spare... think it might be battery in five.. thought it might have warned me?
Hopefully you get in and it’s as simple as replacing the batteries.
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Phew got in with spare, sorry was panicking a bit as was stuck in a car park with only a learner driver at home and I could not fathom at all that the battery could have gone. Car is less than 18months old. OH will surely gloat that his Ford tells him when the battery is getting low. Thanks for the help will make a note of the alternative entry method, the manual would've helped of course if it hadn't been locked inside the car!
Thanks again... :smiley:
Actually just seen on threads that I should have had a warning...bugger, maybe not the battery then. Still one for tomorrow now...wine time
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Phew got in with spare, sorry was panicking a bit as was stuck in a car park with only a learner driver at home and I could not fathom at all that the battery could have gone. Car is less than 18months old. OH will surely gloat that his Ford tells him when the battery is getting low. Thanks for the help will make a note of the alternative entry method, the manual would've helped of course if it hadn't been locked inside the car!
Thanks again... :smiley:
Glad it’s all sorted. :smiley: I had the same problem with one of my previous cars that had keyless.
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Keyless I’ve found the batteries ony last 12 months, so you’ve done well to get 18 months life.. I’ve just had my second battery replaced at second service FOC, first one was replaced at first service. But you should have had a repeated warning on the DIS, sure you didn’t just miss it? As others have said, you can always get in if battery fails by flipping the short section of the door handle off using key in slot just underneath, and then open old fashioned way.
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Definitely no warning Booth11, unless I need new varifocals! Will practise the manual way in daylight, be prepared and all that.
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Definitely no warning Booth11, unless I need new varifocals! Will practise the manual way in daylight, be prepared and all that.
Once you’ve replaced the battery you’ll know if it’s that or another issue. If it is the battery then you should definitely have had a warning, so if not then best flag it with the dealer.
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Keyless is a real battery drainer as its constantly talking to the car I assume. Had a BMW and both fobs went in space a few weeks and had hardly used the spare!
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If you're going to give the 'getting the lock cover off' thing a try, make sure you put something in there to protect the paintwork.
Whilst the slot is a great idea, I'd not be too keen to whack the key in the slot and twist it without some form of protection against the door - but maybe that's just me!
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If you're going to give the 'getting the lock cover off' thing a try, make sure you put something in there to protect the paintwork.
Whilst the slot is a great idea, I'd not be too keen to whack the key in the slot and twist it without some form of protection against the door - but maybe that's just me!
To ad to that you also need to keep a hold of the little plastic part too because it will go a flying when it does pop off.
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Re: paintwork concerns, my thoughts exactly did not want to be faffing in the dark trying to get to the key slot even after kind replies on here had let me know that was an option.
Have been to the dealer this morning and when they finally decided it should have displayed an error(!) they hooked it up and said it showed up on the 28 june.....the day it went in for service. So I wonder if that means they reset it accidentally on that day? I certiainly have not seen anything on the display or in 'car status', which I do check from time to time, also i toggle through options on the steering wheel fairly regularly so surely would have spotted it then. I've already played the 'stranded in a remote place not wanting to fiddle with the lock' card to get them to look at it this morning....let's hope for their sake it wasn't their fault.... :wink: :wink:
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Maybe they did reset it at service. When my batteries are low I get the warning repeatedly until the battery is changed, over several days, not just the once.
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Yeah that’s weird. My battery last approx 18 months before alerting me that it’s low. The alert is usually shown every time you enter the car.
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They've booked it in as they've never come across the issue before...but methinks they won't find an issue other than someone re-set it during the service..And they probably won't admit that.