VAG/Scorpion remote key fob

[Roger Blassberg 0]

Ever since I had the car, the spare key fob hasn't worked. The battery was replaced, the light came on when the button was pressed and it gave a signal of sorts (checked by a local alarm installer) but did not communicate with the central locking system.

 

I have always been paranoid about losing the one-and-only operational key fob, so I finally decided to get it sorted out.

 

The solution was too easy to believe. Simply hold down the operating buttons of both the working and non-working fobs simultaneously for at least 10 seconds, within range of the receiver unit and, "Bingo!!" they both now work perfectly.

 

Perhaps everyone already knew this, but I think it is useful enough to be be considered as potentially sticky.

 

Best wishes

 

RB

[Jim 2]

Did you get an instruction manual for your alarm when you got it? It should have had that information on it.

 

It seems to be a Scorpian alarm trait that they somehow forget about the alarm they're supposed to be affiliated with - my girlfriends Ford Ka has a little scorpion alarm on and it basically does the exact same thing! :)

[Roger Blassberg 0]

No, the manual has been lost in the mists of time. But I still am in contact with the previous owner who dredged his memory and came up with this nugget of info.

 

I had previously spoken to someone at Scorpion and to a local alarm installer; I assume that their professed ignorance of the re-coding procedure was based on the prospect of a nice little earner.

 

Best wishes

 

RB