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the signal was getting very weak on my central locking remote so i changed the batteries and now it dosn't work. the light still flashes on the remote but it does nothing to the car. key works fine. any ideas??

no one? this is proper annoyin me

man that sucks m8
I got an idea. In my polo under the Passenger side Glove box, Check the roof of the footwell should be like a foam roof. Pull that down and ur alarm system might be there. I have a load of wiring there and there is a circuit board with a button on. If yours is the same try pressing that button and ur remote button might reset it all for u.

If not try VW?

that sucks dude. mine starting to fade too, i was gonna try the battery but after reading ur post i think i might leave it. have you had any further developments on it?

Sounds like you left the batteries out of the remote for too long, resulting in the memory being wiped.
You will need to have it reprogrammed, costs a s**t load from VW as well

yeh thats exactly what i was worried would happen, i took it into curries to ask if they had the batteries and the bint had it out for ages. How much is a **** load roughly? Is thre any other way?

Not sure to be honest, I heard it was a lot though.

Curries shouldnt have taken it out, I used to work at halfords and was told we could be liable if such a thing happened. Try and get them to pay

Not sure but some car shops might be able to do it for you, worth a try

VW quoted me £80 to program the transponder, hope that helps. You will need to take the car with you, identity and vehicle registration documents if VW are doing it.

Maybe try another battery as batteries fade away slowly after time, might be a crappy battery replacement?

yeh but he just replaced the batteries so the transponder should still be on the same frequency ...im still new to polos but not new to to the 6n base ...ive had a 1.4 ibiza and 2.016v gti ibiza and they both required you to reprogram via this procedure:

~~sit in the car with the doors closed and the car unlocked
1. Insert key into ignition & turn once. (so the car doesnt start but power is on)
2. Turn ignition off take the key out...
3. Hold the lock button pressed while pressing unlock button three times.
~~you should now hear your central locking locking itself meaning its worked!! ....however if it dosnt work then try try again, either your pressing the buttons too fast or too slow or not following the procedure.

hope this helps mate.

thanks man i'll have a go later today

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3. Hold the lock button pressed while pressing unlock button three times.
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had a go at this today without any luck what do you mean hold the lock button? My remote only has one button

hey joe...i sort of have the same problem....i press the central locking button the lights flashes but it doesnt lock!...however it does turn the alarm on...but before it would lock aswel...have you got the same problem?

nah everything in the car works fine and the light on the remote blinks, its just not talking to the car

ahh see thats where its different, my fob had 2 buttons on the ibiza, unlock and lock, hmm weird.

but there must be a way similar to do the process mate, if anyone else knows?

i read one on t'internet that didnt work. looks like im gonna have to fork out to vw stealers