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Tyler Reinholt Posted on Oct 15, 2013
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Where would i be able to get a key for my door?

I am unable to lock my doors because i do not have a key to unlock them and the key to the ignition is different.

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The dealer (stealerships)
or any locksmith.
the later is far cheaper. vastly

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I go to a junk yard and purchase a set of locks and keys for all the doors and replace the cylinders with the new purchases. Now make copies of your new key. Some dealerships have records of your car or maybe you have a stamped piece of metal or documents with key code. The code once found in the dealership book gives the key codes so that they can punch another key up with a machine they have.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 22, 2008

SOURCE: cental locking on MK 3 GOLF

check wires and plastic vacumme lines in between all the doors.pull rubber boot back look for broken cracked wires and vac lines.same thing on hatch open hatch at the left hinge for the hatch and roof you will see the rubber boot.pull it back look for damaged wires vaclines

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 13, 2008

SOURCE: 2001 VW Jetta 2.0

My wife's minivan had a similiar/related problem....especially on a bumpy gravel road....on off on off on off...AHHHHHHHHHHHH!! (this was both the beeps and the lights....as I said AHAHHHHH!)

I resolved it by figuring out which door was causing the issue....very irritating the flashing interior lights, etc.......the issue is likely that the rubber gasket is worth enough to not push the sensor in completely....

  • locate the sensor on each door....little 1" shaft like area in the door pillar area...pressed in when the door is closed
  • with the engine running, open each door (one at a time) to manually press this switch in ( to identify which door is causing this irritating issue)
  • once the troubled door is located...look to see where it would make contact on the door itself
  • look for a rubber nickel sized plug on the door
  • it is likely worn slightly, or pressed out of shape
  • to resolve my wife's issue, I turned this plug a 1/4 turn or so...to the 'unworn' area
  • this worked really well...although it took a few 1/4 turns to figure out the best fix
  • ultimately it was an irritating fix....but the problem is/was much worse than pulling over every now and a again to 'fix' it...esp. at night (think flashing interior light, beeping..esp. when the kids had just fallen asleep!!!!)
  • P.S....it was a little fiddle process, but once you do it once then, you can fiddle some more
  • long-term, perhaps get another 'plug', but my solution worked really well

alicantecoli

Colin Stickland

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  • Posted on Jan 31, 2009

SOURCE: 2002 VW Jetta WAGON GAS TANK DOOR LOCKED

look for an emergency pull cable in the boot (trunk) it should have one

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 16, 2009

SOURCE: key will not go into ignition, drivers door lock stopped working

I had the problem with key not going into the ignition on 2005.5 Jetta had to have the car towed and ignition replaced which cost 375$. But what i read afterwards is there is a locking mechanism in the ignition it is a white thing that slides so you cant get your key in this can be moved with a a small aharp object ant you can then get your key in!!!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 14, 2009

SOURCE: Alarm won't stop going off and car won't start

YOU MIGHT NEED TO BY PASS THE SYSTEM IF YOU DONT WANT TO MESS WITH IT OR TRY TO ALL THE SENSORS ON THE DOORS MAYTHEYRE NOT WORKING SOMETIMES THE RUBBER SEALS BRAKE AND THEN WATER MAY GET INTO THEM

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2. Perform these steps within 5 seconds.
A. Insert the key into the ignition(Do NOT Turn) Pull key out.
B. Insert the key into the ignition(Do NOT Turn) Pull key out.

3. Perform these steps within 40 seconds.
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D. Close the drivers door.
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F. Remove the key from the ignition.

5. Within 3 seconds, the power door locks should lock then unlock automatically
indicating successful entry into programming mode.
Return to step 1 if the locks do not cycle at this point.

6. Perform these steps within 40 seconds.
A. Press the lock and unlock buttons on the remtoe simutaneously for 1.5 seconds.
B. Immediately after letting go of the lock and unlock buttons,
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the door locks cycle twice, repeat steps A and B in step 6 as the remote was
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