Remote not working after disconnecting battery

One thing to try BEFORE taking it to the dealer.
Disconnect the negative battery cable.
then Disconnect the Positive battery cable
Now
touch the negative and positive ends you just removed from the batter together. Hold them together for around 1 minute.
Now reconnect each cable to the battery, positive first, negative last and tighten down them down.
Finally, check your remote . If they now work, problem solved. If not, I'm afraid it's a trip to the dealer.

Try this,disconnect battery,wait 10 minutes,reconnect,alarm will go of,hit button on remote to stop,that's how I reset my 2004 Lincoln LS.

That can lead to a bad situation, possibly a very bad scenario of ruined electronic parts of the car, like your engine's computer and any other computers on the car, if you have to disconnect the battery with the key on. I would pull a few fuses first, try to cut all power to computers and other electronic parts first. Pulling a fuse to cut power may be less harmful than disconnecting the battery while the devices are powered, which is always discouraged-volt or amp spikes are very deadly to electronic circuits. Once you have pulled some fuses for protection, then disconnect the negative battery post, and everything is now disabled, so you can fix the switch problem. But DO NOT work around the steering column and the wiring there for at least a half hour after disconnecting the battery. The system for the air bag will hold a residual charge for several minutes after power is cut. They are designed to work that way in a crash even if the car's power is lost. After a half hour to 45 minutes, it should be totally incapacitated, where you could remove it to work on the ignition switch or key cylinder, but be very safety conscious, and follow all precautions around air bags. Can't stress that enough.

You need to have the VW dealer or a well equipped VW savvy repair shop scan the body control module (or whatever VW calls it) and see what codes return, it is likely the problem, but hold on you can't jut pop one in it must be programmed for your car.

it could be one of your lock and unlock motors binding. try working each lock manually ann see if one is very hard to move up and you can remove the iod fuse in the power distribution box beside the battery to reset the computer without removing the battery cable. Hope this helps.

Seems like the remote and the receiving unit stopped working on same channel.
1) Make sure you have the radio security code at hand, because it will trip after disconnecting battery. 2) Disconnect battery to reset alarm computer for 5 minutes or so, and reconnect it. 3) insert key in ignition. 4) press on the remote and don't let go. 5) turn the ignition to the accesories/ radio position. at this point you should see a "key" icon flashing on the dashboard. 6) after 10 seconds or so, let go of the remote. Repeat the operation, just to make sure. Also, do the same sequence for the spare remote, because it will lose the frequency as well.

sounds like you triggered the antitheft device on the bcm,cycle the key 3 times leave it in the on position for about 45 minutes should reset it

try disconnecting the negative battery cable for ten minutes to reset the computer.

good luck

the car needs to be in the right conditions for the "brain" to run the emissions tests, the standard procedure is from a cold start, like after sitting overnight, turn all accessories off, air, radio, heat, etc.. let the car idle for 2-3 minutes, get to a highway and cruise at about 45-55 mph for 5 minutes then slow down to a stop and idle for 2 more minutes with the car in drive still, that should make the car complete the tests required to pass emissions, if that doesn't work i'd try disconnecting the battery and trying again the next day

yes, disconnect the battery for 5 minutes.