[Yeti]

Make sure the key in the ignition is the one that works. The one your trying to program is the one that does not work.

If this does not work, then you probably need to go to the dealer.

He has to go to the dealer regardless since the above method described is just for the buttons only to lock and unlock the car. He is never going to get that key to start the car until it is programmed by the dealer. Since it was a used key it may never work anyhow even with the dealer. It was already assigned to another ECU.

 

[Evan]

He has to go to the dealer regardless since the above method described is just for the buttons only to lock and unlock the car. He is never going to get that key to start the car until it is programmed by the dealer. Since it was a used key it may never work anyhow even with the dealer. It was already assigned to another ECU.

Thanks for replies,
It looks i have to go to the dealer,, no other way,,
However, here in DUBAI, there are key shops where you can get duplicate or programme used keys for almost all brands,
I got the same for BMW X5 2006, and Grand Cherokee 2007, and they usualy use the same computer with all sotware required to assign programme from car ECU.
Actually, they can make it easily for Touareg up to 2007, but for my 2008, it looks the software (or Codes) still not available yet.

Thanks again,,

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[noobytoogy]

I looked into using key shops too but found that the price was much the same as at the dealer!

There seemed no point in letting a key shop boy loose on your car with a computer when you can pay the same for, in my case, an excellent technician and the car will get a check over and one of its two annual wash 'n' vacs as well!

[And, no, I don't care about how or who washes the frickin' thing either!]

 

[Niner]

[And, no, I don't care about how or who washes the frickin' thing either!]

If you owned a new Touareg and it came back from the 10k free service washed, with swirl marks in the paint from Julio washing and drying it with a dirty towel that he dropped on the gritty pavement then picked up and started drying with again, you might feel differently. True story. Fact. I saw it with my own two eyes. Reminder, this is, for all intensive purposes, a Porsche Cayenne with a cheap interior. All it's lacking is the Pepper badge.

 

[noobytoogy]

Ah, there's the advantage of driving a 10 year old car, Niner.

I don't have to worry when I walk back to it in the supermarket car park to see if some idiot has dinged it with a trolley again. Nor does it bother me to pull over against a hedge for an oncoming ultra-wide tractor and plough/plow combo.

So I'm very happy if the nice smiley bloke at my dealer washes it . . . and I'm even happier if he's taken out the rotary polisher to put a high shine on Tommy Treg!

 

[Blownvette]

If you owned a new Touareg and it came back from the 10k free service washed, with swirl marks in the paint from Julio washing and drying it with a dirty towel that he dropped on the gritty pavement then picked up and started drying with again, you might feel differently. True story. Fact. I saw it with my own two eyes.

I hope that's the gentleman's name in question, if not you may want to consider that that sounds very racist.

 

[HIRacing]

I don't know how independent locksmiths code VW keys. I used to work in a VW parts department. No one liked cutting keys so I became the "key guy". Closest I could get to real metal work, I suppose. Anyway, to program a key to a car we logged into some system at VW. Entered the VIN and likely some other stuff I don't recall now and VW returned a code good for 24 hours. Put the key in the programmer, typed in that code and it coded to the car/ECU.

Highway robbery to get one programmed. Even more so when considering the crypto behind it has been cracked for years. Insanely tempting targets if you're a black-hat VAG-group fan.

 

[Tregv10]

Well I successfully re- programmed the original key plus added 2 new keys on a 06 Touareg. The key in ignition and door lock method does not work with the Kessy system. I had to use Vag-Com and got the login code using the Vag Key login code retrieve unit so no need to go to the dealer. Was $130 on eBay.

 

[Yeti]

Nice little device, but according to the two I looked at on Ebay only good for Touaregs up to 07. At least you got it to work for you.

 

[Tregv10]

Nice little device, but according to the two I looked at on Ebay only good for Touaregs up to 07. At least you got it to work for you.

Yep it's limited years but it works. Just wanted to share if someone else needed it. The newer vehicles require 2 codes to be able to login.

 

[leroyfli]

So I got a `12 TDI and it came with only one key I found another on ebay for $50. The process noted here does not seem to apply since I don't have an actual key... anyone have another way to do this the local VW dealer says it will be $160 to program.

 

[Yeti]

So I got a `12 TDI and it came with only one key I found another on ebay for $50. The process noted here does not seem to apply since I don't have an actual key... anyone have another way to do this the local VW dealer says it will be $160 to program.

Dealer is the only way and that FOB you bought may or may not work.

 

[mclinton]

You probably will have to go to the dealer if you tried the steps I listed in a blog on here which required putting the non-working key in the ignition to the on position and use the working key to program it. See my steps for programming the key.

 

[noobytoogy]

Dealer.

 

[Ksichelstiel]

I just bought a used 2005 V8. Only came with ONE original flip/switchblade/remote key. Definitely need at least 1 spare. Dealer told me about $143 to order each key through VW using VIN number (cut or uncut, I'm not sure?) plus another $105 one-time charge to program as many keys/remotes as I wanted.

My question is that since I already have one fully-functioning remote/key, can I save the $105 by getting a key thru them and then programming both the new ignition key and remote myself using the directions in this thread? Does the dealer have to do the initial progamming on any new key from VW, or was he blowing smoke???

Thanks for any thoughts!

 

[noobytoogy]

Dealer job.

 

[mclinton]

You should be able to program it.
I had one lose its program and I used the good key & these steps to reprogram it.

 

[Yeti]

You should be able to program it.
I had one lose its program and I used the good key & these steps to reprogram it.

That is only for the buttons to do their job. You need to have the dealer program it to the cluster so it works with the alarm. No other way to do it with out going there.

 

[Ksichelstiel]

Dealer job.

Yup, heading to the dealer to get the "full" programming. Found another dealer to do it for $75. Thanks noobytoogy and Yeti!

 

[HIRacing]

It's been a dozen or so years since I worked at a dealership. Not sure if the system is the same but back then we logged into a VW system of some sort, entered the VIN and maybe something about the cluster (fuzzy on that part). The system returned a code good for 24 hours. We entered that code into the fob programmer. Always loved cutting the switchblade keys.

Don't know why they won't do it for free really. The Megamos crypto used in the transponder has long ago (in computer years) been cracked. Not hard to source from darker sites. VW and Thales even sued to keep the info from being published -- AFTER it was already in the wild since 2009. Paying $75 for a broken product bugs me.

Good luck on the coding. I need to do the same thing as we only got one key with ours too. Easier (and less suspicious) to carry another key than a door opening kit.