I have tested the current drawn by a 2018 Passat keyfob. When dormant, the current is 4.7µAmps, resulting in a theoretical life of a Duracell CR2032 battery of around 5 years. Other tests include the current drawn when:

• buttons are pressed
• for keyless entry, and
• when the keyfob is

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Test drove a new 2021 Skoda Karoq today and they have appeared to have changed the keyfob for the better

VW have removed the stupid button that pops out the key which always seems to happen when the keyfob is in your pocket
Its also thinner and lighter and looks similar to this ...

I had an intermittent drivers door lock, so I bought a new one on ebay and today I installed it. Everything is working except one thing has changed, before if I used the door lock button on the drivers door all doors would lock and stay locked, now the drivers door locks then unlocks again, This also...

currently have 05 Golf TDI with 09a and 06 Jetta 2.0T with package 3.
I had the 06 Jetta set up to enable keyfob activation of windows to open and to close windows and sunroof. Somewhere in recent past I lost keyfob control of windows and I can't even open or close windows with actual key in...

Looking to buy a spare keyfob for a passat B7. Only need the remote part, have my own immobiliser rfid chip, and cut key.

(Couldn't find a thread which I thought I'd spotted with below info).

Been getting the 'replace keyfob battery' message on the MFD for a few weeks now.

Dealer quoted $8 for battery.

How do you access the battery in the keyfob? Does it just pull apart like...

Hi All,

I took delivery of a MY15 Polo late last year and the other day I went to open the car with the keyfob and it was flat. I've since taken it for a drive with the flat keyfob in and it still remains flat (As I understand the car recharges it? (Or am I making that up?). Is this something...