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Hello
I recently bought a used 2016 touareg with Kessy.
At time of purchase, remote was working strange, we had in mind it was related to dying batteries, need to be very close to the vehicule to lock/unlock
touching handles is sporadically working. Works better when key is not in the pocket.
Passenger side seems to work a little bit better.
both keys are working the same.
No fault codes
Left the car at my local vw dealer when back home (1000k away from purchase location) to fix. Seller dealer agreed to pay for the repair.
They ordered a new key, I didn't understand why, but they claimed it happens both key are failing... (I don't agree with that, but I let the dealer go ahead).
2 weeks later, the freshly delivered key is obviously working as the 2 old ones...
Since, they are "doing tests" and are troubleshooting for 2 days... I don't understand what they are doing.
So I decided to look closely after the erwin diagrams, and I may figured out something.
1) my understanding is when touching the handle, local door antenna is telling the key to open the car (like pressing the button on the key fob). at this time we are seeing the led on the remote flashing (even when the door is not opening). The signal is emitted from the key fob to the remote control antenna, located in the rear passenger fixed window. We can see the wire within the glass.
--> is that correct ?
2) If the antenna is not connected or broken (within the glass, or the wire connecting the glass to the antenna module is cut, key fob range will be very poor, especially when on the other side of the car (driver's door as an exemple)
--> is that correct ?
3) in this case, antenna module located in the bottom of the glass (passenger side), within the trunk space, is working fine, which explains why we do not see any fault
--> is that correct ?
So maybe my issue is only related to a bad cabling connection between antenna module and glass antenna.
what do you think ?
Antenna Diagram
I recently bought a used 2016 touareg with Kessy.
At time of purchase, remote was working strange, we had in mind it was related to dying batteries, need to be very close to the vehicule to lock/unlock
touching handles is sporadically working. Works better when key is not in the pocket.
Passenger side seems to work a little bit better.
both keys are working the same.
No fault codes
Left the car at my local vw dealer when back home (1000k away from purchase location) to fix. Seller dealer agreed to pay for the repair.
They ordered a new key, I didn't understand why, but they claimed it happens both key are failing... (I don't agree with that, but I let the dealer go ahead).
2 weeks later, the freshly delivered key is obviously working as the 2 old ones...
Since, they are "doing tests" and are troubleshooting for 2 days... I don't understand what they are doing.
So I decided to look closely after the erwin diagrams, and I may figured out something.
1) my understanding is when touching the handle, local door antenna is telling the key to open the car (like pressing the button on the key fob). at this time we are seeing the led on the remote flashing (even when the door is not opening). The signal is emitted from the key fob to the remote control antenna, located in the rear passenger fixed window. We can see the wire within the glass.
--> is that correct ?
2) If the antenna is not connected or broken (within the glass, or the wire connecting the glass to the antenna module is cut, key fob range will be very poor, especially when on the other side of the car (driver's door as an exemple)
--> is that correct ?
3) in this case, antenna module located in the bottom of the glass (passenger side), within the trunk space, is working fine, which explains why we do not see any fault
--> is that correct ?
So maybe my issue is only related to a bad cabling connection between antenna module and glass antenna.
what do you think ?
Antenna Diagram