Hi there VW Eos experts. I am hoping you can help me or actually my mother in law to be honest to get her back up and running. I am not sure if this has been discussed previously as I am new to this site and couldn't see a thread with this exact issue and question I have surrounding it.
Firstly car details are
2007 VW Eos (Australia RHD)
Automatic – 2.0L TDI
VIN: WVWZZZ1FZ7V029658
So problem is this, immobiliser is not allowing the car to start for longer than 1 sec before switching off. Immobiliser Car light flashing and saying Immobiliser Active on screen. I have tried all of the usual tricks including new battery in car and key fobs, trying to jumpstart from another vehicle, leaving key in car for certain periods of time (depending on what other threads I have already read). Locksmith has said it is not the key that needs recoding (didn't work) and another VW expert (use the term loosely) who came out advised it is the key barrel code reader that has the problem and I just need to replace that.
The car did do this a few times a couple of weeks earlier but when they tried to restart the car it just started again no problems, this in my head tells me it was not really a code but it is something faulty that is reading it maybe?
Well all the research tells me that if I replace the code reader then everything else will still need to be recoded as it won't recognize the reader? Is this correct? And if so can this only be done by VW dealer and I am assuming they will want my first born to pay for it? Potentially it is the whole immobiliser system that is shot?
My question is that if this is the case can I just buy a complete ECU set including Keys, Instrument Cluster, ECU unit and Key barrels both door and ignition and replace all of these and we would be sweet? Next question then is that would the other units then not register with the new ECU and then it would all need to be reprogrammed anyway?
Basically looking for any help on how I can get around this stupid problem as cheaply as possible for my 75 year old mother in law (and yes she is actually a nice one)
Car is also stuck in a basement with no access for a tow truck and a huge inclined driveway, so getting it out to someone is a problem.
Thanks everyone, looking forward to whatever responses and help I can get.
Firstly car details are
2007 VW Eos (Australia RHD)
Automatic – 2.0L TDI
VIN: WVWZZZ1FZ7V029658
So problem is this, immobiliser is not allowing the car to start for longer than 1 sec before switching off. Immobiliser Car light flashing and saying Immobiliser Active on screen. I have tried all of the usual tricks including new battery in car and key fobs, trying to jumpstart from another vehicle, leaving key in car for certain periods of time (depending on what other threads I have already read). Locksmith has said it is not the key that needs recoding (didn't work) and another VW expert (use the term loosely) who came out advised it is the key barrel code reader that has the problem and I just need to replace that.
The car did do this a few times a couple of weeks earlier but when they tried to restart the car it just started again no problems, this in my head tells me it was not really a code but it is something faulty that is reading it maybe?
Well all the research tells me that if I replace the code reader then everything else will still need to be recoded as it won't recognize the reader? Is this correct? And if so can this only be done by VW dealer and I am assuming they will want my first born to pay for it? Potentially it is the whole immobiliser system that is shot?
My question is that if this is the case can I just buy a complete ECU set including Keys, Instrument Cluster, ECU unit and Key barrels both door and ignition and replace all of these and we would be sweet? Next question then is that would the other units then not register with the new ECU and then it would all need to be reprogrammed anyway?
Basically looking for any help on how I can get around this stupid problem as cheaply as possible for my 75 year old mother in law (and yes she is actually a nice one)
Car is also stuck in a basement with no access for a tow truck and a huge inclined driveway, so getting it out to someone is a problem.
Thanks everyone, looking forward to whatever responses and help I can get.