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One of the things on my long list of Things To Do has been to get the Beetle over to ASG and let them check it over and get it running again. It's essentially been unhappy since it stranded me in Ohio over Thanksgiving, 'cause the guy who worked on it there didn't get the timing set right. The TDI "guru" in this area was too busy to get to it, and then got out of the business entirely (it had been a sideline for him), so I've just been juggling priorities (and driving the gas-guzzling Trooper) until I could get it fixed.
When I went to fire it up a few days ago, the battery was dead, so I jumped it, but it had been dead long enough that the remote control didn't work. Thankfully, the car still recognized the key as its own so unlocking it didn't set the alarm off, but it was annoying not to have the clicker. I dropped it at ASG over the weekend, and my friend Scott picked me up and drove me home, then I stopped by ASG on my way to work on Monday to leave them the key and tell them what needed to be done. I mentioned (more as an information item than anything else) that the key wasn't keyed to the car any more, and then didn't really think any more about that. (In the past, only VW dealers could cut new keys or re-code keys... so I thought I was going to have to take it to them.) (All of the instructions I was finding for re-linking it yourself involve having two keys, and I only got one when I bought the car.)
Imagine my delight when I picked up the car this afternoon (having given one of my staffmembers with a lovely little convertible the "opportunity" to get out of the office for awhile by following me home then driving me to ASG to get the Beetle after I left the Trooper at the house) and discovered that the clicker works. Not only that, but they didn't charge me anything (it doesn't even show up on the shop paperwork). And the car is soooooo much happier. Apparently it was only running on three cylinders (dead glow plug). No wonder it was smoking a lot and running rough!
When I went to fire it up a few days ago, the battery was dead, so I jumped it, but it had been dead long enough that the remote control didn't work. Thankfully, the car still recognized the key as its own so unlocking it didn't set the alarm off, but it was annoying not to have the clicker. I dropped it at ASG over the weekend, and my friend Scott picked me up and drove me home, then I stopped by ASG on my way to work on Monday to leave them the key and tell them what needed to be done. I mentioned (more as an information item than anything else) that the key wasn't keyed to the car any more, and then didn't really think any more about that. (In the past, only VW dealers could cut new keys or re-code keys... so I thought I was going to have to take it to them.) (All of the instructions I was finding for re-linking it yourself involve having two keys, and I only got one when I bought the car.)
Imagine my delight when I picked up the car this afternoon (having given one of my staffmembers with a lovely little convertible the "opportunity" to get out of the office for awhile by following me home then driving me to ASG to get the Beetle after I left the Trooper at the house) and discovered that the clicker works. Not only that, but they didn't charge me anything (it doesn't even show up on the shop paperwork). And the car is soooooo much happier. Apparently it was only running on three cylinders (dead glow plug). No wonder it was smoking a lot and running rough!
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Date: 2008-07-18 06:42 pm (UTC)