Can the battery going dead in a remote keypad cause the windows to stop working and not be able to open the trunk even with a key?

Asked by Cjnorton1972 Feb 19, 2018 at 09:36 PM about the 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Bought it used. All was working great till the remote keypad battery went dead.

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Yes it can because of the programming. Either bring it to a dealer and get fob re- coded. Or try this it may or may not work but worth a shot go to passenger door and lock and unlock the passenger side. Its weird I know but some reason it re- programs them. Good luck

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Sometimes when the car battery is low on juice, it will prevent the locks from working correctly, so might want to check your battery to make sure you don't have a bad cell or some other problem with it.

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