MKV Key Cylinder replacement

redscout72

Active member
Joined
May 28, 2015
Location
Archdale, NC USA
TDI
2006 Jetta BRM 5spd
Hey everybody, so I had the dreaded key stuck in the switch issue last week.
I ordered the steering lock piece for the ignition and just finished swapping everything over and buttoning it back up but now I have Immobilizer Active...

I swapped the module on the ignition with the original one off my car, idk what to do now. Everything seems to be plugged up correctly.

I have VCDS just don't know what to do with it here.
 

oilhammer

Certified Volkswagen Nut & Vendor
Joined
Dec 11, 2001
Location
outside St Louis, MO
TDI
There are just too many to list....
You do not have to mess with the immo at all when you do this. So I am assuming you forgot to plug something in, perhaps the transponder ring which is its own little tiny plug. Unless of course you also ordered a new key, then THAT will need to be synced to the car.. VCDS cannot do that.

I only ever get the housing and, if necessary, the new cylinder.

I've done quite a few of these:

 
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