New keyless entry remote

So i bought a new remote today, and im pretty sure there was a post on here how to program the new remote to the car, but i cant find the post. If anyone knows how to do it without going to the stealership... lemme know.. thanks

for your 98 Jetta to program your remote. You must have 2 keys
1 switch ignition key on and get out and close the door.
2 with the 2nd key turn the door lock to the unlock position and hold it there until you get 3 beeps from the horn.
3 Quickly press the unlock button on the remote once,if you have more than 1 remote to do they must all be done within one minute.
4 again turn the key in the door lock to the off position and hold it there until you get 1 beep (about 10 sec)
5 open the door and turn the ign key off.
It worked for me,right out of the CD manual,just did it yesterday and still had the peice of paper i had written it on handy. Don

Hey thanks.. it worked great..

How much was the new remote?
Also where did you get it from?
Do you have a part number?

Mine is getting worn out, had to remove the panic since i was pressing it by accident while getting out of the car...

Thanks

oldiesel said:

for your 98 Jetta to program your remote. You must have 2 keys
1 switch ignition key on and get out and close the door.
2 with the 2nd key turn the door lock to the unlock position and hold it there until you get 3 beeps from the horn.
3 Quickly press the unlock button on the remote once,if you have more than 1 remote to do they must all be done within one minute.
4 again turn the key in the door lock to the off position and hold it there until you get 1 beep (about 10 sec)
5 open the door and turn the ign key off.
It worked for me,right out of the CD manual,just did it yesterday and still had the peice of paper i had written it on handy. Don

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I have 2 remotes that work with my A3 TDI and 2 more from another A3 - RIP

When I follow the above procedure to reprogram the 2 old remotes for my current TDI, do I have to program all 4 within one minute, or just the 2 that need reprogramming?

I am pretty sure it is all of them VW in their infinite wisdom learns to make more money on keys than I can believe

For new remotes try www.1stvwparts.com they had good prices when I got mine, way better than Ebay's used stuff.

Matt B.

P2B said:

I have 2 remotes that work with my A3 TDI and 2 more from another A3 - RIP

When I follow the above procedure to reprogram the 2 old remotes for my current TDI, do I have to program all 4 within one minute, or just the 2 that need reprogramming?

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Turns out you do need to program them all in one session - the two originals stopped working when I just programmed the two from the other car.

My car beeped each time it programmed a remote - 1 beep for the first remote, 2 beeps for the second and so on. Also beeped 3 times when I held the key in the unlock position after programming (not once as expected)

So there was a lot of beeping and some puzzled looks from the neighbours, but now I have 4 working remotes

I cant find it in the catalog. what is it called or what are the part numbers?

I cant find it in the catalog. what is it called or what are the part numbers?

Here you go 1EM 937 047A. Just checked it out at 1stvw it works.

Matt