my immobilizer issues
I have about had it up to my eyeballs with my 2002 VW Cabrio's Immobilizer. The car was working fine the other day. I went to go start it, it would turn, crank and then immediately die. I kept trying... Eventually it would turn, turn, turn and never crank. So what did I do? I took it to the dealership and they said it was the immobilizer and that they needed to reprogram my keys... fine. They charged me $120.00 to reprogram my keys and then called me to let me know that they programmed both keys (one of which I thought they said could not be rogrammed) and told me that my car would not start. When I asked him what it was doing, he said it was turning over but would not start. I knew that this started to happen earlier when I was trying to start the car when the immobilizer had kicked in, but I just figured it to be part of the problem as well. I took my vag-com up to the dealership last night, tried to start the car with what used to be my master key, and guess what? I get 17978 P1570 - Engine blocked by immobilizer. Go figure, right? I cleared the code and tried the other key(the one I was told could not be programmed) and did not get an immobilizer code, but the car still would turn but never start. The techs notes on my receipt, states that the cars timing was perfect, that it has spark, and it has fuel, but he doesnt know how much fuel it's getting. At this point I am totally frustrated because the dealership is telling me it is going to be another $106.00 to look at the car and if he goes over his time and cant figure it out it will be another $106.00. So here I am with a car, still parked at the dealership, when you use one key it throws an immobilizer code, the other key does not (the one I was told could not be programmed), the car has spark, timing is fine and it has fuel, just not sure how much fuel and I dont have the money to waste on him "trying" to figure out what is wrong with my car, especially if it is going to cost me $200 just to find the problem. HELP!