Cuzoe
Veteran Member
I've been googling some threads... there are people with fobs that work from 50+ feet away. Mine was like that at one point. My parking lot at work is a good 20-25 yards from the door of the building. I could get to the door and hit the button with the fob in my pocket and get an acknowledgment horn.
Every antenna I can find in the wiring diagrams goes to the KESSY module (J965) or to the Infotainment (J794). I was hoping to find something coming off of the BCM. US Golf's apparently use 315 MHz keys while EU (and maybe ROW) Golfs use 433 MHz. The key and BCM should match of course. Although I wonder if a 315Mhz key could be paired with a 433MHz BCM. It might work but with terrible range.
I did have my BCM replaced but it was with the ETKA specified replacement so should be correct. I also don't really know when the range issue started, hmmmmmm????
Every antenna I can find in the wiring diagrams goes to the KESSY module (J965) or to the Infotainment (J794). I was hoping to find something coming off of the BCM. US Golf's apparently use 315 MHz keys while EU (and maybe ROW) Golfs use 433 MHz. The key and BCM should match of course. Although I wonder if a 315Mhz key could be paired with a 433MHz BCM. It might work but with terrible range.
I did have my BCM replaced but it was with the ETKA specified replacement so should be correct. I also don't really know when the range issue started, hmmmmmm????