How do I turn off an alarm on a 2000 VW Beetle if I don't have a remote?
The key is no longer unlocking the door (although...it will lock it occasionally) and when I start the car the alarm goes off for 30 seconds. I've tried looking at the inside fuse panel to see if one of those would deactivate the alarm, but no luck. I have not tried the fuse box under the hood and don't know that I would recognize the symbol for it. Thanks for any help you might be able to offer (except for selling it).
Frances
You would have to go to the dealer and have them, most likely, shuf off the alarm via the fuse box under the hood.
Thanks, lightGear. Of course the dealers are more than happy to get my business. I hadn't thought to simply ask them to shut off the alarm. They were talking $100 diagnostic, $100 for the remote, $55 to program it and, figuring there was probably an electrical problem, informed us that it would be $100/hour to figure out the problem. I do want a remote, in any event, but along with that, now I wonder what they'd charge to turn off the alarm? Thanks, however, for telling me where to FIND the fuse for it. :-) Frances
if your key will not turn off alarm, you can unlock the trunk with the drivers door open, leave the trunk lid up & get in & start the car. this will disengage alarm. have had to do this on mine.
This worked great for me too! Now how do I turn it back on?
ok, now what do you do when this does not work? when i have done the before mentioned process (saw it on another webpage) the car still re-arms itself. my car, i believe has major electrical malfuncions, and im seriously fed up with it. if anyone has ideas, please email me at kytarea@yahoo.com
The alarm is going off because the door latch module is bad.
I disconnected the battery for a few minutes, the flashing red light went off and co0nnected the battery. It worked. We will see how long.
Thanks, everyone! In the meantime, I found a key and fob for the VW on Ebay, took it to a repair some that specializes in VW's and foreign made cars. He did it all (program, etc.) for $61.99. It's working great now. Thanks for all the suggestions and answers!!
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