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HELP, cant turn off the car alarm without the key fob and its battery is dead

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#1 ·
i have a mkIV golf, the other day i locked it with the key fob and now the battery in the fob has died so i cant open the car without the alarm going off,
how do i turn off the alarm with the manual key??
 
#2 ·
insert into driver door and unlock it. If it DOES NOT disarm this way, you have a bad door latch as well.
 
#4 ·
yep. bad door latch.
 
#6 ·
When you turn the key to unlock or lock twice, do all the other doors lock or unlock?
 
#9 ·
You have an underlying issue here and you need to check it out. When you turn the key in the door to unlock, it disables the alarm. If it does not, then you have a bad latch or a bad wire (much less likely in your car) to the latch. The problem may be sporadic.
 
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