Car Key In Washing Machine

The alarm will then sound again 15 or so seconds later and will again stop after 30 seconds.

Car key in washing machine. Take out the battery. If you have a good 2nd key I would get a new key made to replace the suspect faulty one. While the standard key fob can easily survive a trip in the washing machine its best to treat the Display Key as you would a smartphone dont worry about rain but keep it away from too much water.

I was able to fix it by opening the shell and removing all the contents. These funny looking keys are used for vending machines and washing machines. It was submerged in water for about 10 minutes until I found it.

As an engineer I would take the key fob apart and remove the battery as instructed earlier. Open the car with the key and the alarm will go off. What you need to do is to dismantle the key ie detach the metal key from the holder remove the battery tray etc.

The most common type of car key used to be the traditional car key which was mostly just a physical key that was used to engage your car door locks and work in conjunction with your ignition. Posted on Jan 03 2010. However thats it - the alarm will then disarm and not sound again.

Why did my car key go through the washing machine. I believe this unit is a random number update type and will have to be re-associated with the vehicle if it is still working that is. My key fob has been through the washing machine twice.

If you have a two-part key such as the Ford Flip key or older style VW group youll need to strip the key down. Contact VW and ask for the procedure. Do not use hairdryer or clothes dryer coz the static built up will kill the chip.