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Thanks for both your replys, have now fixed the problem. My wife had the car when the problem happened, after recovery service took car to local garage she remembered that the key had come apart in two!! It seems that the remote alarm was playing up again, so she unlocked the door manually. At this point the blade part of the key came away from the horse shoe part of the key. I took key apart again, and yes the pat chip was missing, so 11pm last night i was in a supermarket car park looking for a needle in a haystack. After 10 mins of looking in the dark with a torch, i some how found it ( still cant believe it now ). Put chip back in to remote key, and car started first time. Im now going to glue chip in key, also going to buy a second remote key.

Hi, I have 2003 TDI and it will not start, the engine turns over and starts briefly and then stops. The car was working fine when parked, but upon return problem occured. The remote has been taking a few press of the buttons to activate the alarm, has been steadily getting worse. Batteries where replaced a week ago on the remote, and had been working up till now But remote problem had been returning, hope some one can help. Thanks