2001 Volkswagen Beetle
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A barista at her roommate's apartment in El Cajon had already been burned once. Another locksmith tried to program a key to her 2001 Volkswagen Beetle, failed partway through, and left error codes in the immobilizer. He charged $150 for "the attempt" and told her to go to the dealer. The VW now wouldn't accept any key.
She found me through reviews and was upfront that she was nervous about paying again for nothing.
I plugged my IM608 into the OBD port and saw the damage. Fault codes from the incomplete programming and an immobilizer stuck in a confused state. I cleared the codes, verified the module was clean, then ran a proper VW key learning sequence from scratch. Her Remote Flip Key, FCC ID NBG8137T, was a 4-button smart key. The previous locksmith had tried to force a procedure meant for a different immobilizer generation. I showed her the clean confirmation on the IM608 screen so she could see it was fully registered this time.
Her VW started clean. Total was $175. Dealer wanted $369 to fix it. I didn't charge extra for the cleanup because that's part of doing the job correctly.
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