# VW Key not working

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-key-not-working/43518>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen, passat\
**Created:** [January 31, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-key-not-working/43518 "2010-01-31T00:21:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![crossja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@crossja](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crossja)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-key-not-working/43518/1 "2010-01-31T00:21:16Z")

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after a battery replacement on a remote the remote will Lock the car, but not unlock it (it will unlock the tailgate).  
  
  
  
 Now the key and spare key will not turn in the driver’s door.  
  
  
  
 Has anyone else had this type of problem?

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**Author:** ![Woman\_Worrier\_III](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Woman\_Worrier\_III](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Woman_Worrier_III)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-key-not-working/43518/2 "2010-01-31T00:28:21Z")

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My key wouldn’t work in ignition of 91 Honda Civic, so it’s likely a different problem, because in my case it was the key itself. It was just plum worn out and dull at the edges. I had a copy cut and the copy works.