My son has recently bought a Skoda Octavia ( 55 plate ) and neither remote key fobs were working ( flat batteries in both! )

I can find instructions online to reprogram a key fob when you have another one that works….. but not when neither are working!

Do any of our STWSkodaVWWorld people have any ideas or links for how to???

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/vw-remote-matching.html

You need access to someone with VCDS… which I have if you’re around Portsmouth area

Get him on Briskoda & put a request in for beer money (most people do it for free/karma)

I was wondering about the batteries in VAG/Skoda keyfobs; my Octy is a 51 plate, and both keyfobs are working fine, never had the batteries replaced since I’ve had it, and that’s been around ten years.
I was even beginning to wonder if they even had batteries in, instead using some sort of piezoelectric system.

CountZero batteries in my keys lasted 7 years (not Skoda fyi). When they needed changing we did have to re-sync but one was working, changed batteries in both but one worked and one didn’t. The garage did the sync for free