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Old 04-13-2006, 09:03 PM
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on your battery, in an effort to take your car out of limp mode?
Old 04-13-2006, 09:18 PM
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Default reset codes with VAG-COM instead. If you don't have vag-com...

then I'm not sure if that disconnecting the battery trick works or not. In my experience, limp mode was reset when the car was restarted.

In any case, unplugging the battery for <5 minutes should only reset the clock and the auto up/down windows feature. To re-enable that feature just hold the switch in the up position for ~2 seconds with the window closed.
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Don't forget the radio reset code.
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Default I never had that problem - I thought you only needed that code if the battery was unplugged for

more than a few minutes.
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If you get a phone call or something comes up, you might regret not having it. Thats all. 8-)
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