It worked on my old tiguan but for some reason I just tried to close the boot with the keyfob but it doesnt work. Opening is fine just not closing it on my 2019 R tech model...anyone have the same problem
You do have to be within 6 feet for it to work i have found, any further away and it seemed to sometimes work and sometimes not.Bruce287 said:It's the non allspace version.
Tried it again today. Seems a bit temperamental. Worked last night after I asked for advice...and seems ok today hmmm
Mine has never not worked. I can open/close from inside my house and have also done it at some distance without issues. Maybe it could be affected by signal interference?JK-VWTiguanR said:You do have to be within 6 feet for it to work i have found, any further away and it seemed to sometimes work and sometimes not.Bruce287 said:It's the non allspace version.
Tried it again today. Seems a bit temperamental. Worked last night after I asked for advice...and seems ok today hmmm
x2, I Have just opened mine while in the back garden, probably a good 25 feet away from my car.Jeremy_SWE said:Mine has never not worked. I can open/close from inside my house and have also done it at some distance without issues. Maybe it could be affected by signal interference?JK-VWTiguanR said:You do have to be within 6 feet for it to work i have found, any further away and it seemed to sometimes work and sometimes not.Bruce287 said:It's the non allspace version.
Tried it again today. Seems a bit temperamental. Worked last night after I asked for advice...and seems ok today hmmm
Should have put open and closed from 25 foot away no problems.Bruce287 said:I can open it pretty much anywhere, its closing it which is a pain. If I was to close it literally about a foot or two away which is strange as I thought the purpose of the key is to do it remotely. I know I can use either of the two buttons in the boot but think its odd that I cannot do it with the key
Weird!! So 2018 onwards you can't really close it unless you are near it!!182_blue said:Should have put open and closed from 25 foot away no problems.Bruce287 said:I can open it pretty much anywhere, its closing it which is a pain. If I was to close it literally about a foot or two away which is strange as I thought the purpose of the key is to do it remotely. I know I can use either of the two buttons in the boot but think its odd that I cannot do it with the key
Within 6 feet i can close mine, not sure why i would be much further away to be honest.Bruce287 said:Weird!! So 2018 onwards you can't really close it unless you are near it!!182_blue said:Should have put open and closed from 25 foot away no problems.Bruce287 said:I can open it pretty much anywhere, its closing it which is a pain. If I was to close it literally about a foot or two away which is strange as I thought the purpose of the key is to do it remotely. I know I can use either of the two buttons in the boot but think its odd that I cannot do it with the key
I'm saying it would be useful to have say if I took things from the boot and my hands are full. Rather than coming out again to shut the boot I could use the key. I know there are the other options on the boot but thought it was a bit of a backward step. if I was within 6 feet away then I wouldn't use the keyfob.JK-VWTiguanR said:Within 6 feet i can close mine, not sure why i would be much further away to be honest.Bruce287 said:Weird!! So 2018 onwards you can't really close it unless you are near it!!182_blue said:Should have put open and closed from 25 foot away no problems.
Just opened and closed mine from inside the house but I am around 6 feet away so it will work indoors if your that close, i personally would not want to be too far away from the car with the boot left open but it may well be different for others I appreciate.Bruce287 said:I'm saying it would be useful to have say if I took things from the boot and my hands are full. Rather than coming out again to shut the boot I could use the key. I know there are the other options on the boot but thought it was a bit of a backward step. if I was within 6 feet away then I wouldn't use the keyfob.JK-VWTiguanR said:Within 6 feet i can close mine, not sure why i would be much further away to be honest.Bruce287 said:Weird!! So 2018 onwards you can't really close it unless you are near it!!
Are you facing the boot or are you facing the front? I generally park with the nose in on my drive. I can definitely open it from within the houseJK-VWTiguanR said:Just opened and closed mine from inside the house but I am around 6 feet away so it will work indoors if your that close, i personally would not want to be too far away from the car with the boot left open but it may well be different for others I appreciate.Bruce287 said:I'm saying it would be useful to have say if I took things from the boot and my hands are full. Rather than coming out again to shut the boot I could use the key. I know there are the other options on the boot but thought it was a bit of a backward step. if I was within 6 feet away then I wouldn't use the keyfob.JK-VWTiguanR said:Within 6 feet i can close mine, not sure why i would be much further away to be honest.
I am facing the boot.Bruce287 said:Are you facing the boot or are you facing the front? I generally park with the nose in on my drive. I can definitely open it from within the houseJK-VWTiguanR said:Just opened and closed mine from inside the house but I am around 6 feet away so it will work indoors if your that close, i personally would not want to be too far away from the car with the boot left open but it may well be different for others I appreciate.Bruce287 said:I'm saying it would be useful to have say if I took things from the boot and my hands are full. Rather than coming out again to shut the boot I could use the key. I know there are the other options on the boot but thought it was a bit of a backward step. if I was within 6 feet away then I wouldn't use the keyfob.
Good point.scrounger said:if you are taking stuff out of the boot and your hands are full, before you pick everything up, press the button to the right of the boot close and when you go out of range by about 4 feet, the boot will close itself.
As mentioned before I'm aware that I can use the buttons to close the boot.JK-VWTiguanR said:Good point.scrounger said:if you are taking stuff out of the boot and your hands are full, before you pick everything up, press the button to the right of the boot close and when you go out of range by about 4 feet, the boot will close itself.
How far away did you want to use it?Bruce287 said:As mentioned before I'm aware that I can use the buttons to close the boot.JK-VWTiguanR said:Good point.scrounger said:if you are taking stuff out of the boot and your hands are full, before you pick everything up, press the button to the right of the boot close and when you go out of range by about 4 feet, the boot will close itself.
In summary then, I've found that late 2018 and onwards models you cannot close the boot with the key unless you are close to the boot.
Cheers for confirming
Did you press and hold the boot close button?brian1983 said:I tried to close my boot from inside my house last night. No joy, I was about 10 feet away, opened no problem, nothing happens when I tried to close it, had to go out and hit the button, 2019 standard Tiguan
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