made up for the easy and cheap fix by misplacing my ignition key again.
Been 10 years, might be time to get a second key made. It turned up in the wash after almost a week last time I couldn't find it. I was a day away from towing it to the dealer then, it was while I was roofing Norman Rd. I remember it very clearly, I was certain it had ended up in the dumpster somehow. the remote keyless hasn't worked since then but it has never missed a beat starting the truck. Only fails when absent.
On my first Jetta I took the little pill out of a good key and put it inside the steering column so a dumb key would work. I cut 2 dumb keys but I only have the one with a good RFID tag, presently misplaced.
Hoping that admitting my shame of losing a key will jog my memory on where the flying fuck it could be. I drove the truck all through 2 weeks ago, and remember carrying the key on my every day keys for a couple days into the next week but I can't place where I put it after that. Was almost certainly on 5/13 or 5/14 but that doesn't help me much. humbug!