Warning lights unable to clear after triggering immobilisation lock

2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
150,000 MILES • 1.4L • TURBO • AUTOMATIC
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DTJH
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Workshop swapped my speedo cluster without changing the motherboards and started the engine. Immobilisation lock was triggered. Cluster was swapped back and I am able to start the engine now. However warning lights are unable to be cleared.
Jul 15, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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STRAILER
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Yep, I would do a hard system reboot to allow the systems to relearn themselves. Here is a video to help,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INiDRO5A5MY&t

Please upload a short video in your response of the problem, so I can see what's going on
Jul 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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DTJH
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I dug a little deeper and tried to use vcds to clear, I realised the abs long code is gone. I think the immo lock might’ve wiped the abs code
Jul 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Yep, that makes sense. So does the car start now what is going on?
Jul 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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