Hello,
here's a quick one. I've used my car ('04 1.4TdiSE75) for a month using the key that was the one used by the dealer. The spare one was in the document pack - and looked basically the same as the first one - with similarly worn buttons. When I checked a few days ago, I found that it didn't respond to button pressing, so replaced the battery and then re-synced it to the car after having read various threads here and videos on Youtube (key in ignition, turn it to the on position, press the door lock / unlock buttons on the driver's door a couple of times, then switch off - keyfob now locks and unlocks car normally). I also established (to begin with) that the other approach used for some Audi models in the early 00s (driver's door lock) didn't work for this key or perhaps not the A2. However, the ignition method worked first time, so I was really pleased with myself (!).
A few days later I found a thread on here (that I can't now find) describing how to source & replace the three button panel to tidy up the keyfob cosmetics, so being a tart like that I bought a couple of the replacement key panels from the link off Ebay, and yesterday morning took the 2nd keyfob apart again - to the battery out stage. The button panel popped off fine by carefully using a fine jewellers screwdriver at the top edge to lift it, and the new one went on fine and it all went back together normally. Needless to say the fob was now unsynced, so I took it back to the car and repeated the actions above - and nothing happened. Put the original button panel back in and repeated. Nothing. Have tried putting in a different (brand new) CR2032 and repeating the above, and again nothing.
Have I knackered the fob through vanity? Any thoughts gratefully appreciated.
here's a quick one. I've used my car ('04 1.4TdiSE75) for a month using the key that was the one used by the dealer. The spare one was in the document pack - and looked basically the same as the first one - with similarly worn buttons. When I checked a few days ago, I found that it didn't respond to button pressing, so replaced the battery and then re-synced it to the car after having read various threads here and videos on Youtube (key in ignition, turn it to the on position, press the door lock / unlock buttons on the driver's door a couple of times, then switch off - keyfob now locks and unlocks car normally). I also established (to begin with) that the other approach used for some Audi models in the early 00s (driver's door lock) didn't work for this key or perhaps not the A2. However, the ignition method worked first time, so I was really pleased with myself (!).
A few days later I found a thread on here (that I can't now find) describing how to source & replace the three button panel to tidy up the keyfob cosmetics, so being a tart like that I bought a couple of the replacement key panels from the link off Ebay, and yesterday morning took the 2nd keyfob apart again - to the battery out stage. The button panel popped off fine by carefully using a fine jewellers screwdriver at the top edge to lift it, and the new one went on fine and it all went back together normally. Needless to say the fob was now unsynced, so I took it back to the car and repeated the actions above - and nothing happened. Put the original button panel back in and repeated. Nothing. Have tried putting in a different (brand new) CR2032 and repeating the above, and again nothing.
Have I knackered the fob through vanity? Any thoughts gratefully appreciated.