Using the key in the drivers door lock

Thanks John for confirming that 2 of your cars are doing the same as my car.

So unless someone knows different then either this only worked on earlier UK spec A2s or it never worked on UK A2s. This could be useful information in the coming months where dead batteries are common, looks like you will just be unlocking the drivers door and climbing over to reach the hatch emergency release ( unless you use the 12v socket to jump start / charge the car battery ).
 
audifan said:
dead batteries
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I'm a little lost here. Door locks are electric, so dead battery would never unlock other doors and on top of that, boot opening is electric too.
You unlock drivers door mechanically by key. If car battery ok, then it might signal other doors to open too, but with ok battery and fob unlock not working, i'd use unlock/lock button in drivers door. If battery dead, only then i'd start cave explorer mode.
 
audifan said:
This could be useful information in the coming months where dead batteries are common, looks like you will just be unlocking the drivers door and climbing over to reach the hatch emergency release ( unless you use the 12v socket to jump start / charge the car battery ).
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This was the line I wrote. If you had read from the start the question was using the key in the drivers door. The conclusion was it only opens the drivers door. There is no mention what so ever of the flat car battery being able to unlock other doors. So to access the flat car battery it would not be a case of opening the unlocked rear door to reach the emergency hatch opening pull cord, you would need to climb over from the front to reach the cord.
 
How is your central locking set? To open all doors or just driver's?

Both my keys - remote and spare - open all doors. DE market A2, all doors always opening on the remote unlock.
The blade only key also unlocks all doors and when held will unlock / open windows, then lock / close windows.
 
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bretti_kivi said:
How is your central locking set? To open all doors or just driver's?

Both my keys - remote and valet - open all doors. DE market A2, all doors always opening on the remote unlock.
The blade only key also unlocks all doors and when held will unlock / open windows, then lock / close windows.
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What year is your A2?
 
2002.
Clarification: The blade is from a remote key, and it's just the blade, no electronics. I thought I had an A3 key for the mod to a new-style, but no.
Therefore it can only be the car that decides what's opening.
The valet/spare key is the small black flat plastic one.
 
Ok update, my lads 54 plate TDI 75 DOES unlock all four doors on the second turn of the key, also, if held in the unlock position for a few seconds, the windows open.
 
2001 LHD model
Key turn unlocks and locks all four doors.
'Security Central Locking' comfort coding option is off.
I'm not sure whether the SCL works for the remote lock/unlock only (I turned it on earlier this year just to test it), but when active you can still hear other door click/de-safe when unlocked remotely.
If you need, I can test it this afternoon for full info.
 
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Hi Guys, just done my annual battery replacement in both my remote keys. All went well and both resync OK. However when I use each key in the drivers door lock and turn once to open only the drivers door unlocks us usual. I did think that turning to unlock twice within a few seconds unlocked all doors but this does not happen. Neither does the holding of the key in the unlock position drop all the electric windows. So what I am asking this good community is for others to check the actions of their key(s) in the drivers door lock and either confirm my results or what happens if different on your car. Thanks
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I just checked ours (a 53 plate TDI 75) and right or wrong, it's exactly the same as yours ?
 
audifan said:
This could be useful information in the coming months where dead batteries are common
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Maybe that threw my train of thought off then. Since i see no useful connection with dead battery and key opening all doors or not. It always opens only drivers door in that case.
Anyway, i'd use the key, open driver's door (or passenger, since i have both with keyholes). Then reach for rear door handle inside and pull it once to unlock or twice to open. No need to climb from front. If i remember correctly of course.

Mine locks/unlocks all doors from first turn.
 
audifan said:
This was the line I wrote. If you had read from the start the question was using the key in the drivers door. The conclusion was it only opens the drivers door. There is no mention what so ever of the flat car battery being able to unlock other doors. So to access the flat car battery it would not be a case of opening the unlocked rear door to reach the emergency hatch opening pull cord, you would need to climb over from the front to reach the cord.
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Just tried our 2003 1.6 FSi Sport- Use of key blade in drivers door only unlocks drivers door, no effect on other doors or windows.
As expected, use of remote button locks/unlocks all doors and second/continuous press opens/closes windows.
 
Well it seems that out of the 5 A2s that I've now checked, only the lads opens all doors and windows with the key in the lock
 
Isn't this a security option that you can change with VCDS?

RAB
 
RAB said:
Isn't this a security option that you can change with VCDS?

RAB
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Morning Rab,

I personally believe you’re correct here and was going to post something similar but don’t have access to a A2 today.

Looking at this thread reveals the Selective Central Locking options whilst coding the CCCU.

Off the top of my head though I cannot confirm whether this is just for the remote fob or for when the drivers door is manually unlocked.

I’m unable to test the procedure today but will give it a go over the weekend. This should finally answer Grahams question as his thoughts might be correct on both accounts.

I’ll post my findings once I’m back in the OEM A2 with VCDS.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
2work said:
Morning Rab,

I personally believe you’re correct here and was going to post something similar but don’t have access to a A2 today.

Looking at this thread reveals the Selective Central Locking options whilst coding the CCCU.

Off the top of my head though I cannot confirm whether this is just for the remote fob or for when the drivers door is manually unlocked.

I’m unable to test the procedure today but will give it a go over the weekend. This should finally answer Grahams question as his thoughts might be correct on both accounts.

I’ll post my findings once I’m back in the OEM A2 with VCDS.

Kind regards,

Tom
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My 1.2Tdi was (is?) set up to unlock all doors with one press of the fob or one turn of the key. But changing the fob battery shouldn't change anything (if it has). The coding in Control Mod. 46 Channel 7 Code 3 needs to be checked.

RAB
 
@RAB No coding has changed only trying to understand why my keys only unlock the drivers door and not all doors on the second twist nor open the windows when held in unlock position. Everything on the remote works fine. Just need confirmation that all doors will only open on the door key lock if the remote is set to open all doors on one push. My car only opens the drivers door on the first remote press and the rest on the second. Ideally I want the remote function to work as is but be able to open all doors when using the key in the drivers door. My user manual states that on turning the key twice to unlock the other doors will unlock and holding in open position will drop the windows.

Is this something specific to UK cars. Remember the 1.2 tdi was never an official UK car.
 
audifan said:
Ideally I want the remote function to work as is but be able to open all doors when using the key in the drivers door. My user manual states that on turning the key twice to unlock the other doors will unlock and holding in open position will drop the windows.

Is this something specific to UK cars. Remember the 1.2 tdi was never an official UK car.
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You will probably find that the key and the fob only behave in the same way. It's either two presses/turns or one for both. Either one or the other for both. Change as above. I don't see any option to differentiate between key and fob.

It may be something specific to UK cars. You'd have to ask Audi.

RAB
 
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