2001 Audi A8
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego
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2001 Audi A8
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2001 Audi A8 Remote Flip Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional
A woman staying near the Spring Valley Border edge of Lemon Grove called me around eight on a weeknight. She had been visiting from out of state, tried to swap the CR2032 in her 2001 Audi A8 fob herself, and the replacement battery she grabbed from a convenience store was slightly the wrong thickness. She forced it in. The contact clips bent inward, the key went dead, and now nothing worked. Remote was silent. She was not locked out, the car was in the hotel lot, but she had an early morning she could not miss and the dealer told her two business days minimum if she towed it in.
I pulled up to the lot with the car right there under a light. She watched the whole thing from about four feet away, arms crossed, clearly running the math on whether she trusted me.
First thing I checked was the fob housing itself. One of the battery contact arms had a visible bend. I straightened it, cleaned both contacts, seated a fresh CR2032 correctly, and tested the remote functions. Lock, unlock, trunk, panic. All four buttons responded. Good. That told me the remote side was alive again.
Then I confirmed the transponder side by running a quick test cycle at the ignition. The car started. The immobilizer had no complaint. She had not damaged anything by forcing the wrong battery, she had just bent the clip and killed the circuit.
Total time at the car was under twenty minutes. She did not tow anything, did not wait two days, and paid a fraction of what the dealer quoted. She started the car twice more before I left, like she needed to be sure. I get that.
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