2010 Audi A8
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego
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2010 Audi A8
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She was at an outdoor shopping area in the Nestor neighborhood of Otay Mesa when her bag got snatched off her stroller handle. Car keys, wallet, phone -- all gone in about three seconds. She borrowed a phone from a store employee and called her husband, then the police, then eventually me.
Her 2010 Audi A8 was sitting in the garage with zero keys to its name. Her husband called the Audi dealer while she was still waiting for the police to show. The dealer said they could order a replacement key, but the car would need to be towed in, and they were looking at several business days minimum before anything could be programmed. They also pointed out that since the stolen fob could still operate the vehicle, a full key memory wipe was the right call -- not optional. The combined estimate was not small.
I got there that evening. All-keys-lost on this car is a different animal from adding a spare. When you add a spare, the car already has a trusted key in memory and just learns a new one alongside it. AKL means clearing everything -- every key identity the immobilizer has ever stored -- so the stolen fob becomes a useless piece of plastic. That required connecting through the diagnostic port, accessing the immobilizer control unit, wiping the key memory, and then writing two new fobs from scratch. I cut the emergency blade on each one, tested every button, walked the door handles, confirmed the push-to-start was reading both fobs correctly.
She was driving home with her baby before the police had finished their paperwork. The stolen key does nothing now. The dealer's timeline was days. Mine was a few hours. She saved a significant amount over what the dealer had estimated, and she didn't have to arrange a tow.
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“Marco did an excellent job replacing a key for an Audi. He was professional, arrived on time, and got the work done in less than an hour. I would highly recommend him.”
“Great service! Good prices and quick work, I Lost My car keys in a store and after looking for a long time we decide to call a locksmith and round this one, great option.”
“Marco was great he was so helpful and reliable he fixed my issue with keys in a timely manner and he has great customer service thanks Marco”
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