Bloody Keyless Start

[tony wright]

Out in the middle of nowhere today and the battery in my key fob decided to die and render my car useless Obviously annoyed as it’s the first time it’s ever happened to me and if I’d had any idea it was an issue I’d have carried a spare watch battery in the glove box. More importantly though is after ringing Skoda and explaining to the service department my predicament the lady on the other end informed me there was nothing they could do, other than send out an engineer, who would then have to run a diagnostic check on my car before proceeding Still struggling to get my head around the fact a £1 battery can totally incapacitate a car. Sorry for the rant, but feel better now

[SteBrown91]

Theres no need to be stranded. If you hold the key over the area on the column with a key logo (where the key barrel would be on a non-keyless car) then you should still be able to start it

[Nurburgsingh]

I’ve got this in my A6 - last time the battery was low the dashboard told me to hold the key against the “special place” to start.

[tony wright]

I wish… unfortunately none of above worked, i.e. no warnings and tried pushing the key onto button to start (as per manual). All I got was “key not detected” as it was completely dead (car stood for 3 hours after driving there with no issues) Reading further into manual the next step is to ring dealership, again a waste of time.

Anyway, sorted by the wife driving out to me and now carrying a couple of spare batteries in the glove box.

[fatboy b]

Shock horror. Audis aren’t as reliable as the owners thought.

[Smiljan]

fatboy b said:

Shock horror. Audis aren’t as reliable as the owners thought.

It's a Skoda

[fatboy b]

Smiljan said:

fatboy b said:

Shock horror. Audis aren’t as reliable as the owners thought.

It's a Skoda

Yep, some of them are.