Audi Meta Trak

[Lockhouse]

My wife has an SQ2 secured with a Meta Trak ID-Tag.

We got the standard "The battery in your ID-TAG is LOW, please replace as soon as possible to avoid FALSE ALERTS" message so I changed over the CR2032s.

Replaced them - didn't work. They kept calling my missus telling her her car had been stolen.

After a bit of argy-bargy Meta Trak told her that some CR2032s were incompatible with her key fob and the standard Duracell 2032s I used were not recognised by the fob itself.

I've ordered some non-branded 2032s off of Amazon and I'll try them tomorrow.

Just putting this out there in case anyone has similar issues.

[WyrleyD]

NOT CAR RELATED WARNING!!

Funny you should mention that about CR2032 batteries, we've got a kitchen extractor and the remote uses those batteries and we thought that the remote had gone u/s because when we changed the batteries (tried several makes) it wouldn't work, eventually tried a generic CR2032 bought in the market and it now works fine (swap out for a Duracell or Eveready and it stops working so it IS the battery make that's the problem).

[Dr G]

My VW keys do this too; I bought a couple of brands that simply won't work (Duracell inclusive!) but have found some Amazon cheapies that are fine.

[Lockhouse]

Panasonic ones did the trick!

[Bobupndown]

Just bought a 6 pack of Panasonic batteries and changed the batteries in 3 different cars key fobs, all working perfectly.