On Sep 22, 11:11*am, AD > wrote:
> I was (unpleasantly) surprised by the fact that the ONLY mechanical
> key is on the driver's door.
> No keyhole on the passenger side, nothing on the 5th door of my 2003
> A4 avant.
> While the latter is expected having no redundancy in mechanical entry
> is not
> acceptable on what now is a $36k+ car
>
> I have disconnected (both contacts on) the battery when I had skid
> plates installed last weekend
> (the engine skid plate in front rests on a SINGLE metal attachment
> point on the radiator subframe, eesh Ingolstadt, provide decent
> provisioning for the skid plate attachments
> and/or fix the freaking oil pan with anything thicker and stronger
> than paper). Now remote entry
> does not work.
>
> The procedure for the key reset provided in the owner's manual does
> not work.

It works in fact now that I've tried again tonight (with
the backup key in the ignition, not that it should've mattered).

still, the question remains why did audi pinch pennies
on the passenger side lock?

I do hope that the driver's side manual unlocking works without
problems
when everything freezes here and the issue of no redundancy
remains a hypothetical one.

> I'm ****ed that I have only ONE way to get into the car now with no
> backup whatsoever.
> What if anything happens to that single driver's side lock when the
> temps drop to around 18F??????