I urgently need to remove the front seats on my wifes 1996 A4q. She has the power driver seat option if that matters. THe passenger seat is as normal. Would appreciate any assistance.

Thank you

Phil Coppin
96 A4q 2.8 slushbox

The ignition key, housed in that switch-blade container, comes with a small ring attached behind a small post. The ring would twist and continously bend this post away from its 'lock' position until the entire assembly would fall to the ground. Anyone that has one of these knows that the body snap apart easily to replace batteries or service it. We have searched for a ring to replace the factory ring. No luck. They all seem to bend that little post and the assembly frees itself from the ring.

Once, the key assembly apparently fell such that the key got a minute burr in one of the grooves. You could hardly feel it. The key would not work thereafter. In any of the locks. I had to bring it to the dealer along with a sound key, so that he could run it through his machine and grind it out. Works fine now.

I've put that key away and now use the valet key. It does everything except remote key entry. Oh well. Little enough I suppose. Any one else have this problem?

Harvey

I don't like any keys dangling from my car key. First thing I did was to remove the ring from the Audi key/fob and carry all my other keys on a separate ring.

And my dealer is giving them out for free to existing clients! Go Jim Ellis, GA

I stole the swivel ring off one of my 3 year old's key chain toys (it happened to be a "nervous hampster" that kept falling over because of the extra weight anyway - so I didn't get in any trouble). Anyway, the swivel looks like two letter Ds back to back with a post between them that allows one side to turn. I've seen lots of cheap toys with these things, but some are better than others. The fix totally eliminated any torque on the fob's post.

Didn't your dealer give you two fully functional keys as well as the valet key? I'm pretty sure they're supposed to, at least at the dealership, Mid-Western Auto Group- Dublin, Ohio, where I bought my car and my father bought his.