Urgent: Breaking into one's own uncooperative 5kq?

[Kurt Deschler]

Any good locksmith will be able to cut you a new key. You will need the
lock code and the blank type, which is probably AH. VW blanks work as
well. On mine, the lock code was stamped on the drivers side door handle
where the black plastic elbow goes into the door on the front of the
handle. If it is there, you can get it by removing the chrome trim and the
screw on the front of the handle and pulling the handle out far enough to
read the code. Should be around $15 to have a key cut from code.

	Kurt
	87 5kcstq
	00 s4
	88 vw gti 16v

> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:24:15 +0100
> From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> Subject: Re: Urgent: Breaking into one's own uncooperative 5kq?
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
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> > I'm holed up at a friend's apartment for now, but the car is a rather
> > important part of getting back, and getting around... here's the deal.
> > The central locks worked supremely well in securing all four doors and the
> > trunk.  Unfortunately neither front door lock works from the *outside*, as
> > I discovered -- the lock turns back and forth, but is seemingly
> > disconnected in the door.  The key doesn't work in the trunk lock either,
> > near as we can tell.
>
> An Audi dealer can make you a key that will open the trunk from the one you have - it may be
> that an ordinary locksmith can do the same.  It sounds like you have the "valet's key" - it
> will open the doors and start the car but can't open the glovebox or trunk.  The difference is
> in the blank used to make the key - one has a ridge running all the way down the key's flat
> sides and the other doesn't.
>
> With the trunk open, you can detach the vacuum lines from the trunk lock and use a vacuum pump
> to drive the system manually.
>
> --
>   Phil Payne
>   http://www.isham-research.com
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