No-start condition

[Richard Thomsen]

The vehicle is a 2000 A6 quattro. My wife drove it to work on Friday,
and parked it at 1100 hours. After that, there was a sever hailstorm -
small hail, but lots of it (4" deep in some places). When I came by at
about 1500 hours, I noticed that its 4-ways were blinking. I figured
that the alarm system was activated, so I deactivated it by using the
remote to unlock and then lock the car. The 4-ways kept blinking, even
after I tried it several times. So I opened the car and turned on and
off the 4-way switch. This stopped the blinking for a while, but it
started again. I thought the battery might be low, so I then decided to
start it, but it would not start. Even with a jumper, it would not start.

	I contacted Kwik Lube, and they came down with their machine to read
the codes. They said that their machine detected 77 modules in the car,
but could not communicate with any of them, so they could get no codes.
They said that I would have to take it to the dealer to see what is up
with it.

	We think that the problem is the security system not letting the car
start, but cannot seem to disable it.

	Ideas?

	Thank you for your assistance.

		Richard Thomsen