No-start condition

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Couldn't it be a water leak that flooded the body/antitheft computer ? Isn't it located under the passenger seat ?

Louis-Alain

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De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Richard Thomsen
Envoyé : 16 octobre 2012 20:26
À : quattro at audifans.com
Objet : No-start condition

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
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