2006 A6 won't start - conclusion

[Vincent Gelinas]

It's driveway robbery, I tell ya!

V

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> On Feb 20, 2015, at 17:14, PSD <psdooley at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Sounds like he got robbed by the anti-theft device.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kneale
> Brownson
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 4:45 PM
> To: Vic
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: 2006 A6 won't start - conclusion
> 
> Sounds like part of the anti theft immobilizer system. Any recent vehicle
> will be subject to these kinds of issues. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 20, 2015, at 2:23 PM, "Vic" <victor.norman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Okay - after finally getting the car out of park I had it towed to my
> local indie garage, confidently hoping that the problem was a bad ignition
> switch. 
>> Got a call from the garage - needed a J518 access/start module which
> required a link to Ingolstadt to reprogram it - they couldn't do that. 
>> So, towed the car to my Audi dealer and three days and $2735 later the car
> is back on the road. According to the dealer the problem was "faulty
> steering column ECU caused by a faulty power supply relay". This required
> the steering column to be replaced. The relay cost $27.20 and the steering
> column cost $1856.99.
>> Bah! I could buy a used steering column for a couple of hundred dollars
> but there's no way that the garage would have reprogrammed it for me...
>> A Lexus RX350 is starting to look very appealing right now.
>> 
>> Thanks for all your help guys.
>> 
>> Vic Norman.
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