Re: A4 remote locks

[Mark Quinn/HNS <Mark_Quinn@notesgw.hns.com>]

OK so now we have at LEAST 4 owners of '97 A4's (George 
Economou, Bob Cotton, Sean Reifschneider and myself) who 
are having problems with their remote fobs 'going to sleep' 
occasionally.  Is this a conspiracy (he whispers, his head low 
and his eyes darting from side to side)?  

Really.  I wonder if this IS an endemic fault, or some built-in 
undocumented feature (yeah, right!) to do with disabling 
locks in case of nearby thieves trying to crack remote codes?
[Of course, I'm a software developer, so the difference 
between "fault" and "feature" is not readily distinguishable!]

What do you think (co-owners with problems) should we rise 
up with the proletariat and pettition NHTSA for a recall?  ... or 
at least Audi?  

Do any '96 A4 owners have this problem?  Do any other '97 
A4 or A6 owners have the problem?  Reply privately (to keep
the BW off the qlist) and I'll publish the results.

-Mark Quinn (quinn@hns.com)