18/03/2023
Late night tonight trying to solve an issue on 2013 Audi a6 , after having spent a few hours on it already
We were originally called to just gain entry as key didn’t work in lock & remote didn’t work , customer thought battery was flat
Gained entry , no damage & checked vehicle , wasn’t flat battery , after plugging in no comms with bcm 2 in boot that controls keys faults in all modules it talked to even after a battery reset
We bypassed the ignition & got comms with more modules , spent an hour checking all fuses in all 5 fuse boxes & relays etc
Then lives & earths to bcm , diagnosed it as dead bcm 2 , rare as this had no accident damage where it was or water ingress
Normally wouldn’t mess about with used parts unless I can clone or I know no issues coding as can be more trouble than worth , this certainly bit me in the backside , new module £600 from Audi , used on eBay £30 , ordered used , fitted & coded with Odis ( dealer equipment ) all went fine , car back to life , dash back to life & keys working remotely & steering lock but no ignition , after more testing , seems that this used module was coded to car with global positioning sensor ( tracking module ) this car doesnt have that so blocked ignition coming on & that can’t be programmed out apparently it’s impossible and program only once for that part of the module according to VAG , it’s impossible to change , said new module only
No one on internet who has had same issue has managed to fix without new module or finding a rare one that doesn’t have it ( luck only ) and have often programmed a few
We ordered another £30 module as we had nowt to loose apart from our time & was same , so we’re going to buy a new module on Monday
However my good friend at VDDS LTD, AJ came out tonight & we had nothing to loose , we actually had to ruin the module to bring it back to life with Odis & other specialist equipment & reprogram the whole car 3 hours later 1 fully working car , no new module needed , we have managed to eradicate the global positioning sensor & boom 💥, all sorted for less than the price of a new module & programming
Aj really is the guy you want for coding & programming modules with dealer equipment , especially VAG , absolute credit to the profession & will certainly not give up easily or without a fight to get the job done
Once again Autolock Uk 🇬🇧 has gone out their way to save a customer money
If we didn’t sort it they wouldn’t of been charged for used module or programming , just a bit of labour for testing
Call the best in the Northwest Autolock UK 🇬🇧
If we can’t do it, no one can 👌🏻