[Solution] Any tricks to retrieve the key code for my Audi A3 etron ultra?

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Hotshot
Member since October 2021 • 141 posts

How do I retrieve the key code for my Audi A3 etron ultra to program a key?

Posted on September 17, 2024
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Posted on September 18, 2024

Replies (3)

Orangesoda
Member • 117 posts

My Audi A3 etron ultra refuses to start. Could be the key code—trying this fix.

September 18, 2024 Reply
Urbanlegend
Member • 138 posts

I have the same Audi A3 etron ultra and I'm also trying to find the key code.

September 19, 2024 Reply
Javaking
Member • 80 posts

Struggling with the same issue on my Audi A3 etron ultra, following this thread.

September 20, 2024 Reply

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