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caelric
07-10-2023, 04:50 PM
Bought my 2016 S6 Prestige used, it only came with one smart key fob. whats the best way to get a second key fob, including programmed to the car, without paying stealership rates?
i do have the vagcom coding dongle, and also an OBDEleven dongle.
Botbasher
07-11-2023, 06:50 AM
Bought my 2016 S6 Prestige used, it only came with one smart key fob. whats the best way to get a second key fob, including programmed to the car, without paying stealership rates?
i do have the vagcom coding dongle, and also an OBDEleven dongle.
Only the Mothership can program newer remotes from all I have researched. If you find out differently, please report back as I am in the same situation with my B8.5 A5. I have tried several locksmiths and several aftermarket keys... all with the same results... NADA!!!
Hopefully you have better luck!
Cheers,
KS
caelric
07-11-2023, 06:52 AM
thanks!
Botbasher
07-11-2023, 07:11 AM
thanks! Don't take that as a gospel though... There are a bunch of Baltic youtubes showing guys programming keys with a OBD box and some proper application of jumpers in the trunk.
The boxes are well over $1000, with some as high as $5k, and it just seems funny to spend that kind of $$ when a fraction of that will get you an OEM key. Now if I was doing it for a biz... [cool]
I keep looking for options that don't involve the Mother-ship, but I have yet to find any!
Better luck!
KS