VW AUDI Bros Question about getting a Key FOB when there currently isnt one

Shift518 Automotive
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OK so i have a little bit of a unique situation. I just bought an A4 avant from a small dealer (this is my second B5 A4) and the dealer did not have the key FOB just the valet key. He also told me that he had just replaced the central locking pump with a used unit because the original pump was water damaged some how by the one original owner.

In the past I had an old Key fob to get the FCC ID off of so I could just order an uncut HAA key and refurbed FOB of ebay for $70 and away I went.

I however do not know what to do with no key FOB to get an FCC ID off of. The only local Audi dealer wants $275 for the FOB and programming.

Anyone know of a way to get the assigned FCC ID to the car. I thought it was on the central locking pump but that looks like a completely different grouping of numbers compared to the key FCC IDs

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looks like youll have to valet for a bit and steal a key

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Langan isn’t too bad they want $225 with programming

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What car dealer doesn’t have the actual key not just a valet for a fucking car.

I would have negotiated that shit into the deal .

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I negotiated $1300 off the price lol

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OK Then.

Good day to you sir.

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it was missing the Key fob, a center cap, a trim piece on the cup holder and there are dead pixel in the HUD

all things i pointed out lol. so he came down on his price cause it was literally the most ass backwards podunk dealer I have ever dealt with. Absolute headache but unfortunately it was exactly what I was looking for color, options, mileage and price before the negotiation

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I think they pretty much have you by the balls on this one(audi dealer that is) to be able to scan for the code and program a new keyfob.

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yeah. I haven’t been able to find anything anywhere that could lead to me figuring out what the FCC ID currently assigned to the car is.

Their price isn’t really unreasonable either since everything will be brand new

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I ordered one for my B5 A4. Dealer cut it from the VIN, then was programmed to the car. $17x IIRC.

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Crazybrew works for VW. Maybe he can hook you up with figuring the FCC ID

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Try an online place like ECS tuning they sell Just about anything OEM for VW/Audi/BMW etc.

Actually sign up of on ROFLwagens and message WOLFhawk he works at heart VW in Kingston.

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I tried Brew. Unfortunately VW dealers cannot do anything since there is no other existing key. Its an SOL situation where an new key has to be programmed via a vin search

I looked on ECS and they are really not much cheaper than langan and they also do not mention anything about FCC ID. Which I know for some reason from my last car was important to actually getting the key to work

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I ponied up and got a fresh key when I went through this with my audi. Sucks but I couldn’t figure a way around it.

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yeah I don’t think there is a way around it when the original FOB is gone. The cheapest thing you could do is program it yourself but there is no point wasting then time when programming only costs like $50