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Sun 8 Mar 2009 20:24

1998 1.8 immobiliser confusion - chelsea1abroad

Hola, I have just had an experiance with a 1998 Audi A3 petrol. I am a mechanic, but am baffeled as to what Ive missed. I was stripping out the dash to replace the heater matrix. Half way through the strip out I needed to start the car, but the imobalizer light just flashed and it wouldn't start. I carried on re fitting the dash, looking carfully that I hadn't disconected any sensors. got the dash back in place, tried it and whoopee it started. But I would like to know what the hell I had removed to cause the problem.
many thanx
Graham

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 08/03/2009 at 23:52

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Mon 9 Mar 2009 21:45

1998 1.8 immobiliser confusion - Simon

Steering column shroud???

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Mon 9 Mar 2009 21:52

1998 1.8 immobiliser confusion - Peter D

You removed/disconnected the Dash insert. Regards Peter

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Tue 10 Mar 2009 21:39

1998 1.8 immobiliser confusion - injection doc

as peter has said the imobilizer panel is in the dash as with many cars now.

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