Weirdchoice

Hello, let me start by saying I'm fairly new to owning an audi and I'm new to this forum. I apologise if this is a common question but after an extensive search of forums, YouTube, reading the manual, and calling my dealership, I have not found an applicable answer.

2012 Audi A4 S-Line, purchased pre-owned certified in 2017.

I have two key fobs that I never take out of my pocket, which I absolutely love. Recently they both had low battery warnings shown on the small screen behind the steering wheel. I very foolishly replaced both fob batteries at the same time. Now I have a problem...

The keys work "manually" by pushing buttons to lock/unlock, and start the car by pushing the physical key in to the dash.

I have lost the functions of touching the door handles to unlock/lock and push start with key in pocket.

I assume they are just out of sync now that the batteries are replaced, they still operate the car, just manually. The dealership swears there's no easy sequence to re sync and of course wants me to pay for a service inspection, repair, etc. I have no problem paying for legit repairs or maintenance but this is ridiculous every time I need a battery.

If someone could help me understand how to resynchronize, I sure would appreciate it and if you're ever in Indianapolis I'll gladly buy you a beer.

Thanks in advance for any help with my problem, I absolutely love the car and my next one will be an Audi too.

stanj

You're looking for the B8 forum.

Weirdchoice

Thank you