security

Cant access 46-central conv. 16017 fails everytime. Any ideas?

Hi guys, Bit of an emotional story but to keep it sort and sweet. My darling wife decided to treat herself to a nardo grey RS3 bit of a petrol head and was pregnant at the time I blame her baby brain My son was born and three weeks later while we was in the house excited about our new...

Hi all, eagerly awaiting the arrival of a 67 plate S3 Saloon in Nano grey next week Have read and heard about the unfortunate attraction of these cars to thieves, and understand that advanced key (keyless go) is a major chink in the security of cars like this. My car will not have advanced...

Hi all, Picking up an S3 Faceflift 3 door hatch on Friday. Its got the advanced key. Im a bit worried about how secure these are and what I can do to help reduce the chance of it going walkabout! Ive looked through the forums and can anyone give me some advice on what to do. Im going to...

Hi Everyone, Just a quick one, I'm new to the forum but will take delivery of a new vehicle next month. Ahead of the delivery I'm just researching options for a faraday pouch/box (or similar) to place our key fob in overnight to reduce the chances of a "RFiD scanner/booster" style theft and...

Have been wondering for a while if there’s any way to use the built in camera’s as a ‘dashcam’?? Having the front and rear (and side) camera’s and given the car has a built in Hard Drive... it must be possible somehow. Also with the built in SIM and the MMI Connect app, you could/should be able...

I'm looking to have the security beefed up in my S3 with a new multi layer system (not disclosing further than that). However I don't want to have a separate fob for it, I want to use my OEM key. Which is doable by using the can bus to integrate the alarm. My local installer tells me there is...

Hi All. When my A4 was stolen last month, I looked into how to secure the car and stop this happening again. My car was stolen by programming a key using the OBD port on the car. It takes a thief around 40 seconds to program a key in the car and the car is driven away sometimes within a minute...