[erubus]

"No key identified" keeps coming up on the DIS whenever i try to start the car now.I have changed the battery in the key and it has had no effect. I tried disconnecting the battery for a few hours.

There were a few reasons for this. The auto darkening mirrors were dark all the time when the ignition was on, the key wasnt getting recognised and the AMI doesn't work. It seems to have remembered what was on the USB drive nearly a year ago and only plays those tracks, no matter what is on the USB drive, you can completely remove the USB from the AMI and it still thinks those tracks are stored on it. I'm totally sick of the music that I have been listening to for the last year and given that I spend several hours a day in the car it is distressing! I thought disconnecting the battery for a while with the AMI set on bypass and the USB removed might wipe whatever weird memory thing it has.

Anyway. disconnecting the battery sorted the mirrors as it always does, but AMI is still being a dick and the car still isn't recognising the key (with new battery). I tried a VCDS scan but the non official copy I bought is utter sh**e. It doesn't communicate with 90% of the control modules. Total waste of money. On a previous scan which seemed to work better, i seem to remember it saying there were a couple of the key recognition antennae not working. Are they replaceable items and where are they?

I hate having the key in the ignition. Having it swinging against my leg for hours gets really annoying. For info, the keyless entry has never worked since I've had the car, the finger print scanner has never worked but the button has always started the car until yesterday when it started with its key not recognised nonsense. Do any of these cars work for more than five minutes?!