I used the key to open the door of my car and now it won't start I unplug the battery and it still won't start

Asked by slacka Jun 13, 2015 at 04:16 PM about the 2007 Audi A4 2.0T quattro Sedan AWD

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do you have a key icon showing on your dash during power on? if yes your immobilizer got tripped when you used your key in the door. A simple trick is to try turning the key to power on leave the car for 15 minutes in this mode then flip the key back to off then try starting.

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