2025 Audi Q6 e-tron Keys and Smart Key User Guide
This blog will show how the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron Keys and Smart Key system improves convenience and security. Understand innovative keyless entry, remote capabilities, and personalized settings designed to provide a smooth driving experience.
Keys
Information about the key set
The key set includes two vehicle keys when delivered from the factory.
Vehicle key
You can unlock and lock your vehicle with the vehicle key.
Mechanical key and release button for mechanical key
A mechanical key is integrated into the vehicle key. To remove it, press the release button and remove the mechanical key.
Using the mechanical key, you can:
- Manually unlock and lock the doors.
- Unlock the luggage compartment lid using the manual release
PANIC button
In an emergency, you can press the PANIC button to trigger a visible and audible vehicle alarm. You can do this as long as you are near your vehicle (within the range for the remote control key).
- To trigger the alarm, press the button
- To turn the alarm off, press the button again.
Information about the vehicle key
- The vehicle key function can be temporarily dis-rupted by interference from transmitters near the vehicle working in the same frequency range (such as a mobile device or radio equip-ment). Always check if your vehicle is locked.
- You can see the number of vehicle keys pro-grammed to the vehicle in the Vehicle menu
- A key tag that contains information about the vehicle key set may be attached to the key set at the factory. The key tag can be used to reor-der vehicle keys. Keep the key tag. If you sell the vehicle, give the key tag to the buyer.
Digital key card
Requirement: your vehicle has a digital key card. The digital key card is shaped like a credit card and can perform some of the same functions as the vehicle key.
Lost key/replacing a key
If a vehicle key is lost, contact an authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility. Have that vehicle key deactivated. It is important to bring all keys with you.
Requirement: your vehicle has a digital key or a digital key card. If a mobile device with a digital key is lost, the mobile device must be deactivated page 41. If you cannot access the myAudi app immediately, you can deactivate all of the as-signed digital keys in the MMI ð page 41, Acti-vating and deactivating a digital key. If a digital key card is lost, you can deactivate it at any time by turning on the vehicle with the vehicle key or the digital key, or by deactivating the function in the myAudi app. To replace the digital key card, contact an authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
Electronic immobilizer
The immobilizer prevents unauthorized use of the vehicle.
In some cases, it may not be possible to establish vehicle drive-ready mode if there is also a vehicle key from a different vehicle manufacturer on the key chain.
Information about the declaration of compliance
The system complies with United States FCC reg-ulations and ISED regulations.
Warning
Observe the safety precautions
Note
Protect the key against high temperatures and direct sunlight.
For the sake of the environment
Batteries and electrical/electronic devices must be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner, Disposal instructions.
LED and battery in the vehicle key
The LED 1 indicates the vehicle key function.
- If you press a button briefly, the LED will blink once.
- If you press and hold a button (convenience opening/closing), the LED blinks several times.
- If the LED does not blink, the vehicle key bat-tery is drained. Replace the battery in the vehi-cle key.
Replacing the vehicle key battery
A message appears if the key battery is drainedð page 41, Key battery messages.
The replacement battery in the vehicle key must meet the same specifications as the original bat-tery (battery type CR 2032).
- Remove the mechanical key ð page 39 and in-sert it into the opening
- Push the mechanical key in the opening in the direction of the arrow to operate the release button on the inside 2 . To reduce the risk of damage, do not try to pry off the cover.
- Remove the cover from the battery tray.
- Insert the new battery with the “+” facing up.
- Close the battery tray with the cover.
- Insert the mechanical key.
WARNING
A coin cell battery is installed in the vehicle key.
- If batteries or coin cell batteries are swal- lowed or enter the body in any other way, they can cause serious injuries or death within a short period of time. There is a risk of chemical burns.
- Keep vehicle keys and key fobs with batter-ies out of the reach of children.
- Keep new or used batteries away from chil-dren.
- If the battery compartment on a vehicle key does not close securely, stop using the key and keep it away from children.
- Seek medical attention immediately if you suspect that a battery was swallowed or has entered the body in any other way.
For the sake of the environment
Batteries and electrical/electronic devices must be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner Disposal instruc-tions.
Key battery messages
If the
indicator light appears with a corre-sponding message, the vehicle key battery is drained and must be replaced ð page 40, Replac-ing the vehicle key battery.
Information about the digital key
You can open, close, and start your vehicle with your mobile device.
Requirement: your vehicle is equipped with the digital key function. A key user verified by the dealer must be set up. You and all other users must use a compatible mobile device.
Activating and deactivating a digital key
If you deactivate the function, the assigned digi-tal keys and the digital key card will be tempora-rily disabled. Once you reactivate the function, all assigned digital keys and the digital key card can be used again. Requirement for deactivation: at least one digital key is activated.
- Select: > Digital key > Management
- Activate or deactivate the digital key by press-ing
- If necessary, follow the instructions in the MMI or on your mobile device.
Setting up a mobile device
All requirements must be met in order to use a digital key for the first time. If all requirements are met, an e-mail containing a link will be sent to the key user. Once the e-mail has been re-ceived, you can set up the digital key as follows:
- Open the automatically-generated e-mail on your mobile device.
- Click the link in the automatically-generated e-mail on your mobile device.
- Follow the instructions on your mobile device to set up a digital key in the Wallet app.
It may take several minutes to receive the auto-matically-generated e-mail. Make sure to check your spam folder.
Sharing a digital key
- Open the Wallet app on your mobile device to manage digital keys.
- Use your Wallet app to share the desired digital key.
- The person receiving the digital key must fol-low the instructions on their mobile device to activate.
Revoking a digital key
The key user can use the Wallet app on their mo-bile device to revoke a digital key. This can also be done in the MMI using the key user’s digital key while the vehicle is turned on:
- Select: > Digital key > Management > List of keys
A key can also be returned by the invited user in their Wallet app.
Information about the digital key
- Depending on the country, you can manage the digital key using the myAudi app.
- As a key user, you can deactivate shared, as-signed digital keys at any time.
- The digital key function may malfunction if the mobile device battery is drained and is not charged for several days.
- The availability of the function also depends on the mobile device manufacturer.
Information about the digital key card
Requirement: you must have a digital key. Your vehicle has a digital key card and the key card is activated. You can open, close and start your vehicle with your digital key card.
For this reason, you must not hand off your mo-bile device to someone else, for example when servicing the vehicle or in cases of emergency. The activated key card will remain usable until the vehicle is started again using a vehicle key or a digital key.
The vehicle can be driven, locked, and unlocked using the digital key card. However, the luggage compartment lid cannot be unlocked separately.
Activating and deactivating a digital key card
- Unlock your vehicle.
- Start your vehicle using the digital key (mobile device)
- Place the key card in the phone compartment Using the phone compartment. Follow the directions in the MMI.
The key card is automatically deactivated again once the vehicle is turned on using a digital key or a vehicle key. If the key card is deactivated, you can store it in the vehicle.
You can check the status of your key card in the MMI.
For the sake of the environment
Batteries and electrical/electronic devices must be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner Disposal instruc-tions.
Checking the status of the digital key
Requirement: your vehicle has a digital key: You can view the status of assigned digital keys and the digital key card in the myAudi app and in the vehicle.
- Select: > Digital key > Management.
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