Farm Boy 2
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I was a wreck. I nearly died
The keyless-entry car had locked her in. It was 41 degrees outside, she was in a car park and she did not have a phone to call for help.
"I got in, shut the door, went to press the start button and a message came up, saying 'key not identified'," Ms Stevens, from Noosa, said.
"All the doors locked themselves. I thought, 'That's not good' ... I tried to wind the windows down and open the doors. When that didn't work I started to panic. I was trapped.
"Within a couple of minutes I was struggling to breathe inside the car, because it was parked in the sun."
She began waving to passers-by and bashing on the car windows for help. After about 12 minutes, she caught the attention of a man walking past, who managed to open the door from the outside.
Audi spokeswoman Anna Burgdorf said there were no known faults with the Q3's locking mechanism and Audi had towed the car away to investigate what had happened.
Ms Stevens said she wanted to know what had gone wrong with the car. She had not driven it since and said the incident could have been tragic.
"I was a wreck. I nearly died," she said.
The keyless-entry car had locked her in. It was 41 degrees outside, she was in a car park and she did not have a phone to call for help.
"I got in, shut the door, went to press the start button and a message came up, saying 'key not identified'," Ms Stevens, from Noosa, said.
"All the doors locked themselves. I thought, 'That's not good' ... I tried to wind the windows down and open the doors. When that didn't work I started to panic. I was trapped.
"Within a couple of minutes I was struggling to breathe inside the car, because it was parked in the sun."
She began waving to passers-by and bashing on the car windows for help. After about 12 minutes, she caught the attention of a man walking past, who managed to open the door from the outside.
Audi spokeswoman Anna Burgdorf said there were no known faults with the Q3's locking mechanism and Audi had towed the car away to investigate what had happened.
Ms Stevens said she wanted to know what had gone wrong with the car. She had not driven it since and said the incident could have been tragic.
"I was a wreck. I nearly died," she said.
