Your Audi A6 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Audi A6 ? You are on the good article, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Audi A6, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Audi A6
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Audi A6. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Audi A6. Indeed, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) included in the key, and, a immobilisation control box included in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Audi A6 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Audi A6
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer enables your Audi A6 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Audi A6, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less important procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Audi A6), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your vehicle by entering it manually. To do this, turn on the ignition, use your centralized button to enter the digits, several quick presses (example: 2 for digit 2) then a stop of one and a half seconds to validate the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Audi A6 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Audi A6 still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Audi A6. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Audi A6 key. Depending on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Audi A6.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Audi A6, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Audi A6 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Audi A6 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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