Your Audi E-Tron doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, in fact that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Audi E-Tron ? You are in the right place, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Audi E-Tron, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Audi E-Tron
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Audi E-Tron. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Audi E-Tron. In fact, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Audi E-Tron will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Audi E-Tron
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Audi E-Tron to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Audi E-Tron, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not accomplish a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Audi E-Tron), 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 car 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 operation until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Audi E-Tron to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Audi E-Tron still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Audi E-Tron. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Audi E-Tron key. Based on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Audi E-Tron.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Audi E-Tron, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Audi E-Tron would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Audi E-Tron has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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