Your Audi Q3 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Audi Q3 ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Audi Q3, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Audi Q3
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Audi Q3. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Audi Q3. Actually, 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 Q3 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Audi Q3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Audi Q3 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Audi Q3, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less significant process to restore the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Audi Q3), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Audi Q3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Audi Q3 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Audi Q3. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Audi Q3 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 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 Q3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Audi Q3, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Audi Q3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Audi Q3 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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