Your Audi R8 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, in fact 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 R8 ? You are on the good article, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and solve your problems connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Audi R8, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Audi R8

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Audi R8. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Audi R8. 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 R8 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected 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 system will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Audi R8

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First technique, your key no longer allows your Audi R8 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Audi R8, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not do a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Audi R8), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it includes the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your automobile 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 whole code. This should enable you to start your Audi R8 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Audi R8 still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Audi R8. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Audi R8 key. Determined by 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 R8.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Audi R8, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Audi R8 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Audi R8 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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