Your Audi Rs4 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Audi Rs4 ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Audi Rs4, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Audi Rs4
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Audi Rs4. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Audi Rs4. In fact, 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 Rs4 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you start. 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 Rs4
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Audi Rs4 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Audi Rs4, 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 process to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. In fact, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Audi Rs4), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Audi Rs4 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Audi Rs4 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Audi Rs4. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Audi Rs4 key. Depending 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 Rs4.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Audi Rs4, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Audi Rs4 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Audi Rs4 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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