Your Audi Tt doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Audi Tt ? You are on the good website, we have created this content to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Audi Tt, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Audi Tt

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Audi Tt. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Audi Tt. 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 Tt will go each time you place 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 allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Audi Tt

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First technique, your key no longer permits your Audi Tt to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Audi Tt, 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 important process to reestablish the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Audi Tt), 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Audi Tt without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Audi Tt still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Audi Tt. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Audi Tt 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 Tt.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Audi Tt, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Audi Tt 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 Tt 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 help people with bad intentions.

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