Your Bmw Serie 1 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 1 ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Bmw Serie 1, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Bmw Serie 1

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to show you the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Bmw Serie 1. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Bmw Serie 1. 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 Bmw Serie 1 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable 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 Bmw Serie 1

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer permits your Bmw Serie 1 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Bmw Serie 1, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less significant process to restore 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 Bmw Serie 1), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Bmw Serie 1 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If even though a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Bmw Serie 1 still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Bmw Serie 1. Indeed, 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 dealer who can repair your Bmw Serie 1 key. Based 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Bmw Serie 1.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Bmw Serie 1, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Bmw Serie 1 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 1 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites 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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