Your Bmw Serie 2 F23 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite 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 2 F23 ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Bmw Serie 2 F23, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Bmw Serie 2 F23
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Bmw Serie 2 F23. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Bmw Serie 2 F23. Actually, 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 Bmw Serie 2 F23 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 2 F23
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Bmw Serie 2 F23 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Bmw Serie 2 F23, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to reestablish 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 Bmw Serie 2 F23), 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Bmw Serie 2 F23 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Bmw Serie 2 F23 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 system from your Bmw Serie 2 F23. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Bmw Serie 2 F23 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 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 2 F23.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Bmw Serie 2 F23, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Bmw Serie 2 F23 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 2 F23 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
If you have any additional questions about the Bmw Serie 2 F23, do not hesitate to consult our Bmw Serie 2 F23 category.
