Your Bmw Serie 2 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 2 ? You are in the right place, we have made this article to help you see more clearly and fix your problems related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Bmw Serie 2, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Bmw Serie 2
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Bmw Serie 2. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Bmw Serie 2. Indeed, 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 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected 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 alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Bmw Serie 2 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Bmw Serie 2, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less significant procedure to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Bmw Serie 2), 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 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Bmw Serie 2 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Bmw Serie 2 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 Bmw Serie 2. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Bmw Serie 2 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 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.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Bmw Serie 2, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Bmw Serie 2 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 2 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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