Your Bmw Serie 5 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 possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 5 ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and solve your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Bmw Serie 5, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Bmw Serie 5

Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Bmw Serie 5. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Bmw Serie 5. 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 5 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 5

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First technique, your key no longer allows your Bmw Serie 5 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Bmw Serie 5, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less significant procedure to bring back 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 5), 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 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, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Bmw Serie 5 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Bmw Serie 5 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Bmw Serie 5. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged 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 repair your Bmw Serie 5 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 5.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Bmw Serie 5, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Bmw Serie 5 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 5 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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