Your Bmw Serie 6 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 6 ? You are on the good website, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Bmw Serie 6, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Bmw Serie 6

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Bmw Serie 6. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Bmw Serie 6. 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 6 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 moment, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 6

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer allows your Bmw Serie 6 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Bmw Serie 6, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not execute a less significant operation to restore the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Bmw Serie 6), 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 automobile 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Bmw Serie 6 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If despite a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Bmw Serie 6 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 system from your Bmw Serie 6. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Bmw Serie 6 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 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 Bmw Serie 6.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Bmw Serie 6, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Bmw Serie 6 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Bmw Serie 6 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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