Your Bmw X2 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Bmw X2 ? You are on the good website, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Bmw X2, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Bmw X2
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to describe the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Bmw X2. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Bmw X2. 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 X2 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Bmw X2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Bmw X2 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Bmw X2, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not do a less significant operation 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 X2), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Bmw X2 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Bmw X2 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 X2. Indeed, 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 car dealership who can repair your Bmw X2 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 X2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Bmw X2, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Bmw X2 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. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Bmw X2 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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