Your BMW X6 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, 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 X6 ? You are in the right place, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your BMW X6, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on BMW X6

Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your BMW X6. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your BMW X6. 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 X6 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, 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 alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your BMW X6

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer allows your BMW X6 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your BMW X6, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not do a less significant process to restore 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 X6), 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 process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your BMW X6 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your BMW X6 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your BMW X6. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your BMW X6 key. Determined by 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 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 X6.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your BMW X6, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your BMW X6 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your BMW X6 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 benefit people with bad intentions.

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