Your Mercedes Benz GL Class doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, 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 Mercedes Benz GL Class ? You are on the good website, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mercedes Benz GL Class, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Mercedes Benz GL Class
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Benz GL Class. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Benz GL Class. Actually, 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 Mercedes Benz GL Class 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 asked 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 Mercedes Benz GL Class
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Mercedes Benz GL Class to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mercedes Benz GL Class, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less important operation to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Mercedes Benz GL Class), 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 whole code. This should allow your Mercedes Benz GL Class to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mercedes Benz GL Class still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Mercedes Benz GL Class. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Mercedes Benz GL Class 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 Mercedes Benz GL Class.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Benz GL Class, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Mercedes Benz GL Class would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Mercedes Benz GL Class has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Mercedes Benz GL Class, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz GL Class category.
