Your Mercedes Benz GLK doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mercedes Benz GLK ? You are on the good website, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and solve your problems related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mercedes Benz GLK, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Mercedes Benz GLK

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Benz GLK. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Benz GLK. 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 Mercedes Benz GLK will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Mercedes Benz GLK

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer permits your Mercedes Benz GLK to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mercedes Benz GLK, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not accomplish a less important 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 Mercedes Benz GLK), 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Mercedes Benz GLK to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix 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 Mercedes Benz GLK still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Mercedes Benz GLK. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Mercedes Benz GLK key. Based 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 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 GLK.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Benz GLK, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Mercedes Benz GLK 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 Mercedes Benz GLK 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.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Mercedes Benz GLK, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz GLK category.