Your Mercedes Benz GLS Class doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Mercedes Benz GLS Class
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to show you the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Benz GLS Class. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class. 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 Mercedes Benz GLS Class will go each time you put 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 instant, that it will let you start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Mercedes Benz GLS Class to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less important procedure 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 Mercedes Benz GLS Class), 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 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 procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Mercedes Benz GLS Class without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class 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 system from your Mercedes Benz GLS Class. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Mercedes Benz GLS 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 GLS Class.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Benz GLS Class, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Mercedes Benz GLS Class would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Mercedes Benz GLS Class, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz GLS Class category.
