Your Mercedes Classe V doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mercedes Classe V ? You are on the good article, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mercedes Classe V, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Mercedes Classe V
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Classe V. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Classe V. 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 Mercedes Classe V 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 moment, that it will let you start. 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 Classe V
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Mercedes Classe V to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mercedes Classe V, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less important 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 Mercedes Classe V), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the process until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Mercedes Classe V 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 change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Mercedes Classe V still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Mercedes Classe V. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Mercedes Classe V 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 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 Classe V.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Classe V, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Mercedes Classe V would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Mercedes Classe V has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, 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 Classe V, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Classe V category.
