Your Mercedes Gla doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mercedes Gla ? You are on the good website, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mercedes Gla, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Mercedes Gla
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Gla. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Gla. 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 Gla will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls 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 permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Mercedes Gla
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer permits your Mercedes Gla to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Mercedes Gla, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less significant operation 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 Gla), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Mercedes Gla to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mercedes Gla 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 Gla. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected 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 repair your Mercedes Gla 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 Gla.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Gla, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Mercedes Gla 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Mercedes Gla has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Mercedes Gla, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Gla category.
