How to disable the immobiliser Mercedes Slk ?

Your Mercedes Slk doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mercedes Slk ? You are on the good website, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mercedes Slk, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Mercedes Slk

Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Slk. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Slk. 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 Slk will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.

First process, your key no longer permits your Mercedes Slk to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mercedes Slk, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less significant operation to bring back the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Mercedes Slk), 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, repeat the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Mercedes Slk to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Mercedes Slk still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Mercedes Slk. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Mercedes Slk 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 car dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Mercedes Slk.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Slk, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Mercedes Slk 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Mercedes Slk has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Mercedes Slk, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Slk category.