Your Mercedes Sprinter 2 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, in fact 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 Sprinter 2 ? You are on the good website, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and resolve your trouble related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mercedes Sprinter 2, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Mercedes Sprinter 2
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Mercedes Sprinter 2. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mercedes Sprinter 2. 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 Sprinter 2 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you turn on your car. 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 Sprinter 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Mercedes Sprinter 2 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mercedes Sprinter 2, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not perform a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Mercedes Sprinter 2), 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 automobile 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 whole code. This should allow your Mercedes Sprinter 2 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mercedes Sprinter 2 still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Mercedes Sprinter 2. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened 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 fix your Mercedes Sprinter 2 key. Based on 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 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 Sprinter 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mercedes Sprinter 2, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Mercedes Sprinter 2 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 realizes that the immobiliser on your Mercedes Sprinter 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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