Your Mini Countryman 2 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, indeed 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 Mini Countryman 2 ? You are on the good article, we have made this article to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mini Countryman 2, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Mini Countryman 2
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Mini Countryman 2. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Mini Countryman 2. 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 Mini Countryman 2 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Mini Countryman 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Mini Countryman 2 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Mini Countryman 2, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not do a less significant operation to bring back 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 Mini Countryman 2), 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Mini Countryman 2 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mini Countryman 2 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 Mini Countryman 2. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Mini Countryman 2 key. Depending 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Mini Countryman 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mini Countryman 2, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Mini Countryman 2 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Mini Countryman 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
To find more tips on the Mini Countryman 2, take a look at the Mini Countryman 2 category.
