Your Mini Countryman doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, indeed that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mini Countryman ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and fix your problems related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mini Countryman, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Mini Countryman
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to show you the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Mini Countryman. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Mini Countryman. 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 Mini Countryman will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to 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 Mini Countryman
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Mini Countryman to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mini Countryman, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less significant process to restore the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Mini Countryman), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Mini Countryman without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mini Countryman 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 Mini Countryman. Indeed, 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 dealer who can repair your Mini Countryman 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.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Mini Countryman, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Mini Countryman 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Mini Countryman 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Mini Countryman, do not hesitate to consult our Mini Countryman category.
