How to disable the immobiliser Mini Mini ?

Your Mini Mini doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mini Mini ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and resolve your trouble relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mini Mini, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Mini Mini

Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Mini Mini. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Mini Mini. 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 Mini will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

First procedure, your key no longer allows your Mini Mini to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Mini Mini, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not execute a less important procedure to bring back 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 Mini), 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 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 procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Mini Mini without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mini Mini still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Mini Mini. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Mini Mini 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 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 Mini Mini.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mini Mini, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Mini Mini 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Mini Mini has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.

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