How to disable the immobiliser Porsche Macan ?

Your Porsche Macan doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, in fact 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 Porsche Macan ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Porsche Macan, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Porsche Macan

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Porsche Macan. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Porsche Macan. 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 Porsche Macan will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks 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 enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

First methodology, your key no longer permits your Porsche Macan to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Porsche Macan, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less significant process to bring back 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 Porsche Macan), 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the process until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Porsche Macan without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If despite a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Porsche Macan still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Porsche Macan. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured 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 fix your Porsche Macan 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Porsche Macan.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Porsche Macan, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Porsche Macan 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Porsche Macan has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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