Your Skoda Kamiq doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested everything? 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 car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Skoda Kamiq ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Skoda Kamiq, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Skoda Kamiq
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Skoda Kamiq. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Skoda Kamiq. In fact, 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 Skoda Kamiq 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 moment, that it will allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Skoda Kamiq
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Skoda Kamiq to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Skoda Kamiq, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not perform a less significant operation to bring back the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Skoda Kamiq), 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 car 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Skoda Kamiq to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Skoda Kamiq 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 system from your Skoda Kamiq. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Skoda Kamiq key. Determined by 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 dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Skoda Kamiq.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Skoda Kamiq, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Skoda Kamiq would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Skoda Kamiq has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Skoda Kamiq, do not hesitate to consult our Skoda Kamiq category.
