Your Skoda Kodiaq doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Skoda Kodiaq ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Skoda Kodiaq, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Skoda Kodiaq
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Skoda Kodiaq. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Skoda Kodiaq. Actually, 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 Kodiaq will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Skoda Kodiaq
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Skoda Kodiaq to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Skoda Kodiaq, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less significant procedure to reestablish 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 Skoda Kodiaq), 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 procedure until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Skoda Kodiaq without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Skoda Kodiaq still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Skoda Kodiaq. Actually, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Skoda Kodiaq 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 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 Kodiaq.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Skoda Kodiaq, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Skoda Kodiaq would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Skoda Kodiaq has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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