Your Volkswagen Arteon doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually 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 Volkswagen Arteon ? You are on the good article, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Arteon, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Arteon
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Arteon. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Arteon. In fact, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Volkswagen Arteon 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 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 Volkswagen Arteon
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Volkswagen Arteon to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Arteon, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less significant procedure to restore the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Arteon), 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 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Volkswagen Arteon to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Arteon 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 Volkswagen Arteon. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Volkswagen Arteon 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 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 Volkswagen Arteon.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Arteon, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Volkswagen Arteon would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 Volkswagen Arteon has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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