Your Volkswagen Atlas doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly 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 Volkswagen Atlas ? You are on the good website, we have made this article to help you see more clearly and solve your problems connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Atlas, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Atlas
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Atlas. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Atlas. 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 Volkswagen Atlas 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 expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Atlas
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Atlas to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Atlas, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not do a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Atlas), 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 validate the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Atlas without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Atlas still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Atlas. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Atlas 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Atlas.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Atlas, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Atlas would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 realizes that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Atlas has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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