Your Volkswagen Caddy doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Caddy ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and fix your problems relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Caddy, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Caddy
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to describe the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Caddy. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Caddy. Indeed, 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 Caddy will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks 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 system will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Caddy
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Caddy to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Caddy, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to reestablish the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Caddy), 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 whole code. This should allow your Volkswagen Caddy to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Caddy 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 Volkswagen Caddy. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Volkswagen Caddy key. Determined by 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 Caddy.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Caddy, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Volkswagen Caddy 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 Volkswagen Caddy has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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