Your Volkswagen California doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, actually 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 Volkswagen California ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen California, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen California

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen California. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen California. 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 California will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to turn on your car. 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 California

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen California to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen California, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less significant process to restore 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 California), 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 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 process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Volkswagen California 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 attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen California still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen California. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Volkswagen California 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 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 California.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen California, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen California would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen California has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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