Your Volkswagen Coccinelle doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Coccinelle ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Coccinelle, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Coccinelle
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Coccinelle. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Coccinelle. 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 Coccinelle will go each time you put 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 allow 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 Volkswagen Coccinelle
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer permits your Volkswagen Coccinelle to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Coccinelle, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not accomplish a less significant procedure to bring back 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 Coccinelle), 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Coccinelle without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Coccinelle still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen Coccinelle. In fact, your transponder must have been injured 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 restore your Volkswagen Coccinelle key. Determined by 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 Coccinelle.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Coccinelle, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Volkswagen Coccinelle would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 Volkswagen Coccinelle 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.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Coccinelle, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Coccinelle category.
