Your Volkswagen Crafter 2 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, indeed 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 Crafter 2 ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Crafter 2, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Crafter 2
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Crafter 2. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Crafter 2. Indeed, 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 Crafter 2 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Crafter 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Crafter 2 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Crafter 2, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less important operation to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Crafter 2), 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Crafter 2 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Crafter 2 still doesn’t want to start, 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 Crafter 2. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Volkswagen Crafter 2 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 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 Crafter 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Crafter 2, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Volkswagen Crafter 2 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Crafter 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Crafter 2, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Crafter 2 category.
