Your Volkswagen Golf 3 doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, indeed 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 Golf 3 ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and solve your problems connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Golf 3, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Golf 3

Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Golf 3. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Golf 3. 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 Golf 3 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked 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 alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 3

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Golf 3 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Golf 3, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not do a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Golf 3), 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 confirm the digit and resume, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Golf 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If despite a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Golf 3 still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Golf 3. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Golf 3 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 Golf 3.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Golf 3, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Volkswagen Golf 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. 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 Golf 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Golf 3, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Golf 3 category.