Your Volkswagen Golf 4 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 4 ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Golf 4, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Golf 4

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Golf 4. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Golf 4. 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 Golf 4 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 moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.

The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 4

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Golf 4 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Golf 4, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less significant operation to restore 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 Golf 4), 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Volkswagen Golf 4 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Golf 4 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Golf 4. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Golf 4 key. Based on 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 Golf 4.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Golf 4, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Volkswagen Golf 4 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 4 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 benefit people with bad intentions.

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