Your Volkswagen Golf 5 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 5 ? You are in the right place, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Golf 5, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Golf 5
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Golf 5. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Golf 5. 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 5 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 5
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Golf 5 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Golf 5, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. In fact, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Golf 5), 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 vehicle 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 full code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Golf 5 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Golf 5 still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen Golf 5. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Volkswagen Golf 5 key. Based 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 car dealership 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 5.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Golf 5, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Volkswagen Golf 5 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Golf 5 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Golf 5, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Golf 5 category.
