Your Volkswagen ID.3 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen ID.3 ? You are on the good website, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen ID.3, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen ID.3

Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen ID.3. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen ID.3. 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 ID.3 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will allow you to start. 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 ID.3

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer permits your Volkswagen ID.3 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen ID.3, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less significant process to bring back 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 ID.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 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Volkswagen ID.3 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen ID.3 still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen ID.3. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Volkswagen ID.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 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 ID.3.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen ID.3, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Volkswagen ID.3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 ID.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.

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