Your Volkswagen Jetta doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Jetta ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Jetta, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Jetta
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Jetta. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Jetta. Actually, 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 Jetta will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact 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 unit will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Jetta
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Jetta to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Jetta, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less significant process to reestablish the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Jetta), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Jetta without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Jetta still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen Jetta. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Jetta 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 Jetta.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Jetta, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Jetta would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 Jetta has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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