Your Volkswagen New Beetle doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates 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 for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen New Beetle ? You are on the good website, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen New Beetle, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen New Beetle
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen New Beetle. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen New Beetle. 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 New Beetle will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected 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 unit will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen New Beetle
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen New Beetle to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen New Beetle, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less significant operation to bring back the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen New Beetle), 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 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 operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Volkswagen New Beetle to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen New Beetle still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen New Beetle. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Volkswagen New Beetle 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 New Beetle.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen New Beetle, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Volkswagen New Beetle 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. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen New Beetle has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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